https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A Cairo criminal court sentenced a former honorary Italian consul to 15 years in jail in absentia on Tuesday for smuggling antiquities out of the country, a judicial source said. https://www.thelocal.it/20200122/italian-diplomat-sentenced-for-smuggling-egyptian-artefacts Wed, 22 Jan 2020 10:36:57 +0100 italian-diplomat-sentenced-for-smuggling-egyptian-artefacts Egyptian police arrested and beat an Italian student who was later found murdered because they thought he was a British spy, according to fresh testimony reported by Italian newspapers on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20190505/egyptian-police-thought-murdered-italian-student-was-a-spy-2 Sun, 05 May 2019 18:05:01 +0200 egyptian-police-thought-murdered-italian-student-was-a-spy-2 Italy has opened a formal investigation into five Egyptian policemen believed to be intelligence agents involved in the disappearance and murder of an Italian student in Cairo two years ago, media reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20181204/italy-five-egyptian-police-giulio-regeni-murder Tue, 04 Dec 2018 15:21:09 +0100 italy-five-egyptian-police-giulio-regeni-murder Italian prosecutors may open a formal investigation into Egyptian secret service agents over the death of student Giulio Regeni. https://www.thelocal.it/20181203/egypt-refuses-to-accuse-police-over-italian-students-murder Mon, 03 Dec 2018 11:48:29 +0100 egypt-refuses-to-accuse-police-over-italian-students-murder The parents of murdered Italian student Giulio Regeni have delivered an open letter to President Sergio Mattarella urging the Italian state to pursue justice for their son. https://www.thelocal.it/20181004/32-months-on-from-giulio-regeni-killing-his-parents-want-answers Thu, 04 Oct 2018 12:55:00 +0200 32-months-on-from-giulio-regeni-killing-his-parents-want-answers Egypt's judiciary has submitted "new elements" in the investigation of the 2016 murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni, prosecutors from the two countries announced on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20171222/egypt-submits-new-evidence-in-giulio-regeni-murder-investigation Fri, 22 Dec 2017 10:30:41 +0100 egypt-submits-new-evidence-in-giulio-regeni-murder-investigation The body of Italy's controversial king Victor Emmanuel III returned to Italy on Sunday, amid a row over where the monarch who abetted dictator Benito Mussolini should be buried. https://www.thelocal.it/20171217/royal-row-as-body-of-king-who-aided-mussolini-returns-to-italy Sun, 17 Dec 2017 15:06:00 +0100 royal-row-as-body-of-king-who-aided-mussolini-returns-to-italy Authorities in Egypt have arrested a lawyer whose human rights group opposes enforced disappearances and is linked to one such case involving murdered Italian student Giulio Regeni, officials said on Wednesday September 13th. https://www.thelocal.it/20170913/egyptian-authorities-arrest-lawyer-linked-to-slain-italian-student-regeni Wed, 13 Sep 2017 18:15:09 +0200 egyptian-authorities-arrest-lawyer-linked-to-slain-italian-student-regeni The death of Italian researcher Giulio Regeni in Cairo in 2016 remains unsolved, but the Italian government says the presence of a special investigator in Egypt will help establish the truth of what happened to the PhD student. https://www.thelocal.it/20170817/new-italian-ambassador-to-be-accompanied-by-special-investigator-to-cairo Thu, 17 Aug 2017 13:11:27 +0200 new-italian-ambassador-to-be-accompanied-by-special-investigator-to-cairo Italy announced Monday that it is sending an ambassador back to Cairo, 15 months after withdrawing the previous one to protest the slow pace of a probe into an Italian student's grisly murder. https://www.thelocal.it/20170815/italy-sends-envoy-back-to-egypt-after-student-killing Tue, 15 Aug 2017 11:08:55 +0200 italy-sends-envoy-back-to-egypt-after-student-killing Pope Francis flies to Egypt on Friday for a visit aimed at fostering reconciliation with the Muslim world against the backdrop of recent jihadist attacks on the Middle East's biggest Christian community. https://www.thelocal.it/20170428/pilgrim-of-peace-pope-francis-heads-to-egypt Fri, 28 Apr 2017 10:51:08 +0200 pilgrim-of-peace-pope-francis-heads-to-egypt Pope Francis heads to Egypt on Friday to bolster relations with Muslims and show solidarity with the largest Christian community in the Middle East following devastating attacks. https://www.thelocal.it/20170426/pope-francis-heads-to-egypt-to-boost-ties-with-muslim-community Wed, 26 Apr 2017 10:47:28 +0200 pope-francis-heads-to-egypt-to-boost-ties-with-muslim-community The parents of Giulio Regeni, the Cambridge University student tortured to death in Egypt last year, appealed on Monday to Pope Francis to raise their son's unexplained killing when he visits Cairo this month. https://www.thelocal.it/20170404/regeni-family-appeal-to-pope-case-egypt Tue, 04 Apr 2017 10:39:54 +0200 regeni-family-appeal-to-pope-case-egypt Italy on Tuesday granted a partial pardon to a former CIA agent found guilty over the kidnap of an Egyptian imam in 2003, in a case that has sparked a long legal tussle. https://www.thelocal.it/20170301/italy-cuts-sentence-sabrina-de-sousa-milan-egypt Wed, 01 Mar 2017 11:07:07 +0100 italy-cuts-sentence-sabrina-de-sousa-milan-egypt Portugal will extradite to Italy within days a former CIA agent convicted over the 2003 abduction of a radical Egyptian imam, ending a long legal tussle, her lawyer said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170222/an-ex-cia-agent-convicted-of-abducting-an-imam-will-finally-be-extradited-to-italy Wed, 22 Feb 2017 09:49:37 +0100 an-ex-cia-agent-convicted-of-abducting-an-imam-will-finally-be-extradited-to-italy Egypt's prosecution said on Sunday it would allow Italy to send experts to try to retrieve video footage related to last January's kidnapping and murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni. https://www.thelocal.it/20170123/italy-to-send-cctv-experts-to-assist-in-regeni-probe Mon, 23 Jan 2017 09:44:07 +0100 italy-to-send-cctv-experts-to-assist-in-regeni-probe Egypt's prosecution said on Wednesday it questioned policemen who had investigated Italian student Giulio Regeni days before his abduction, as part of a probe into his kidnapping and grisly murder. https://www.thelocal.it/20161207/egypt-police-quizzed-as-part-of-regeni-probe Wed, 07 Dec 2016 17:23:34 +0100 egypt-police-quizzed-as-part-of-regeni-probe A pair of legs on display in Turin's Egyptian Museum likely belonged to Ancient Egyptian Queen Nefertari, according to a new archaeological study. https://www.thelocal.it/20161206/queen-nefertari-mummy-found-in-northern-italy Tue, 06 Dec 2016 15:10:28 +0100 queen-nefertari-mummy-found-in-northern-italy Italy's deputy public prosecutor arrived in Egypt on Tuesday for an update on the investigation into the January abduction, torture, and murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni, officials said. https://www.thelocal.it/20161101/italian-prosecutor-in-egypt-for-regeni-murder-probe Tue, 01 Nov 2016 15:52:49 +0100 italian-prosecutor-in-egypt-for-regeni-murder-probe UPDATED: At least eight African migrants, and possibly as many as 27, died in a new boat tragedy off the coast of Libya, a search and rescue organization said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160418/over-400-italy-bound-migrants-drowned-in-latest-boat-tragedy Mon, 18 Apr 2016 13:06:57 +0200 over-400-italy-bound-migrants-drowned-in-latest-boat-tragedy