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 There were many factors behind the rise in support for Italy's populist parties in the election on Sunday -- but could fake news have played a part in influencing the result? Filippo Trevisan studies the impact of the internet and social media on politics, and explains how changes in the media landscape affected the vote. https://www.thelocal.it/20180307/impact-fake-news-social-media-russia-italian-election-result Wed, 07 Mar 2018 10:57:57 +0100 impact-fake-news-social-media-russia-italian-election-result Italian politics are full of characters – so many that sometimes it’s hard to keep track. If you want to know who’s ruling, who’s running and who’s making the headlines, check out The Local’s beginner’s to the names you need to know before Italy goes to the polls on March 4th. https://www.thelocal.it/20180125/who-is-running-italy-2018-election Thu, 25 Jan 2018 09:04:13 +0100 who-is-running-italy-2018-election In the run-up to the Italian general election on March 4th, The Local is bringing you a daily round up of who's done what and why in the fast-moving world of Italian politics. https://www.thelocal.it/20180301/today-in-italian-politics-march-1-2018 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 21:13:33 +0100 today-in-italian-politics-march-1-2018 The Northern League once hovered on the fringe of Italian politics, a regional party whose primary policy was secession from the rest of Italy. Now, with a new leader and a new programme, as well as an alliance that could give it a shot at national power, is it accurate to describe the League as an extremist force? https://www.thelocal.it/20180228/is-italy-northern-league-a-far-right-party Wed, 28 Feb 2018 16:39:42 +0100 is-italy-northern-league-a-far-right-party In the run-up to the Italian general election on March 4th, The Local is bringing you a daily round up of who's done what and why in the fast-moving world of Italian politics. https://www.thelocal.it/20180227/today-in-italian-politics-february-27-2018 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 20:45:03 +0100 today-in-italian-politics-february-27-2018 In the run-up to the Italian general election on March 4th, The Local is bringing you a daily round up of who's done what and why in the fast-moving world of Italian politics. https://www.thelocal.it/20180226/today-in-italian-politics-election-february-26-2018 Mon, 26 Feb 2018 20:43:35 +0100 today-in-italian-politics-election-february-26-2018 Fearing paralysis after Italy's nail-biting March 4th election, EU officials are quietly working to encourage a "grand coalition" of pro-European parties – including that of colourful billionaire ex-PM Silvio Berlusconi. https://www.thelocal.it/20180226/eu-grand-coalition-italy Mon, 26 Feb 2018 19:40:15 +0100 eu-grand-coalition-italy The Italian economy is slowly making its way out of an economic crisis that has ravaged the country, but there are fears among the business community that the March 4th election could hobble what is a small and fragile recovery. https://www.thelocal.it/20180226/italy-economy-recovery-election Mon, 26 Feb 2018 16:14:34 +0100 italy-economy-recovery-election In the run-up to the Italian general election on March 4th, The Local is bringing you a daily round up of who's done what and why in the fast-moving world of Italian politics. https://www.thelocal.it/20180220/today-in-italian-politics-february-20 Tue, 20 Feb 2018 20:33:36 +0100 today-in-italian-politics-february-20 In the run-up to the Italian general election on March 4th, The Local is bringing you a daily round up of who's done what and why in the fast-moving world of Italian politics. https://www.thelocal.it/20180219/today-in-italian-politics-february-19-2018 Mon, 19 Feb 2018 18:20:25 +0100 today-in-italian-politics-february-19-2018 In the run-up to the Italian general election on March 4th, The Local is bringing you a daily round up of who's done what and why in the fast-moving world of Italian politics. https://www.thelocal.it/20180216/today-in-italian-politics-february-16-2018 Fri, 16 Feb 2018 19:45:53 +0100 today-in-italian-politics-february-16-2018 Once despised in the south for its staunch support for richer northern regions, Italy's League party hit the campaign trail on Thursday in former enemy territory as a self-styled bulwark against unchecked immigration. https://www.thelocal.it/20180216/italy-former-northern-league-south Fri, 16 Feb 2018 09:31:10 +0100 italy-former-northern-league-south In the run-up to the Italian general election on March 4th, The Local is bringing you a daily round up of who's done what and why in the fast-moving world of Italian politics. https://www.thelocal.it/20180214/today-in-italian-politics Wed, 14 Feb 2018 18:07:44 +0100 today-in-italian-politics Amazon has managed the impossible: uniting Italy's warring politicians, just over a month from a general election. https://www.thelocal.it/20180202/italy-amazon-electronic-bracelets Fri, 02 Feb 2018 17:26:02 +0100 italy-amazon-electronic-bracelets From next week, Facebook users in Italy will receive a warning when misleading content pops up on their news feed. https://www.thelocal.it/20180131/facebook-fact-checking-italy Wed, 31 Jan 2018 19:19:47 +0100 facebook-fact-checking-italy Paolo Gentiloni, Italy’s centre-left prime minister, said his party would not consider governing alongside Silvio Berlusconi’s alliance of centrists and the far-right after a general election in March. https://www.thelocal.it/20180124/italy-prime-minister-paulo-gentiloni-grand-coalition-silvio-berlusconi Wed, 24 Jan 2018 16:53:05 +0100 italy-prime-minister-paulo-gentiloni-grand-coalition-silvio-berlusconi Two Italian populist parties running in elections in March are promising to scrap a compulsory vaccination law, a hot-button issue after a measles outbreak claimed four lives last year. https://www.thelocal.it/20180116/italy-election-compulsory-vaccine-law Tue, 16 Jan 2018 17:04:27 +0100 italy-election-compulsory-vaccine-law Attilio Fontana, the leading candidate to govern Italy’s most populous region, says he made a slip of the tongue when he claimed that migration threatened to wipe out “our white race”. https://www.thelocal.it/20180115/attilio-fontana-lombardy-white-race Mon, 15 Jan 2018 19:02:39 +0100 attilio-fontana-lombardy-white-race A promise of a flat tax by former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi on Friday sparked sharp reactions from opponents ahead of a general election and head-scratching among economists. https://www.thelocal.it/20180112/silvio-berlusconi-flat-tax-rate Fri, 12 Jan 2018 17:46:19 +0100 silvio-berlusconi-flat-tax-rate It’s election season in Italy, and promises are cheap. https://www.thelocal.it/20180111/aboliamoqualcosa-lets-abolish-something-italy-election-twitter Thu, 11 Jan 2018 12:44:54 +0100 aboliamoqualcosa-lets-abolish-something-italy-election-twitter