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 Three northern Italian regions plan to forbid strolls in crowded city centres, including Venice, Bologna and Trieste, as they take stricter new measures against the spread of Covid-19. https://www.thelocal.it/20201112/no-strolling-in-venice-as-italian-regions-tighten-local-covid-19-rules Thu, 12 Nov 2020 17:07:23 +0100 no-strolling-in-venice-as-italian-regions-tighten-local-covid-19-rules Why does the rest of Italy care about a regional election in Emilia Romagna? Here are the results and why they matter. https://www.thelocal.it/20200127/explained-emilia-romagna-election-result-why-does-it-matter-to-italy Mon, 27 Jan 2020 16:23:39 +0100 explained-emilia-romagna-election-result-why-does-it-matter-to-italy Italy's populist leader Matteo Salvini failed to win a key regional election and topple the country's fragile coalition government, official results showed on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20200127/italy-emilia-romagna-regional-vote Mon, 27 Jan 2020 09:33:05 +0100 italy-emilia-romagna-regional-vote Italians vote Sunday in a key regional election which the far-right hopes will shake the country's fragile coalition government to its core and return strongman Matteo Salvini to power. https://www.thelocal.it/20200126/salvini-seeks-to-topple-government-in-key-regional-poll Sun, 26 Jan 2020 08:32:00 +0100 salvini-seeks-to-topple-government-in-key-regional-poll Parts of Italy's Emilia-Romagna region were on high alert on Monday as heavy rains left rivers dangerously swollen. https://www.thelocal.it/20190513/weather-alert-in-north-east-italy-as-river-savio-floods Mon, 13 May 2019 15:19:05 +0200 weather-alert-in-north-east-italy-as-river-savio-floods Often neglected on travel itineraries in favour of Italy's more famous hotspots, Bologna has plenty to offer tourists, from food to art to hidden secrets. Here are nine reasons you should visit at least once in your lifetime. https://www.thelocal.it/20190421/why-bologna-should-be-the-next-place-you-visit-in-italy-facts-sightseeing Sun, 21 Apr 2019 11:50:14 +0200 why-bologna-should-be-the-next-place-you-visit-in-italy-facts-sightseeing This is an Italian language learner article. Test your vocabulary by trying to guess the Italian for the words highlighted in bold, then check the translations provided at the bottom. https://www.thelocal.it/20190115/4-6-magnitude-earthquake-italy-ravenna-romagna Tue, 15 Jan 2019 12:01:50 +0100 4-6-magnitude-earthquake-italy-ravenna-romagna Some of Italy's most famous spots are best explored in the off season, finds Rome-based writer John Henderson on a winter trip to the beach resort of Rimini. https://www.thelocal.it/20181215/weekend-wanderlust-rimini-off-season Sat, 15 Dec 2018 09:45:32 +0100 weekend-wanderlust-rimini-off-season A total of around 19,000 people were evacuated from their homes on Sunday as the Italian army worked to detonate two unexploded bombs, one in Umbria and one in Emilia Romagna. https://www.thelocal.it/20180730/11000-evacuated-for-detonation-of-unexploded-ww2-bomb Mon, 30 Jul 2018 13:21:13 +0200 11000-evacuated-for-detonation-of-unexploded-ww2-bomb The world's largest guide book publisher, Lonely Planet, released its annual list of the top ten places to visit in Europe on Monday, and an Italian region topped the rankings: the stunning northern region of Emilia-Romagna. https://www.thelocal.it/20180522/italian-region-best-place-europe-travel-lonely-planet Tue, 22 May 2018 19:43:53 +0200 italian-region-best-place-europe-travel-lonely-planet Italian authorities are seeking to extradite a man suspected of murdering two people in northern Italy earlier this year after he was captured in a shootout in Spain. https://www.thelocal.it/20171215/italy-igor-vaclavic-norbert-feher-arrested-shootout-spain Fri, 15 Dec 2017 16:18:02 +0100 italy-igor-vaclavic-norbert-feher-arrested-shootout-spain Emilia Romagna is known as the foodie capital of Italy, and is also a great place for culture and countryside. This week's Property of the Week is an incredible fortress in the town of Cesena. https://www.thelocal.it/20170907/italian-property-of-the-week-a-medieval-fortress-in-emilia-romagna Thu, 07 Sep 2017 09:38:32 +0200 italian-property-of-the-week-a-medieval-fortress-in-emilia-romagna A man hired to work as a waiter at a hotel in Emilia-Romagna had the job offer retracted after his employer told him: “We can’t put coloured guys in the dining area”. https://www.thelocal.it/20170804/waiters-job-offer-retracted-because-hotelier-cant-put-coloured-guys-in-the-dining-area Fri, 04 Aug 2017 12:47:58 +0200 waiters-job-offer-retracted-because-hotelier-cant-put-coloured-guys-in-the-dining-area 'Work less, work for all.' That's the philosophy behind a proposed bill to reduce the Italian working week in a bid to tackle unemployment. https://www.thelocal.it/20170105/italian-region-mulls-introducing-32-hour-work-week Thu, 05 Jan 2017 14:52:46 +0100 italian-region-mulls-introducing-32-hour-work-week An earthquake measuring 4.0 on the Richter Scale was felt in northern Italy on Friday morning. https://www.thelocal.it/20161209/4-magnitude-earthquake-rocks-northern-italy Fri, 09 Dec 2016 10:37:25 +0100 4-magnitude-earthquake-rocks-northern-italy Some residents of the northern Italian region of Emilia Romagna were woken up by a 3.7 magnitude earthquake on Wednesday morning, after a 4.4 magnitude quake was felt near L'Aquila on Tuesday evening. https://www.thelocal.it/20161130/series-earthquakes-tremors-northern-central-italy-laquila-amatrice Wed, 30 Nov 2016 12:39:48 +0100 series-earthquakes-tremors-northern-central-italy-laquila-amatrice Children who haven't received their vaccinations will not be allowed to attend nursery in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, following a ruling by the regional council on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20161123/non-vaccinated-children-cant-attend-nursery-italian-court Wed, 23 Nov 2016 16:19:24 +0100 non-vaccinated-children-cant-attend-nursery-italian-court The sale of trinkets and souvenirs bearing the image of Benito Mussolini has been outlawed in the region of Italy where the fascist dictator was born and raised. https://www.thelocal.it/20160729/mussolinis-region-votes-criminalize-fascist-souvenirs Fri, 29 Jul 2016 14:55:43 +0200 mussolinis-region-votes-criminalize-fascist-souvenirs Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Monday celebrated his centre-left Democratic Party's victory in two regional elections, despite a record low turnout as disenchanted voters stayed away from the polls. https://www.thelocal.it/20141124/poll-win-for-renzi-but-voters-fire-warning-shots Mon, 24 Nov 2014 12:39:00 +0100 poll-win-for-renzi-but-voters-fire-warning-shots Jill Pennington, from the UK, moved to Italy in 2004 with her husband to start a new life together, until she found out he had been having an affair. Now the mother-of-three has written a bestseller about the challenges of going it alone. https://www.thelocal.it/20140109/i-consider-italy-to-be-my-only-home Thu, 09 Jan 2014 12:40:00 +0100 i-consider-italy-to-be-my-only-home