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 Italy's anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S) will vote Thursday on whether to ditch leader Luigi Di Maio after the party's flop at European elections, the deputy prime minister said. https://www.thelocal.it/20190529/italys-m5s-to-decide-leaders-fate-after-eu-vote-flop Wed, 29 May 2019 14:36:46 +0200 italys-m5s-to-decide-leaders-fate-after-eu-vote-flop Italy's Five Star Movement (M5S) wants to team up with like-minded populist parties and form a new grouping within the European Parliament to take power from the traditional left and right, its leader said Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20190429/italys-five-star-movement-wants-to-change-the-eu-parliament Mon, 29 Apr 2019 11:37:11 +0200 italys-five-star-movement-wants-to-change-the-eu-parliament Cash-strapped authorities in Rome are to auction off four Mussolini-era public buildings to fund the completion of a long-delayed but eagerly-awaited new conference centre by acclaimed architect Massimiliano Fuksas. https://www.thelocal.it/20150217/italy-sells-off-mussolini-buildings-to-raise-cash Tue, 17 Feb 2015 15:47:00 +0100 italy-sells-off-mussolini-buildings-to-raise-cash Italians tried to con the EU out of €68.5 million worth of funds last year - by far the highest figure out of all European countries - new statistics show. https://www.thelocal.it/20140718/italians-best-at-ripping-off-the-eu-report Fri, 18 Jul 2014 17:39:00 +0200 italians-best-at-ripping-off-the-eu-report A fifth of Italians want to scrap the euro currency and return to the days of the lira, a new poll has found. https://www.thelocal.it/20131108/fifth-of-italians-want-the-lira-back Fri, 08 Nov 2013 13:37:00 +0100 fifth-of-italians-want-the-lira-back