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 The 2024 European elections take place around Europe from June 6th to June 9th but how do they work and what does the European parliament actually do and how does it work? https://www.thelocal.it/20240329/explained-whats-at-stake-in-the-european-parliamentary-elections Fri, 29 Mar 2024 17:35:09 +0100 explained-whats-at-stake-in-the-european-parliamentary-elections Italian dictator Benito Mussolini's great-grandson plans to run in next month's European parliamentary elections on behalf of an Italian far-right party, local media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20190409/mussolinis-great-grandson-will-stand-for-the-eu-elections-in-italy Tue, 09 Apr 2019 14:16:08 +0200 mussolinis-great-grandson-will-stand-for-the-eu-elections-in-italy With Britain soon out of the way, Italy is looking like a bigger European player. But will Europe's daunting problems overwhelm the 'big three'? Angela Giuffrida reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20160901/eu-italy-big-league-germany-france-brexit Thu, 01 Sep 2016 19:19:17 +0200 eu-italy-big-league-germany-france-brexit Italy's Iveco was fined €495 million on Tuesday for forming a cartel with other European truckmakers. https://www.thelocal.it/20160719/eu-hits-truck-cartel-with-record-price-fixing-fine Tue, 19 Jul 2016 17:26:25 +0200 eu-hits-truck-cartel-with-record-price-fixing-fine Italy's number-three bank, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, took a hammering on the stock market on Monday as the European Central Bank told it to slash its large bad-debt burden. https://www.thelocal.it/20160704/brexit-spooked-investors-fret-over-debt-laden-italian-banks Mon, 04 Jul 2016 16:06:03 +0200 brexit-spooked-investors-fret-over-debt-laden-italian-banks It’s been three days since Britain voted to leave the European Union, and the shock of the outcome, along with the calamity that’s followed, is yet to subside among Britons living in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20160627/british-business-owners-in-italy-feel-brexit-jitters Mon, 27 Jun 2016 18:56:57 +0200 british-business-owners-in-italy-feel-brexit-jitters A parcel bomb was intercepted on Tuesday at the headquarters of the EU food safety watchdog's headquarters in northern Italy and was safely detonated by a bomb disposal team. https://www.thelocal.it/20160608/parcel-bomb-found-at-eu-food-watchdog-in-italy Wed, 08 Jun 2016 10:23:05 +0200 parcel-bomb-found-at-eu-food-watchdog-in-italy Italy’s former Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini is among the world’s most powerful women, according to a ranking compiled by the magazine, Forbes. https://www.thelocal.it/20160606/italys-mogherini-ranked-among-worlds-most-powerful-women Mon, 06 Jun 2016 19:47:10 +0200 italys-mogherini-ranked-among-worlds-most-powerful-women Experienced Italian midfielder Daniele De Rossi has played down chances of success at Euro 2016, insisting Thursday that the Azzurri are "not among the favourites". https://www.thelocal.it/20160603/italy-not-among-the-favourites-in-euro-2016 Fri, 03 Jun 2016 10:39:45 +0200 italy-not-among-the-favourites-in-euro-2016 Midfielders Thiago Motta and Daniele De Rossi were on Tuesday given the all clear and included in Italy coach Antonio Conte's 23-man squad for Euro 2016. https://www.thelocal.it/20160601/motta-de-rossi-get-nod-for-italy-in-euro-2016 Wed, 01 Jun 2016 10:24:43 +0200 motta-de-rossi-get-nod-for-italy-in-euro-2016 May 9th marks Europe Day, an annual celebration of peace and unity. https://www.thelocal.it/20160509/what-google-says-about-italy-and-other-eu-nations-countries-europe-day Mon, 09 May 2016 18:12:10 +0200 what-google-says-about-italy-and-other-eu-nations-countries-europe-day The body of a brown bear, a protected species in Italy, was found on Monday in Trentino, feared poisoned, the north-east province said. https://www.thelocal.it/20160322/poison-probe-after-protected-brown-bear-found-dead-in-italy Tue, 22 Mar 2016 09:20:31 +0100 poison-probe-after-protected-brown-bear-found-dead-in-italy The EU opened an inquiry on Wednesday into Italian state aid for the struggling Ilva steel works, the largest in the bloc and one of its most polluting, the European Commission said. https://www.thelocal.it/20160120/eu-opens-probe-into-italian-aid-for-polluting-ilva-steelworks Wed, 20 Jan 2016 13:01:14 +0100 eu-opens-probe-into-italian-aid-for-polluting-ilva-steelworks Italy must pay a total €10 million in compensation to over 350 people who were infected with various viruses through blood transfusions, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. https://www.thelocal.it/20160114/over-350-given-hiv-and-hepatitis-in-italy-transfusion-blunders Thu, 14 Jan 2016 15:08:40 +0100 over-350-given-hiv-and-hepatitis-in-italy-transfusion-blunders The gut microbes of the Iceman, a 5,300-year-old mummy found frozen in a European glacier in 1991, have shed new light on the history of human migration, scientists said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160108/icemans-gut-microbes-shed-light-on-human-migration Fri, 08 Jan 2016 09:25:59 +0100 icemans-gut-microbes-shed-light-on-human-migration Air pollution caused 84,400 premature deaths in Italy – the highest among the EU states – in 2012, according to the latest report from the European Environment Agency (EEA). https://www.thelocal.it/20151130/italy-highest-in-eu-for-pollution-linked-deaths Mon, 30 Nov 2015 12:59:23 +0100 italy-highest-in-eu-for-pollution-linked-deaths The European Commission has revised Italy’s growth forecast upwards for 2015, saying on Thursday that the country is “moving towards more self-sustaining growth”. https://www.thelocal.it/20151105/italy-moving-towards-self-sustaining-growth Thu, 05 Nov 2015 16:43:47 +0100 italy-moving-towards-self-sustaining-growth Europe’s chief banker, Mario Draghi, is the world’s most powerful Italian, at least according to Forbes magazine, which has published its annual list of the most powerful global figures. https://www.thelocal.it/20151105/draghi-is-the-worlds-most-powerful-italian Thu, 05 Nov 2015 12:26:20 +0100 draghi-is-the-worlds-most-powerful-italian The financial unit of Fiat and the US coffee chain, Starbucks, have been told to each repay €20-€30 million in back taxes after the two companies were granted selective tax advantages in Luxembourg and the Netherlands, the European Commission said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20151021/fiat-hit-with-30-million-tax-bill Wed, 21 Oct 2015 13:56:34 +0200 fiat-hit-with-30-million-tax-bill Italy has overtaken France to become the world’s largest producer of wine, according to figures from the European Commission. https://www.thelocal.it/20151008/italy-eclipses-france-as-worlds-biggest-winemaker Thu, 08 Oct 2015 13:53:41 +0200 italy-eclipses-france-as-worlds-biggest-winemaker