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 European Commission wants to make rail trips between major European cities faster and easier for international travellers, and has launched a new strategy with this aim in mind. https://www.thelocal.it/20251127/how-rail-journeys-across-europe-could-be-made-faster-in-the-coming-years Thu, 27 Nov 2025 13:54:24 +0100 how-rail-journeys-across-europe-could-be-made-faster-in-the-coming-years The European Union should open its external borders to vaccinated travellers from non-EU countries, the EU Commission has proposed, but entry should be restricted if there are outbreaks of dangerous Covid variants. https://www.thelocal.it/20210503/eu-proposes-to-open-borders-to-vaccinated-tourists-from-outside-bloc Mon, 03 May 2021 15:36:00 +0200 eu-proposes-to-open-borders-to-vaccinated-tourists-from-outside-bloc Europeans may be able to travel more freely this summer with a proposed new vaccination passport. But the European Commission urges caution and calls for certificates to be free from 'discrimination'. https://www.thelocal.it/20210313/eu-vaccine-passports-must-prevent-discrimination-european-commission Sat, 13 Mar 2021 13:38:35 +0100 eu-vaccine-passports-must-prevent-discrimination-european-commission EU economics affairs commissioner Pierre Moscovici said Tuesday the European Commission was reaching out to Italy after Rome appeared ready to lower its draft budget deficit and ease a stand-off with Brussels. https://www.thelocal.it/20181127/eus-moscovici-reaches-out-to-rome Tue, 27 Nov 2018 12:30:00 +0100 eus-moscovici-reaches-out-to-rome Italy's populist government appeared open Monday to reducing its draft budget deficit, boosting stocks in Milan on hopes Rome could ease a stand-off with EU officials in Brussels. https://www.thelocal.it/20181126/italian-budget-di-maio-open-to-cutting-deficit Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:15:00 +0100 italian-budget-di-maio-open-to-cutting-deficit The EU on Thursday said growth in the eurozone would slow in 2019 and beyond, citing global uncertainty and heightened trade tensions. https://www.thelocal.it/20181108/eu-predicts-italys-deficit-will-soar-next-year Thu, 08 Nov 2018 12:50:57 +0100 eu-predicts-italys-deficit-will-soar-next-year European Economics Commissioner Pierre Moscovici on Friday stepped up his criticism of an Italian politician who symbolically "trampled" the commissioner's notes rejecting Italy's budget. https://www.thelocal.it/20181026/eu-commissioner-pierre-moscovici-calls-italian-mep-angelo-ciocca-a-moron Fri, 26 Oct 2018 13:11:30 +0200 eu-commissioner-pierre-moscovici-calls-italian-mep-angelo-ciocca-a-moron Italy's eurosceptic Interior Minister Matteo Salvini is considering running for the presidency of the European Commission if a coalition of nationalist groups wins the next EU elections, he said in an interview on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20181018/italy-matteo-salvini-european-commission-president Thu, 18 Oct 2018 13:26:38 +0200 italy-matteo-salvini-european-commission-president The European Commission on Monday said that Italy urgently needed to improve its waste management, water infrastructure and air pollution. https://www.thelocal.it/20170207/italy-faces-eu-fine-over-smog-and-waste-water-management Tue, 07 Feb 2017 16:44:08 +0100 italy-faces-eu-fine-over-smog-and-waste-water-management The centre-right European People's Party (EPP) on Tuesday nominated Italian Antonio Tajani as its candidate for head of the European Parliament to succeed German Socialist Martin Schulz, who has said he will step down in January. https://www.thelocal.it/20161214/conservatives-name-italian-as-candidate-to-head-eu-parliament Wed, 14 Dec 2016 09:39:41 +0100 conservatives-name-italian-as-candidate-to-head-eu-parliament The European Commission on Tuesday demanded "clarifications" from seven eurozone countries over their draft budgets, including Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20161026/european-commission-italys-budget-is-a-real-problem Wed, 26 Oct 2016 11:38:31 +0200 european-commission-italys-budget-is-a-real-problem The EU is seeking information from Italy, Spain, Greece and Portugal to determine if they have illegally supported their frail banks, officials said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150407/eu-quizzes-italy-on-bank-aid Tue, 07 Apr 2015 16:47:05 +0200 eu-quizzes-italy-on-bank-aid Italy's roads are getting safer, although the number of deaths is still higher than the regional average, the European Commission said. The data follows a survey which found that Italy produces Europe's most reckless drivers. https://www.thelocal.it/20150325/italys-roads-are-getting-safer-eu Wed, 25 Mar 2015 11:31:10 +0100 italys-roads-are-getting-safer-eu The European Commission may launch an infringement procedure against Italy over its treatment of the Roma community, a rights organization said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141104/italy-faces-eu-rap-over-roma-treatment Tue, 04 Nov 2014 18:47:00 +0100 italy-faces-eu-rap-over-roma-treatment Italy said on Monday it was pledging "additional measures" to reduce its structural budget deficit by 0.3 percent of GDP in 2015, after it was warned by the European Commission it risked breaching EU fiscal rules. https://www.thelocal.it/20141027/italy-bows-to-eu-pressure-over-budget Mon, 27 Oct 2014 15:27:00 +0100 italy-bows-to-eu-pressure-over-budget Italy will have to pay the EU an estimated €340 million on December 1st, according to a leaked document which shows France is due to receive a €1 billion rebate. https://www.thelocal.it/20141024/italy-hit-with-340m-eu-bill-as-france-cashes-in Fri, 24 Oct 2014 13:57:00 +0200 italy-hit-with-340m-eu-bill-as-france-cashes-in Italy and France moved a step closer on Wednesday to having their budgets humiliatingly sanctioned by Brussels, with four other countries also in the EU danger zone, a European source said. https://www.thelocal.it/20141022/italy-steps-closer-to-eu-budget-warning Wed, 22 Oct 2014 16:19:00 +0200 italy-steps-closer-to-eu-budget-warning Italy is the worst country in Europe at applying EU law, proving to be especially bad when it comes to employment rules, the European Commission said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141002/unruly-italy-is-eus-most-disobedient-country Thu, 02 Oct 2014 12:20:00 +0200 unruly-italy-is-eus-most-disobedient-country The European Commission on Thursday gave the green light to BSkyB's bid to buy Sky Italia and Sky Deutschland for €8.8 billion. https://www.thelocal.it/20140912/eu-backs-bskb-buying-sky-italia Fri, 12 Sep 2014 11:02:00 +0200 eu-backs-bskb-buying-sky-italia Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi admitted on Wednesday that EU funding to Italy has been misspent but shrugged off criticism from the economic bloc that Italy is “a country without strategy”. https://www.thelocal.it/20140814/pm-shrugs-off-eu-criticism-over-lack-of-strategy Thu, 14 Aug 2014 11:20:00 +0200 pm-shrugs-off-eu-criticism-over-lack-of-strategy