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 A 19-year-old student sitting the entrance exam for the University of Palermo was hospitalized after being forced to wait 40 minutes to go to the bathroom after her exam had finished. https://www.thelocal.it/20150917/uni-student-forced-to-hold-wee-hopsitalized Thu, 17 Sep 2015 12:07:48 +0200 uni-student-forced-to-hold-wee-hopsitalized Once considered among the most prestigious careers, medicine is attracting fewer candidates in Italy after a lengthy exam scandal left many students feeling it is no longer worth the commitment. https://www.thelocal.it/20150824/fewer-italians-pursue-medicine-after-exam-scandal Mon, 24 Aug 2015 14:46:52 +0200 fewer-italians-pursue-medicine-after-exam-scandal A 91-year-old Italian grandfather has finally completed middle school after a lifetime spent working and looking after his family. https://www.thelocal.it/20150624/91-year-old-completes-middle-school Wed, 24 Jun 2015 19:24:54 +0200 91-year-old-completes-middle-school A 99-year-old grandmother in Sardinia on Tuesday received her certificate for passing Italy's middle school exam, said to be a lifetime dream after she was taken out of education to work in her family's olive grove. https://www.thelocal.it/20140617/99-year-old-grandma-passes-school-exam Tue, 17 Jun 2014 18:23:00 +0200 99-year-old-grandma-passes-school-exam After studying long and hard to obtain their licence, around 13,000 aspiring tour guides in the southern Italian region of Campania are set to have their skills tested in a tough exam this week. But they were furious to discover that the exam itself is riddled with errors about the region's history. https://www.thelocal.it/20131104/tourism-experts-berated-for-flawed-exam Mon, 04 Nov 2013 13:42:00 +0100 tourism-experts-berated-for-flawed-exam