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 Italian government avoided a crisis on Thursday after a junior League minister resigned following his conviction for fraud and embezzlement in what was known as the "crazy expenses" trial. https://www.thelocal.it/20190530/italy-minister-resigns-over-crazy-expenses-scandal Thu, 30 May 2019 18:31:23 +0200 italy-minister-resigns-over-crazy-expenses-scandal An inquiry into expenses claims submitted by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi when he was mayor of Florence has been dropped by a Tuscan court. https://www.thelocal.it/20151125/court-drops-renzi-dinner-expenses-case Wed, 25 Nov 2015 16:01:22 +0100 court-drops-renzi-dinner-expenses-case Italy's national broadcaster, Rai, is in the spotlight after it emerged it paid €24,000 to former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis for giving a 22-minute interview. https://www.thelocal.it/20151029/italys-rai-paid-24k-for-varufakis-interview Thu, 29 Oct 2015 12:05:29 +0100 italys-rai-paid-24k-for-varufakis-interview Rome's outgoing mayor, Ignazio Marino, has fiercely denied the expenses scandal that forced him out of office earlier this month, saying the dinner receipts were forged. https://www.thelocal.it/20151020/dinnergate-receipts-forged-says-rome-mayor Tue, 20 Oct 2015 12:25:53 +0200 dinnergate-receipts-forged-says-rome-mayor Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has fiercely denied claims by an Italian newspaper that he dined out on the council's money while serving as the mayor and president of Florence. https://www.thelocal.it/20151013/italys-premier-denies-dining-expensese-claims Tue, 13 Oct 2015 17:12:41 +0200 italys-premier-denies-dining-expensese-claims UPDATED: Rome’s embattled mayor Ignazio Marino faced calls to quit from a member of his own Democratic Party on Thursday after he agreed to pay back €20,000 of restaurant bills settled with a city hall credit card. https://www.thelocal.it/20151008/dinnergate-rocks-rome-leaving-mayor-on-the-brink Thu, 08 Oct 2015 13:53:50 +0200 dinnergate-rocks-rome-leaving-mayor-on-the-brink The managers of the MPs bar in Palazzo Montecitorio, the seat of Italy's lower house of parliament, are asking the government to probe €20,000 in unpaid bar tabs. https://www.thelocal.it/20150811/ex-mps-leave-20k-bar-tab-at-italian-parliament Tue, 11 Aug 2015 15:50:48 +0200 ex-mps-leave-20k-bar-tab-at-italian-parliament Italy has been in the throes of an economic crisis since 2008, but that hasn’t stopped the state spending €900,000 a year on lavish first-class travel and chauffeur-driven cars for its MPs, as well as continuing to pay the travel expenses of former ones. https://www.thelocal.it/20150806/italys-mps-to-lose-lavish-travel-perks Thu, 06 Aug 2015 13:44:00 +0200 italys-mps-to-lose-lavish-travel-perks Sixty-four politicians from the regional council of Lombardy, one of Italy’s wealthiest regions, have been accused of squandering almost €2.14 million worth of public funds on everything from premium wine and caviar to jars of Nutella and placing bets. https://www.thelocal.it/20140331/politicians-wasted-millions-on-fine-wine-and-caviar Mon, 31 Mar 2014 13:23:00 +0200 politicians-wasted-millions-on-fine-wine-and-caviar A probe into a €10 million expenses scam in Sicily has revealed that dozens of MPs and their aides squandered cash on everything from designer underwear and Louis Vuitton bags to coffee capsules and comics. https://www.thelocal.it/20140117/sicilian-mps-squandered-cash-on-designer-underwear Fri, 17 Jan 2014 13:10:00 +0100 sicilian-mps-squandered-cash-on-designer-underwear Politicians from Silvio Berlusconi's People of Freedom (PdL) party in Emilia-Romagna have squandered three times as much on their lunch and dinners as their counterparts from the Democratic Party (PD). https://www.thelocal.it/20131105/berlusconi-party-racks-up-hefty-food-bill Tue, 05 Nov 2013 13:26:00 +0100 berlusconi-party-racks-up-hefty-food-bill Italian MPs are raking in the cash compared to their European counterparts. Taking home €10,400 a month, they also earn thousands more than the average Italian. But are they worth it? The Local asks Luca Verzichelli, a politics professor at the University of Siena. https://www.thelocal.it/20131031/italian-mps-twice-as-pricey-as-german-mps Thu, 31 Oct 2013 11:00:00 +0100 italian-mps-twice-as-pricey-as-german-mps Italian MPs are paid €11,703 a month and receive €4,003 in overnight expenses, far higher than many of their European counterparts, research has found. https://www.thelocal.it/20131014/italian-mps-among-highest-paid-in-europe Mon, 14 Oct 2013 14:02:00 +0200 italian-mps-among-highest-paid-in-europe Fifty-seven out of the 60 elected councillors in the Campania region of southern Italy are under investigation for unjustified expenses ranging from hair dye to subsidizing private televisions. https://www.thelocal.it/20130704/campania-politicians-face-expenses-probe Thu, 04 Jul 2013 10:56:00 +0200 campania-politicians-face-expenses-probe