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 six-year-old girl has returned to Milan five years after being kidnapped by her Syrian father, the Italian foreign ministry has said. https://www.thelocal.it/20170313/kidnapped-girl-returns-to-italy-five-years-after-being-taken-to-syria Mon, 13 Mar 2017 14:23:05 +0100 kidnapped-girl-returns-to-italy-five-years-after-being-taken-to-syria Italy has deported five members of the same family "for reasons of national security", interior minister Angelino Alfano announced on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20161003/italy-expels-five-for-jihadist-messages-on-facebook Mon, 03 Oct 2016 11:46:11 +0200 italy-expels-five-for-jihadist-messages-on-facebook Maria Bernacchi says she has reached the age of 104 thanks to working hard and having good friends - but she had always wanted to see the sea. https://www.thelocal.it/20160810/this-104-year-old-woman-just-saw-the-sea-for-the-first-time Wed, 10 Aug 2016 12:40:46 +0200 this-104-year-old-woman-just-saw-the-sea-for-the-first-time Carlo Tavecchio, the president of the Italian Football Federation, is back under the spotlight for allegedly making discriminatory comments about Jews and gay people. https://www.thelocal.it/20151102/italy-football-chief-insults-jews-and-gays Mon, 02 Nov 2015 10:10:02 +0100 italy-football-chief-insults-jews-and-gays French daily newspaper Le Monde has sparked controversy after calling Lazio's new kit "fascist" on account of its black colour. https://www.thelocal.it/20150917/french-brand-lazios-new-kit-as-fascist Thu, 17 Sep 2015 14:19:53 +0200 french-brand-lazios-new-kit-as-fascist Fifa on Monday called for an investigation into alleged racist comments made by the front runner in the race for the top job in Italian football. https://www.thelocal.it/20140728/italian-fa-must-probe-racism-fifa-carlo-tavecchio Mon, 28 Jul 2014 19:09:00 +0200 italian-fa-must-probe-racism-fifa-carlo-tavecchio Italians are now throwing their support behind The Netherlands after their national team was ousted from the World Cup earlier this week, according to an online poll by the daily newspaper, La Stampa. https://www.thelocal.it/20140627/italian-football-fans-back-their-dutch-neighbours Fri, 27 Jun 2014 12:25:00 +0200 italian-football-fans-back-their-dutch-neighbours A woman in Naples has put out a plea for students to send in revealing photographs of themselves to be sold on to customers, so that she can buy a new scooter. https://www.thelocal.it/20131128/raunchy-photo-plea-to-buy-scooter Thu, 28 Nov 2013 11:37:00 +0100 raunchy-photo-plea-to-buy-scooter