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 An unemployed man from a town near Rome fended off competition from over 300 rivals to be hired as Father Christmas at a shopping centre in the east of the capital. But the job isn't always a barrel of laughs, or so professional Santas say. https://www.thelocal.it/20151124/over-300-line-up-for-rome-father-christmas-job Tue, 24 Nov 2015 13:03:22 +0100 over-300-line-up-for-rome-father-christmas-job A court in Genoa on Monday refused to dismiss an investigation into bankruptcy fraud against Tiziano Renzi, the father of Italy's Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi. https://www.thelocal.it/20151012/bankruptcy-probe-into-renzis-dad-continues Mon, 12 Oct 2015 18:11:17 +0200 bankruptcy-probe-into-renzis-dad-continues Police in Spain have tracked down an Italian father who abandoned his wife outside a toy shop near Turin and fled with his new born son. https://www.thelocal.it/20150417/father-on-run-with-new-born-could-be-in-spain Fri, 17 Apr 2015 12:32:11 +0200 father-on-run-with-new-born-could-be-in-spain A father in Turin, northern Italy, has been sentenced to nine months in prison after he forced his teenage daughters to go on a macrobiotic diet and do intensive skiing, telling them they were “too fat”. https://www.thelocal.it/20150127/dad-imprisoned-for-forcing-daughters-to-diet-and-ski Tue, 27 Jan 2015 15:46:00 +0100 dad-imprisoned-for-forcing-daughters-to-diet-and-ski A northern Italian town is in mourning after an 11-year-old girl appeared to have accidentally shot herself dead with her father’s pistol on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150102/girl-dies-after-shooting-herself-with-dads-gun Fri, 02 Jan 2015 13:18:00 +0100 girl-dies-after-shooting-herself-with-dads-gun Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi came under increasing scrutiny Saturday as media interest grew in a bankruptcy fraud probe of his father, who has spoken out to defend his innocence. https://www.thelocal.it/20140920/renzi-under-fire-as-father-faces-fraud-probe Sat, 20 Sep 2014 14:59:00 +0200 renzi-under-fire-as-father-faces-fraud-probe A 12-year-old girl from Lecce in the southern Italian region of Puglia saved her father from suicide after reading a "desperate" text message from him. https://www.thelocal.it/20140423/year-old-girl-saves-dad-from-suicide Wed, 23 Apr 2014 14:22:00 +0200 year-old-girl-saves-dad-from-suicide A 70-year-old man from Treviso, a city in the northern Italian region of Veneto, became embroiled in a bitter feud with his son after booking an escort who turned out to be his offspring’s girlfriend. https://www.thelocal.it/20140305/fury-after-italian-mans-escort-is-sons-girlfriend Wed, 05 Mar 2014 14:33:00 +0100 fury-after-italian-mans-escort-is-sons-girlfriend A woman in the central Italian city of Arezzo has successfully sued her father for abandoning her as a child, thus depriving her of "both moral and material support", Italian media reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20131128/woman-sues-father-for-abandoning-her-as-child Thu, 28 Nov 2013 16:00:00 +0100 woman-sues-father-for-abandoning-her-as-child A domestic argument ended in tragedy when a father killed in son, leaving his daughter to find the body. https://www.thelocal.it/20130829/father-kills-son-during-family-row Thu, 29 Aug 2013 19:35:00 +0200 father-kills-son-during-family-row