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 Pope Francis on Tuesday appointed a special commission to study the possibility of women becoming deacons in a potentially historic opening on a vexed issue for the Catholic Church. https://www.thelocal.it/20160802/papal-commission-to-consider-female-deacons-in-church-vatican Tue, 02 Aug 2016 14:27:26 +0200 papal-commission-to-consider-female-deacons-in-church-vatican As Rome's first female mayor, Virginia Raggi faces a series of challenges described by one expert as "mission impossible". https://www.thelocal.it/20160621/romes-new-female-mayor Tue, 21 Jun 2016 10:04:48 +0200 romes-new-female-mayor Taxation and bureaucracy are the veritable banes of doing business in Italy. But the looming UK referendum on the EU is also worrying foreign entrepreneurs. Emma Cuthbertson speaks to six businesswomen to get more insight into the challenges faced. https://www.thelocal.it/20160607/from-taxes-to-brexit-what-is-worrying-italys-foreign-entrepreneurs-the-most Tue, 07 Jun 2016 09:00:53 +0200 from-taxes-to-brexit-what-is-worrying-italys-foreign-entrepreneurs-the-most Three astronauts, including Italy's Samantha Cristoforetti, left the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday for a return to Earth that had been delayed for a month by a rocket failure. https://www.thelocal.it/20150611/delayed-astronauts-leave-international-space-station-for-earth Thu, 11 Jun 2015 16:01:36 +0200 delayed-astronauts-leave-international-space-station-for-earth A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Italy's first female astronaut safely blasted off on Sunday to begin its journey to the International Space Station. https://www.thelocal.it/20141124/russian-craft-takes-italian-astronaut-to-space Mon, 24 Nov 2014 09:27:00 +0100 russian-craft-takes-italian-astronaut-to-space The first Italian female astronaut to be launched into outer space said she is about to fulfill her dream. https://www.thelocal.it/20141121/italys-first-female-astronaut-prepares-for-space Fri, 21 Nov 2014 13:43:00 +0100 italys-first-female-astronaut-prepares-for-space A total of 179 women were murdered in Italy in 2013 – the highest rate recorded in Italy over the past seven years, according to figures published on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141119/2013-black-year-for-female-murders-in-italy Wed, 19 Nov 2014 16:10:00 +0100 2013-black-year-for-female-murders-in-italy Italian women are taking over the male-dominated business world by launching an increasing number of new firms, but one expert tells The Local there is still a long road to gender equality. https://www.thelocal.it/20140822/italys-determined-women-boost-business Fri, 22 Aug 2014 13:18:00 +0200 italys-determined-women-boost-business Three female migrants died during a treacherous voyage to Europe in a rubber dinghy and 174 others were rescued as they made their way to the Italian island of Lampedusa, media reported on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20130804/three-migrants-die-trying-to-reach-italy-by-dinghy Sun, 04 Aug 2013 19:37:15 +0200 three-migrants-die-trying-to-reach-italy-by-dinghy