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 Facing federal probes over its reporting of US car sales, Fiat Chrysler on Tuesday announced revised numbers showing its previously-touted six-year streak of monthly gains actually ended three years ago. https://www.thelocal.it/20160727/fiat-chrysler-revises-sales-figures Wed, 27 Jul 2016 10:26:49 +0200 fiat-chrysler-revises-sales-figures Italy had the lowest rate of births in the EU last year, with just eight babies born for every 1,000 residents, according to figures published by Eurostat on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160708/italy-has-the-lowest-birth-rate-in-the-eu-report Fri, 08 Jul 2016 16:58:52 +0200 italy-has-the-lowest-birth-rate-in-the-eu-report Italy's unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in three years in November, the national statistics office said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160107/italian-unemployment-hits-three-year-low Thu, 07 Jan 2016 12:43:18 +0100 italian-unemployment-hits-three-year-low There are now at least 50,700 people sleeping rough in parks and streets across Italy and the situation is getting worse, a worrying new report shows. https://www.thelocal.it/20151210/italys-homeless-figures-swell-to-over-50000 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 13:54:58 +0100 italys-homeless-figures-swell-to-over-50000 Nearly 60 percent of Italians don’t read a book from one year to the next, with almost a tenth of families owning no books at all, according to new figures from the national statistics agency, Istat. https://www.thelocal.it/20150116/majority-of-italians-never-read-a-book Fri, 16 Jan 2015 16:44:00 +0100 majority-of-italians-never-read-a-book Emigration has hit a ten-year high as Italians abandon their home country for better prospects abroad, with the UK the top destination. https://www.thelocal.it/20141209/italians-flock-abroad-in-record-numbers Tue, 09 Dec 2014 16:59:00 +0100 italians-flock-abroad-in-record-numbers Over a quarter of residents in Italy faced poverty or social exclusion last year, but the number of people at risk of poverty is falling across the country, new statistics show. https://www.thelocal.it/20141031/italys-high-poverty-rate-fell-slightly-in-2013 Fri, 31 Oct 2014 11:08:00 +0100 italys-high-poverty-rate-fell-slightly-in-2013 UPDATED: The number of small businesses owned by immigrants surged 44 percent between April and June as they snapped up failed Italian firms at bargain prices, the head of a Rome business group told The Local. https://www.thelocal.it/20140916/immigrants-drive-italys-economy Tue, 16 Sep 2014 10:47:00 +0200 immigrants-drive-italys-economy Italians are shunning scooters, bicycles and public transport and are instead remaining committed to their cars, figures released on Monday show. https://www.thelocal.it/20140805/italians-loves-cars-more-than-scooters Tue, 05 Aug 2014 10:00:00 +0200 italians-loves-cars-more-than-scooters Insurance giant Generali posted a 20.4-percent increase in operating profit in the second quarter on Thursday, defying a sluggish economy in crisis-hit Italy and beating analysts' expectations. https://www.thelocal.it/20140731/generali-defies-sluggish-economy-with-profit-boost Thu, 31 Jul 2014 14:14:00 +0200 generali-defies-sluggish-economy-with-profit-boost There were fewer than 200,000 weddings in Italy last year, the lowest level since records began, national statistics agency Istat said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140627/italians-fall-out-of-love-with-marriage Fri, 27 Jun 2014 10:20:00 +0200 italians-fall-out-of-love-with-marriage