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 Italy's competition watchdog on Monday initiated non-compliance proceedings against Ryanair that could see the airline fined up to €5 million ($6 million) over its recent waves of cancellations. https://www.thelocal.it/20171204/italy-moves-to-fine-ryanair-over-flight-chaos Mon, 04 Dec 2017 16:06:35 +0100 italy-moves-to-fine-ryanair-over-flight-chaos The European Central Bank has fined an Italian bank in the throes of a state rescue for breaking rules on risk and disclosing information, the Frankfurt institution said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170915/ecb-fines-rescued-italian-bank-112-million Fri, 15 Sep 2017 18:50:59 +0200 ecb-fines-rescued-italian-bank-112-million The European Commission on Monday said that Italy urgently needed to improve its waste management, water infrastructure and air pollution. https://www.thelocal.it/20170207/italy-faces-eu-fine-over-smog-and-waste-water-management Tue, 07 Feb 2017 16:44:08 +0100 italy-faces-eu-fine-over-smog-and-waste-water-management Volkswagen has been slapped with a €5 million ($5.5 million) fine in Italy over the massive engine-fixing scandal, the Italian competition authority said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160809/volkswagen-fined-by-italy-watchdog-over-dieselgate Tue, 09 Aug 2016 09:00:51 +0200 volkswagen-fined-by-italy-watchdog-over-dieselgate Cooling off with a midnight dip in Rome's famous Trevi Fountain may sound like a dream "Roman Holiday", but an Italian police crackdown has landed a series of splash-happy tourists with fat fines. https://www.thelocal.it/20160726/rome-cracks-down-on-splash-happy-fountain-dippers Tue, 26 Jul 2016 10:54:35 +0200 rome-cracks-down-on-splash-happy-fountain-dippers Two Muslim men, fined €4,600 for slaughtering a conscious goat in the street, have had an animal cruelty conviction overturned by a court in Italy on faith grounds. https://www.thelocal.it/20160509/italian-court-absolves-two-muslims-fined-over-public-goat-slaughter Mon, 09 May 2016 14:05:09 +0200 italian-court-absolves-two-muslims-fined-over-public-goat-slaughter Over-zealous police chiefs in Verona have slapped officers with a rang of disciplinary procedures, including such innocuous crimes as "mimicking a Campania accent". https://www.thelocal.it/20160414/italian-police-officer-penalized-for-doing-regional-accent Thu, 14 Apr 2016 13:48:21 +0200 italian-police-officer-penalized-for-doing-regional-accent A travelling shepherd who is herding his flock around Italy, grazing the animals at public parks and gardens, has been fined €12,000 – as his sheep allegedly don't have the required vaccines. https://www.thelocal.it/20160411/shepherd-who-hires-sheep-to-council-as-lawnmowers-fined-12000 Mon, 11 Apr 2016 17:58:52 +0200 shepherd-who-hires-sheep-to-council-as-lawnmowers-fined-12000 A 40-year-old man was slapped with a hefty fine on Monday when he stopped to urinate at the side of a main road in northern Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20160330/man-fined-3333-for-weeing-beside-italian-road Wed, 30 Mar 2016 14:43:17 +0200 man-fined-3333-for-weeing-beside-italian-road Italy's capital is considering introducing fines of up to €200 for passengers caught on trains and buses without a valid ticket. https://www.thelocal.it/20160222/rome-mulls-200-fine-for-public-transport-ticket-dodgers Mon, 22 Feb 2016 13:22:58 +0100 rome-mulls-200-fine-for-public-transport-ticket-dodgers Italy's flagship airline has been told to pay €1,580 in damages for not allowing a passenger's dog to travel on a national flight - even though the pooch had a ticket. https://www.thelocal.it/20160210/itays-alitalia-fined-for-not-allowing-dog-to-fly Wed, 10 Feb 2016 12:03:59 +0100 itays-alitalia-fined-for-not-allowing-dog-to-fly Lazio have been slapped with a fine and face stadium restrictions for their next two league games after fans of the Italian capital club targeted Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly with racist monkey chants. https://www.thelocal.it/20160205/lazio-sanctioned-for-koulibaly-racist-abuse Fri, 05 Feb 2016 10:01:17 +0100 lazio-sanctioned-for-koulibaly-racist-abuse A hearing on a bill that would see illegal immigrants decriminalized has been taken off the political agenda amid a heated debate on the issue. https://www.thelocal.it/20160111/renzi-scraps-immigration-debate-from-agenda Mon, 11 Jan 2016 13:08:41 +0100 renzi-scraps-immigration-debate-from-agenda Speaking on the phone while driving is perfectly acceptable if the call is an important one, a court in Perugia has ruled. https://www.thelocal.it/20151102/no-fine-for-urgent-call-while-driving-italy-court Mon, 02 Nov 2015 16:08:53 +0100 no-fine-for-urgent-call-while-driving-italy-court Italy is not renowned for its lawful drivers, but what about its cyclists? One bike rider has learnt the hard way after his rule-bending left him with a whopping €482 fine. https://www.thelocal.it/20150804/cyclist-fined-482-in-city-crackdown Tue, 04 Aug 2015 13:40:51 +0200 cyclist-fined-482-in-city-crackdown The European Court of Justice has hit Italy with a €20 million fine for failing to resolve waste management problems in the southern Campania region. https://www.thelocal.it/20150717/italy-fined-20-million-over-campanias-rubbish Fri, 17 Jul 2015 13:56:50 +0200 italy-fined-20-million-over-campanias-rubbish Ryanair said on Tuesday it would fight a €550,000 fine imposed by Italy's anti-trust body for running customer service lines that charged premium rates but rarely resolved passengers' problems. https://www.thelocal.it/20150120/ryanair-vows-to-fight-italy-customer-service-fine Tue, 20 Jan 2015 13:58:00 +0100 ryanair-vows-to-fight-italy-customer-service-fine An elderly man in north-west Italy has been fined for crossing the street too slowly, according to Italian media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20141212/pensioner-fined-for-crossing-the-street-too-slowly Fri, 12 Dec 2014 10:58:00 +0100 pensioner-fined-for-crossing-the-street-too-slowly Tourists to Venice could face a €500 fine if they dare wheel noisy suitcases around the watery city, under new proposals outlined on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141120/venice-tourists-risk-500-fine-for-loud-luggage Thu, 20 Nov 2014 17:39:00 +0100 venice-tourists-risk-500-fine-for-loud-luggage A driver in Genoa has been fined €1,700 and had his car seized after using the chauffeur car service Uber and offering someone a lift without a taxi driving licence. https://www.thelocal.it/20140926/genoa-puts-the-brakes-on-uber-with-driver-fine Fri, 26 Sep 2014 13:03:00 +0200 genoa-puts-the-brakes-on-uber-with-driver-fine