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 Thousands of mourners sang as they walked through the streets of Milan Saturday to pay their respects to Italy's Nobel prize-winning dramatist Dario Fo at a lay ceremony in front of the city's Gothic cathedral. https://www.thelocal.it/20161015/singing-in-the-rain-at-send-off-for-italys-dario-fo Sat, 15 Oct 2016 17:37:20 +0200 singing-in-the-rain-at-send-off-for-italys-dario-fo Crowds of mourners flocked on Friday to pay their respects to Italy's Nobel prize-winning dramatist Dario Fo, whose flower-adorned coffin lay in state in a theatre in Milan. https://www.thelocal.it/20161015/crowds-pay-respects-to-italy-nobel-winner-dario-fo Sat, 15 Oct 2016 11:24:27 +0200 crowds-pay-respects-to-italy-nobel-winner-dario-fo Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is planning to relaunch his political party, Forza Italia, when he comes out of hospital on July 5th, according to reports in the Italian media. https://www.thelocal.it/20160623/berlusconi-plots-forza-italia-relaunch-from-hospital-bed Thu, 23 Jun 2016 15:46:08 +0200 berlusconi-plots-forza-italia-relaunch-from-hospital-bed As Italy and Sweden face eachother on Friday, The Local Italy's Patrick Browne and The Local Sweden's Lee Roden pit the two countries against each other in a cultural head to head: but which will be the victor? https://www.thelocal.it/20160617/italy-vs-sweden-a-cultural-head-to-head Fri, 17 Jun 2016 12:21:26 +0200 italy-vs-sweden-a-cultural-head-to-head An Italian court on Tuesday called for new Chelsea manager Antonio Conte to receive a six-month suspended prison sentence over match-fixing allegations. https://www.thelocal.it/20160405/new-chelsea-boss-conte-faces-match-fixing-sentence Tue, 05 Apr 2016 17:06:02 +0200 new-chelsea-boss-conte-faces-match-fixing-sentence Italy coach Antonio Conte, who has been linked to Chelsea, will give up his post after Euro 2016, the Italian Football Federation announced on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160315/italy-coach-conte-to-leave-after-euro-2016-federation Tue, 15 Mar 2016 12:29:36 +0100 italy-coach-conte-to-leave-after-euro-2016-federation Seven Polish football fans were jailed for three years on Friday following violence between Napoli and Legia Warsaw supporters around Thursday's Europa League match between the teams in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20151211/seven-poles-jailed-for-napoli-violence Fri, 11 Dec 2015 15:06:13 +0100 seven-poles-jailed-for-napoli-violence Italy's farmers on Sunday called for Alaskan salmon, Californian nuts and Peruvian asparagus to be banished from the nation's Christmas tables to support efforts to stop global warming after the Paris climate summit. https://www.thelocal.it/20151130/italy-farmers-call-for-christmas-blacklist-of-planet-polluting-food Mon, 30 Nov 2015 09:57:34 +0100 italy-farmers-call-for-christmas-blacklist-of-planet-polluting-food Italy's billionaire former premier Silvio Berlusconi lashed out at the European Union on Sunday as he appealed to the populist right and called for "less Europe" at a Northern League party rally. https://www.thelocal.it/20151109/berlusconi-lashes-out-against-eu-at-northern-league-rally Mon, 09 Nov 2015 09:11:06 +0100 berlusconi-lashes-out-against-eu-at-northern-league-rally A Chinese conglomerate, Fosun, has sweetened its bid to win control of French holiday group Club Med, coming in higher than a rival offer from an Italian businessmen, market and corporate sources told AFP on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141201/chinese-eclipse-italian-bid-for-club-med Mon, 01 Dec 2014 14:00:37 +0100 chinese-eclipse-italian-bid-for-club-med Juventus playmaker Andrea Pirlo will miss the first month of Serie A action after picking up a hip injury, the Italian champions confirmed on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140829/football-pirlo-sidelined-for-a-month Fri, 29 Aug 2014 09:55:00 +0200 football-pirlo-sidelined-for-a-month American Greg Culver moved to Lake Como with his wife and baby daughter, putting their careers on hold to soak up the Italian culture and learn the language. He tells The Local how they fell in love with the food and scenery of northern Italy, and why the wine might persuade them to stay longer than planned. https://www.thelocal.it/20131213/the-benefits-of-italian-life-cant-be-matched Fri, 13 Dec 2013 17:55:00 +0100 the-benefits-of-italian-life-cant-be-matched Italian farmers brought pigs to parliament on Thursday in an unusual Christmas season protest against foreign food imports used to make classic Italian products such as pasta, mozzarella cheese and prosciutto ham. https://www.thelocal.it/20131205/italian-farmers-hold-pigs-protest-against-foreign-foods Thu, 05 Dec 2013 13:15:00 +0100 italian-farmers-hold-pigs-protest-against-foreign-foods