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 Almost a third of the workers for the local authority in a Sicilian town have been charged with aggravated fraud, after an investigation revealed they were skipping work in favour of activities such as shopping and massages. https://www.thelocal.it/20161005/sicilian-public-sector-workers-skipped-work-for-massages-and-basketball Wed, 05 Oct 2016 14:56:12 +0200 sicilian-public-sector-workers-skipped-work-for-massages-and-basketball His father wanted him to become a lawyer, and he nearly did. https://www.thelocal.it/20160715/meet-massimo-bottura-the-genius-behind-the-worlds-best-restaurant Fri, 15 Jul 2016 11:10:19 +0200 meet-massimo-bottura-the-genius-behind-the-worlds-best-restaurant The EU attacked member states on Thursday for not doing enough to halt the flow of migrants to its southern shores, saying regret at the latest deaths was no substitute for action. https://www.thelocal.it/20150806/eu-blasts-lack-of-action-after-latest-migrant-disaster Thu, 06 Aug 2015 17:33:32 +0200 eu-blasts-lack-of-action-after-latest-migrant-disaster A paraglider in north-east Italy was saved on Sunday afternoon after his parachute became trapped in high-voltage electricity cables. https://www.thelocal.it/20141222/italian-paraglider-saved-from-electricity-cables Mon, 22 Dec 2014 13:52:00 +0100 italian-paraglider-saved-from-electricity-cables Abortion may be legal in Catholic Italy but more and more doctors are refusing to terminate pregnancies, with many women now having to resort to procedures carried out in secret, The Local's Angela Giuffrida discovers. https://www.thelocal.it/20140704/why-doctors-in-catholic-italy-refuse-abortion Fri, 04 Jul 2014 14:06:00 +0200 why-doctors-in-catholic-italy-refuse-abortion One in ten public contracts handed out by Italy is corrupt, making the country responsible for €44.1 billion worth of fraudulent deals across the European Union each year. https://www.thelocal.it/20131007/one-in-ten-italian-contracts-is-corrupt Mon, 07 Oct 2013 12:54:00 +0200 one-in-ten-italian-contracts-is-corrupt Italians, Germans and the French are the most insecure in Europe about their levels of English, with Swedes among the most confident, data showed on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20130926/italians-are-insecure-about-their-english-skills Thu, 26 Sep 2013 17:28:00 +0200 italians-are-insecure-about-their-english-skills A court near the glamorous French Riviera city of Cannes this week handed a jail term to a daring and sophisticated Italian poker cheat, who used infra-red contact lenses to count cards marked with invisible ink in a scam described as "the first of its kind in Europe". https://www.thelocal.it/20130926/italian-poker-cheat-used-infra-red-contact-lenses Thu, 26 Sep 2013 13:41:00 +0200 italian-poker-cheat-used-infra-red-contact-lenses