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 Final hearings in the Vatican's controversial leaks trial of journalists and others will be held next month in a finale to over nine months of courtroom drama that has embarrassed the Holy See. https://www.thelocal.it/20160615/judgement-near-in-vatican-leaks-trial Wed, 15 Jun 2016 09:50:11 +0200 judgement-near-in-vatican-leaks-trial Italy's Eurovision entry will be performing on Thursday in the semi-final, and again in Saturday's final. If Eurovision fever has passed you by, here's everything you need to know about her. https://www.thelocal.it/20160512/what-you-need-to-know-italy-2016-eurovision-entry-song-francesca-michelin Thu, 12 May 2016 13:14:34 +0200 what-you-need-to-know-italy-2016-eurovision-entry-song-francesca-michelin An alleged night of sex at the centre of a controversial Vatican leaks trial never took place, accused former PR consultant Francesca Chaouqui told a Holy See court on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160407/i-did-not-have-sex-with-that-priest-vatileaks-trial-told Thu, 07 Apr 2016 10:38:32 +0200 i-did-not-have-sex-with-that-priest-vatileaks-trial-told Francesca Chaouqui, the PR consultant at the centre of the Vatican's controversial leaks trial, threatened to "destroy" a Spanish priest she worked with, a Holy See court heard on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160316/vatican-pr-vowed-to-destroy-priest-over-leaks Wed, 16 Mar 2016 09:50:56 +0100 vatican-pr-vowed-to-destroy-priest-over-leaks A controversial Vatican trial of journalists and alleged whistleblowers resumes on Monday, in the latest instalment of an image-bruising legal saga. https://www.thelocal.it/20160314/vatican-braced-for-fresh-controversy-as-leaks-trial-resumes Mon, 14 Mar 2016 10:18:33 +0100 vatican-braced-for-fresh-controversy-as-leaks-trial-resumes A former PR consultant to the Vatican on trial along with four others for leaking or publishing secret papers said on Thursday she would not ask Pope Francis for a pardon. https://www.thelocal.it/20160108/vatileaks-suspect-will-not-plead-for-pope-pardon Fri, 08 Jan 2016 09:07:44 +0100 vatileaks-suspect-will-not-plead-for-pope-pardon The controversial trial of five people involved in the latest Vatican leaks scandal was adjourned on Monday until next week, after one of the accused asked for more time to prepare her defence. https://www.thelocal.it/20151130/vatileaks-trial-delayed-after-accused-asks-for-more-time Mon, 30 Nov 2015 14:31:12 +0100 vatileaks-trial-delayed-after-accused-asks-for-more-time Pope Francis has sent his blessing to a lesbian author of children's books dealing with same-sex families, wishing her and her wife well in their work, it emerged on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150828/italian-lesbian-author-gets-papal-blessing Fri, 28 Aug 2015 18:14:24 +0200 italian-lesbian-author-gets-papal-blessing A fire broke out on an Albania-bound ferry off the southern Italian port of Bari in the early hours of Wednesday morning. No one was injured and the fire has now been extinguished. https://www.thelocal.it/20150513/fire-breaks-out-on-ferry-near-bari Wed, 13 May 2015 12:59:23 +0200 fire-breaks-out-on-ferry-near-bari Francesca Danese, Rome's councillor for social welfare and housing, has called on the city's churches to open their doors to the homeless as temperatures plummet. https://www.thelocal.it/20141229/rome-appeal-for-homeless-as-cold-snap-bites Mon, 29 Dec 2014 17:00:00 +0100 rome-appeal-for-homeless-as-cold-snap-bites Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini, who is due to become the European Union's high representative for foreign affairs, said on Monday that the bloc should review its relations with Russia over the next five years. https://www.thelocal.it/20141007/eu-must-review-relations-with-russia-over-next-five-years Tue, 07 Oct 2014 12:11:00 +0200 eu-must-review-relations-with-russia-over-next-five-years Italy’s ex-prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, who was once better known for his anti-gay gaffes, is "a liberal” who supports gay rights, his fiancée said during a radio interview on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140926/berlusconi-supports-gay-rights-fiancee Fri, 26 Sep 2014 19:02:00 +0200 berlusconi-supports-gay-rights-fiancee An Italian couple told The Local they are suing the country's central bank after it refused to let them exchange millions of lire in banknotes found in the home they were renovating. https://www.thelocal.it/20140722/family-sue-central-bank-over-uncashed-lire Tue, 22 Jul 2014 09:00:00 +0200 family-sue-central-bank-over-uncashed-lire