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 Florence's appeals court on Tuesday upheld the 16-year jail term for Francesco Schettino, the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship that sank off Italy in 2012 leaving 32 people dead. https://www.thelocal.it/20160601/italy-appeals-court-upholds-16-year-sentence-for-concordia-captain Wed, 01 Jun 2016 10:15:58 +0200 italy-appeals-court-upholds-16-year-sentence-for-concordia-captain Costa Concordia skipper Francesco Schettino on Thursday begins his battle to avoid prison for causing the 2012 cruise ship disaster off Italy which cost 32 people their lives. https://www.thelocal.it/20160428/concordia-skipper-fights-to-avoid-prison-over-italy-disaster Thu, 28 Apr 2016 10:13:39 +0200 concordia-skipper-fights-to-avoid-prison-over-italy-disaster Cool is not the kind of adjective that you would normally associate with Bolzano, the scenic capital of Italy’s northern Alto Adige region. https://www.thelocal.it/20160311/italian-artist-redefines-cultural-landscape-of-bolzano Fri, 11 Mar 2016 13:29:57 +0100 italian-artist-redefines-cultural-landscape-of-bolzano Iconic Roma captain Francesco Totti personally paid a team of police officers for two years in a bid to thwart his son Christian being kidnapped, according to reports in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20151111/totti-paid-to-thwart-sons-kidnap-report Wed, 11 Nov 2015 08:41:56 +0100 totti-paid-to-thwart-sons-kidnap-report Poste Italiane, Italy’s national post office, is hiring 8,000 new staff, CEO Francesco Caio said on Monday, as the company prepares for what’s been hailed as the country's biggest privatization in more than ten years. https://www.thelocal.it/20151012/poste-italiane-to-hire-8000-new-staff Mon, 12 Oct 2015 16:36:48 +0200 poste-italiane-to-hire-8000-new-staff Italy's Red Cross president on Wednesday spoke out against European plans to destroy migrant boats used by smugglers in the Mediterranean, as the United Nations weighed whether to endorse the military campaign. https://www.thelocal.it/20150507/un-urged-not-to-allow-bombing-of-migrant-boats Thu, 07 May 2015 10:13:07 +0200 un-urged-not-to-allow-bombing-of-migrant-boats A New York mafia boss has been extradited to Italy after allegedly demanding €1 million from an Italian businessman, police said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150429/new-york-mafia-boss-extradited-to-italy Wed, 29 Apr 2015 14:43:56 +0200 new-york-mafia-boss-extradited-to-italy Italian designer Francesco Smalto, who as one of the stars of the men's fashion industry clothed princes, heads of state and sporting icons, has died in Morocco aged 87. https://www.thelocal.it/20150407/italian-fashion-designer-smalto-dies-at-87 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 10:38:49 +0200 italian-fashion-designer-smalto-dies-at-87 Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino broke down in tears in court on Wednesday as he made an emotional last-ditch appeal to judges to clear him of causing the 2012 disaster. https://www.thelocal.it/20150211/schettino-in-tears-as-concordia-verdict-looms Wed, 11 Feb 2015 15:10:00 +0100 schettino-in-tears-as-concordia-verdict-looms Francesco Schettino, the skipper of the ill-fated Costa Concordia, could learn on Wednesday whether he has been convicted of manslaughter and other charges over the 2012 disaster. https://www.thelocal.it/20150211/day-of-judgement-looms-for-concordia-skipper Wed, 11 Feb 2015 09:13:00 +0100 day-of-judgement-looms-for-concordia-skipper Lawyers defending Costa Concordia skipper Francesco Schettino called on Monday for his acquittal on manslaughter charges, saying their client may have saved many lives in the 2012 disaster. https://www.thelocal.it/20150209/schettino-saved-many-lives-in-concordia-tragedy Mon, 09 Feb 2015 17:58:00 +0100 schettino-saved-many-lives-in-concordia-tragedy An Italian student studying at a university in Holland has died after falling out of a window, according to Italian media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20150130/italian-erasmus-student-falls-to-death-in-holland Fri, 30 Jan 2015 16:38:00 +0100 italian-erasmus-student-falls-to-death-in-holland UPDATED: Italian prosecutors called on Monday for Francesco Schettino, the captain of the doomed Costa Concordia, to serve 26 years and three months in jail for the 2012 shipwreck which left 32 people dead. https://www.thelocal.it/20150126/prosecutors-seek-26-years-jail-for-concordia-captain Mon, 26 Jan 2015 13:49:00 +0100 prosecutors-seek-26-years-jail-for-concordia-captain Two Italians who led an attack against ten football fans of the British Premiership club Tottenham have had their sentences reduced by one year by Rome’s Court of Appeal, Italian media reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20150113/italians-get-lighter-term-for-tottenham-fans-attack Tue, 13 Jan 2015 15:36:00 +0100 italians-get-lighter-term-for-tottenham-fans-attack The president of Serie A side Roma, James Pallotta, has hit back at Lazio counterpart Claudio Lotito in a row over a 'selfie' picture taken by Francesco Totti during the sides' 2-2 derby draw on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150113/row-erupts-over-tottis-inappropriate-selfie Tue, 13 Jan 2015 14:18:00 +0100 row-erupts-over-tottis-inappropriate-selfie Roma captain Francesco Totti celebrated scoring his first brace of goals this season by taking a 'selfie' with a mobile phone after he levelled for the Serie A title challengers in the city derby against Lazio on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150112/totti-celebrates-derby-double-with-selfie Mon, 12 Jan 2015 09:28:00 +0100 totti-celebrates-derby-double-with-selfie Italy and England rarely agree on football matters, but the two countries were united in saluting record-breaking striker Francesco Totti on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141001/italy-and-england-unite-in-totti-adoration Wed, 01 Oct 2014 17:56:00 +0200 italy-and-england-unite-in-totti-adoration