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 Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino said on Thursday he will report his ex-lover Domnica Cemortan for “false testimony”, after she made fresh claims about the cruise ship disaster. https://www.thelocal.it/20141003/schettino-blasts-ex-lover-over-false-testimony Fri, 03 Oct 2014 14:11:00 +0200 schettino-blasts-ex-lover-over-false-testimony Domnica Cemortan, the former lover of Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino, said he has until tomorrow to “tell the truth” over the moments after the fatal cruise ship crash, or she will reveal all. https://www.thelocal.it/20140929/concordia-captains-lover-in-tell-the-truth-threat Mon, 29 Sep 2014 19:19:00 +0200 concordia-captains-lover-in-tell-the-truth-threat Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino returns to court on Monday, where he faces manslaughter charges over the cruise ship sinking that killed 32 people, weeks after teaching students in Rome about emergency procedures. https://www.thelocal.it/20140922/schettino-back-in-court-over-concordia-crash Mon, 22 Sep 2014 11:58:00 +0200 schettino-back-in-court-over-concordia-crash Italy's notorious shipwreck captain, accused of a fatal delay in sounding the alarm as his Costa Concordia cruise liner sank, has sparked outrage by giving a lecture to students on best emergency practices. https://www.thelocal.it/20140806/outrage-over-concordia-skippers-safety-talk Wed, 06 Aug 2014 17:49:00 +0200 outrage-over-concordia-skippers-safety-talk An Italian port has beaten off foreign competition to scrap the hulk of the Costa Concordia cruise ship that sank off the Tuscan coast in 2012, leaving 32 dead. https://www.thelocal.it/20140530/costa-concordia-to-be-scrapped-in-genoa Fri, 30 May 2014 16:38:00 +0200 costa-concordia-to-be-scrapped-in-genoa Survivors of Italy's Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster began testifying for the first time on Monday at the trial of its captain Francesco Schettino as the liner's owner said it could be towed away in July. https://www.thelocal.it/20140513/italy-cruise-survivors-testify-for-first-time Tue, 13 May 2014 11:25:00 +0200 italy-cruise-survivors-testify-for-first-time A giant flotation tank attached to the Costa Concordia cruise ship in Italy to help raise the luxury liner from its watery grave fell off on Tuesday in a move that could delay the salvage but caused no injuries. https://www.thelocal.it/20140507/flotation-tank-falls-off-concordia-wreck Wed, 07 May 2014 10:10:00 +0200 flotation-tank-falls-off-concordia-wreck Turkey may clinch a bid to dismantle the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship, Italy's civil protection agency said on Thursday, adding that the decision on which port will be used will be taken in May. https://www.thelocal.it/20140417/turkey-may-win-bid-to-dismantle-italy-shipwreck Thu, 17 Apr 2014 14:07:00 +0200 turkey-may-win-bid-to-dismantle-italy-shipwreck The Italian cruise ship captain on trial for murder after the sinking of the Costa Concordia in early 2012 said on the night of the fateful accident that he believed he had hit only "a little rock", a court heard on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140415/captain-of-shipwrecked-concordia-thought-he-hit-a-little-rock Tue, 15 Apr 2014 10:53:00 +0200 captain-of-shipwrecked-concordia-thought-he-hit-a-little-rock The mayor of Giglio, the island off Tuscany where the Costa Concordia capsized in 2012, killing 32 people, has called for the removal of the wreck to be postponed until September in order to “safeguard the tourism industry”. https://www.thelocal.it/20140324/concordia-salvage-could-damage-tourism-giglio-mayor Mon, 24 Mar 2014 16:40:00 +0100 concordia-salvage-could-damage-tourism-giglio-mayor Italian captain Francesco Schettino lashed out at a media "frenzy" on Thursday after his first return to the Costa Concordia, saying people who accused him of abandoning the ship had not understood "a bloody thing". https://www.thelocal.it/20140227/captain-slams-frenzy-on-return-to-shipwreck Thu, 27 Feb 2014 17:13:32 +0100 captain-slams-frenzy-on-return-to-shipwreck Italian captain Francesco Schettino on Thursday prepared to return on board his Costa Concordia cruise ship, more than two years after leaving it in a hurry as it sank in a tragedy that claimed 32 lives. https://www.thelocal.it/20140227/disgraced-captain-to-board-cruise-ship-wreck Thu, 27 Feb 2014 11:37:00 +0100 disgraced-captain-to-board-cruise-ship-wreck UPDATED: Residents of Italy's Giglio Island reacted with mixed emotions on Wednesday to the first return visit by captain Francesco Schettino since a tragedy in which 32 people on his Costa Concordia cruise ship died. https://www.thelocal.it/20140226/islanders-shrug-as-italys-shipwreck-captain-returns Wed, 26 Feb 2014 15:32:00 +0100 islanders-shrug-as-italys-shipwreck-captain-returns The captain of the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship Francesco Schettino will return to the site of the disaster for the first time on Thursday as part of the trial against him. https://www.thelocal.it/20140225/costa-concordia-captain-to-return-to-disaster-site Tue, 25 Feb 2014 13:59:00 +0100 costa-concordia-captain-to-return-to-disaster-site Costa Crociere, Europe's biggest cruise operator, introduced obligatory psychological tests for its captains following the shipwreck of the Concordia off the coast of Italy, one of its directors told a court on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140129/costa-captains-take-obligatory-psychological-tests Wed, 29 Jan 2014 09:40:00 +0100 costa-captains-take-obligatory-psychological-tests An official coordinating the rescue from Italy's stricken cruise ship told a court Monday that the captain, accused of abandoning ship, refused twice to be taken back on board after making it safely to dry land. https://www.thelocal.it/20140128/captain-refused-chance-to-return-to-sinking-concordia Tue, 28 Jan 2014 09:43:00 +0100 captain-refused-chance-to-return-to-sinking-concordia Survivors of the Costa Concordia shipwreck staged a protest Monday on the second anniversary of the tragedy outside the trial of the luxury liner's captain, Francesco Schettino, who sought to blame his crew for the disaster. https://www.thelocal.it/20140113/survivors-protest-on-costa-concordia-anniversary Mon, 13 Jan 2014 13:06:00 +0100 survivors-protest-on-costa-concordia-anniversary The coast guard commander famed for his stern rebuke to the captain of the Costa Concordia, when the cruise ship ran aground in January 2012, has accused him of denying the ship was in trouble until an hour after it began to sink. https://www.thelocal.it/20131210/concordia-captain-denied-ship-was-sinking-coast-guard Tue, 10 Dec 2013 12:53:00 +0100 concordia-captain-denied-ship-was-sinking-coast-guard Costa Concordia's back-up generator failed minutes after it crashed into rocks off the Italian island of Giglio in January 2012, killing 32 people, a court heard on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20131118/costa-concordias-back-up-generator-failed Mon, 18 Nov 2013 18:09:00 +0100 costa-concordias-back-up-generator-failed A trainee officer on board the Costa Concordia when it sank off an Italian island last year told a court Monday that the captain did not fall off the stricken liner on to a lifeboat as he claims, but jumped to safety. https://www.thelocal.it/20131111/concordia-captain-jumped-off-sinking-ship Mon, 11 Nov 2013 13:56:07 +0100 concordia-captain-jumped-off-sinking-ship