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 A group of French survivors of the Costa Concordia disaster have pointed the finger at Italian authorities over the missing jewelry, money and electrical goods they were storing in the ship's safes. https://www.thelocal.it/20160905/french-concordia-survivors-blame-italy-for-stolen-possessions Mon, 05 Sep 2016 12:45:55 +0200 french-concordia-survivors-blame-italy-for-stolen-possessions A French woman is facing charges for counterfeiting after she allegedly created a cloned Prada website, which sold fake copies of merchandise made by the famous Italian fashion house. https://www.thelocal.it/20160122/french-woman-behind-cloned-site-that-sold-fake-prada-goods Fri, 22 Jan 2016 16:17:39 +0100 french-woman-behind-cloned-site-that-sold-fake-prada-goods The world's top luxury company LVMH has taken a minority stake in Italian jeweller Repossi to help it expand its distribution network, the two parties said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20151130/lvmh-takes-minority-stake-repossi Mon, 30 Nov 2015 09:00:25 +0100 lvmh-takes-minority-stake-repossi Madagascar's state prosecutor on Thursday sought the maximum sentence of hard labour for life for 12 suspects on trial for the lynching of two Europeans and a local man in 2013. https://www.thelocal.it/20151009/suspects-face-hard-labour-over-lynching-of-italian Fri, 09 Oct 2015 11:15:22 +0200 suspects-face-hard-labour-over-lynching-of-italian An investigation has been launched in Rome after an explosive package was sent to the French embassy. https://www.thelocal.it/20150813/letter-bomb-sent-to-french-embassy-in-rome Thu, 13 Aug 2015 11:48:02 +0200 letter-bomb-sent-to-french-embassy-in-rome They’re meant to be custodians of the law, but a lawyer from Milan was caught after stealing a French tourist’s wallet in Sardinia. https://www.thelocal.it/20150810/italian-lawyer-steals-french-tourists-wallet Mon, 10 Aug 2015 13:57:53 +0200 italian-lawyer-steals-french-tourists-wallet France's top administrative court said on Monday that border controls on migrants at the Italian frontier were legal and did not violate the Schengen agreement that created Europe's passport-free zone. https://www.thelocal.it/20150630/top-french-court-approves-border-controls-with-italy Tue, 30 Jun 2015 10:20:10 +0200 top-french-court-approves-border-controls-with-italy The influence of Arab, African and Asian art on Henri Matisse is the theme of a major collection of the French artist's work that has gone on show in Rome. https://www.thelocal.it/20150309/italy-showcases-matisses-oriental-influences Mon, 09 Mar 2015 09:03:55 +0100 italy-showcases-matisses-oriental-influences Hervé Falciani - the Italian-French whistleblower behind Sunday's "breathtaking" revelations that have rocked HSBC and unearthed 100,000 tax cheats - has been compared to Edward Snowden, but the man himself prefers to liken himself to James Bond. https://www.thelocal.it/20150209/bond-meets-snowden-the-hsbc-whistleblower Mon, 09 Feb 2015 15:09:00 +0100 bond-meets-snowden-the-hsbc-whistleblower Italian-born French piano virtuoso Aldo Ciccolini died overnight at his home in the Paris area after a long illness, his manager said on Sunday. He was 89. https://www.thelocal.it/20150202/piano-virtuoso-aldo-ciccolini-dies-aged-89 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 09:20:00 +0100 piano-virtuoso-aldo-ciccolini-dies-aged-89 A court in northern France has barred a couple from calling their baby Nutella, after the famous Italian chocolate spread, because "it isn't in the child's best interest". https://www.thelocal.it/20150126/parents-barred-from-calling-their-child-nutella Mon, 26 Jan 2015 13:19:00 +0100 parents-barred-from-calling-their-child-nutella French drivers are ditching their country's own brands in favour of Italian car company Fiat, figures released on Monday show. https://www.thelocal.it/20140901/french-ditch-own-cars-for-italian-fiat Mon, 01 Sep 2014 18:57:00 +0200 french-ditch-own-cars-for-italian-fiat A long-running battle over the future of French holiday-resort group Club Med took a twist on Thursday after an Italian businessman made a higher offer, forcing a French and Chinese bidding group to withdraw. https://www.thelocal.it/20140814/italian-businessman-leads-race-for-club-med Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:26:15 +0200 italian-businessman-leads-race-for-club-med A French tourist was arrested on Tuesday after stealing a relic from the ancient ruins of Pompeii. It is the latest in a string of thefts from the site which one tour guide told The Local "is all too easy to steal from". https://www.thelocal.it/20140806/french-tourist-facing-trial-for-stealing-pompeii-relic Wed, 06 Aug 2014 14:17:00 +0200 french-tourist-facing-trial-for-stealing-pompeii-relic French film composer Alexandre Desplat - whose dozens of works include the scores for "The King's Speech" and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" - will head up this year's Venice festival jury, organizers said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140623/harry-potter-composer-to-lead-venice-film-festival-jury Mon, 23 Jun 2014 18:47:00 +0200 harry-potter-composer-to-lead-venice-film-festival-jury French authorities escorted five people off a bus at the Chamonix end of the Mont Blanc tunnel on Sunday and sent them back to Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20140623/french-police-send-immigrants-back-to-italy Mon, 23 Jun 2014 12:12:00 +0200 french-police-send-immigrants-back-to-italy A 14-year-old deaf French boy is in a coma after being struck by lightning at southern Italy’s Mount Vesuvius on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140620/french-boy-in-coma-mount-vesuvius-lightning-strike Fri, 20 Jun 2014 13:18:00 +0200 french-boy-in-coma-mount-vesuvius-lightning-strike A family pretending to be French and giving off an air of sophistication managed to steal €180,000 worth of jewellery from a plush shop in Milan’s Piazza del Duomo. https://www.thelocal.it/20140424/french-family-robs-plush-italian-jewellery-shop Thu, 24 Apr 2014 15:20:00 +0200 french-family-robs-plush-italian-jewellery-shop Italy is ready to offer France "maximum collaboration" on solving the disappearance of an heiress in 1977, an Italian prosecutor said Thursday as the murder trial against her lover reached a climax. https://www.thelocal.it/20140411/italy-vows-maximum-collaboration-in-french-murder-case Fri, 11 Apr 2014 09:30:00 +0200 italy-vows-maximum-collaboration-in-french-murder-case The retired autoworker who unknowingly bought stolen paintings worth millions of euros by Paul Gauguin and Pierre Bonnard and hung them in his kitchen for 40 years said he was "proud" of his taste in art. https://www.thelocal.it/20140403/fiat-worker-was-happy-to-live-with-stolen-paintings-2 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 16:02:00 +0200 fiat-worker-was-happy-to-live-with-stolen-paintings-2