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 The leader of the far-right Northern League has accused magistrates of trying to derail the party ahead of general elections after a Genoa court froze several of its bank accounts. https://www.thelocal.it/20170915/northern-league-leader-lashes-out-over-frozen-bank-accounts Fri, 15 Sep 2017 17:38:18 +0200 northern-league-leader-lashes-out-over-frozen-bank-accounts Maybe, facing the combined power of Disney and Christmas, orchestra conductor Giacomo Loprieno should have just let it go. https://www.thelocal.it/20161231/santa-claus-doesnt-exist-conductor-tells-stunned-kids Sat, 31 Dec 2016 12:58:46 +0100 santa-claus-doesnt-exist-conductor-tells-stunned-kids A 50-year-old woman has won a legal battle to use sperm taken from her dead husband for IVF in a landmark ruling by an Italian court. https://www.thelocal.it/20150210/italian-woman-allowed-to-use-dead-husbands-sperm Tue, 10 Feb 2015 13:21:00 +0100 italian-woman-allowed-to-use-dead-husbands-sperm The owner of an apartment in Viterbo, Lazio, had a nasty surprise when he called in on his flat and found 20 dead black cats crammed into a freezer. He made the grim discovery just days before Halloween, so police are not ruling out the theory that the animals might have been part of a ritual to honour the dead. https://www.thelocal.it/20131031/landlord-finds-20-dead-black-cats-in-freezer Thu, 31 Oct 2013 12:17:00 +0100 landlord-finds-20-dead-black-cats-in-freezer