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 Italy on Tuesday held a poignantly symbolic funeral for victims of last week's earthquake amid the ruins of Amatrice, the small town that bore the brunt of the disaster. https://www.thelocal.it/20160831/amid-ruins-italy-mourns-quake-victims Wed, 31 Aug 2016 11:15:38 +0200 amid-ruins-italy-mourns-quake-victims Italy's national flag will hang at half mast across the country on Monday, to mark the funerals of four Italians killed last week in a terrorist attack at Tunisia's Bardo Museum. https://www.thelocal.it/20150323/flags-at-half-mast-for-tunis-victims-funerals Mon, 23 Mar 2015 11:20:19 +0100 flags-at-half-mast-for-tunis-victims-funerals Italians hit by the economic crisis in the north-eastern city of Genoa are unable to pay for burials, leaving one local funeral home with a €500,000 bill last year alone. https://www.thelocal.it/20140410/italians-in-genoa-cant-afford-to-pay-for-funerals Thu, 10 Apr 2014 15:31:00 +0200 italians-in-genoa-cant-afford-to-pay-for-funerals