The Local Italy 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 Italian government boasts of low wages in campaign for foreign investment A campaign sponsored by the Italian Ministry of Economic Development and aiming to encourage foreign businesses to invest in the country has been criticized for boasting of the low wages paid to educated workers in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20161005/italian-government-criticized-for-boasting-of-low-cost-of-workers-in-advertising-to-foreign-investors Wed, 05 Oct 2016 13:44:42 +0200 italian-government-criticized-for-boasting-of-low-cost-of-workers-in-advertising-to-foreign-investors It's curtains for police’s 'porn' blinds as locals spot gaffe Police officers in Venaria Reale, a town in Turin province, are in a spot of bother after the "curtains" of the changing room at their station turned out to be pictures of naked women. https://www.thelocal.it/20160420/italian-police-red-faced-over-naked-nude-women-office-venaria-turin-gaffe Wed, 20 Apr 2016 12:31:43 +0200 italian-police-red-faced-over-naked-nude-women-office-venaria-turin-gaffe Pellegrini publishes phone number in Twitter gaffe Italian former Olympic swimming champion Federica Pellegrini accidentally left her address and mobile phone number for all to see when she posted a photograph on Twitter on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160304/pellegrini-publishes-phone-number-in-twitter-gaffe Fri, 04 Mar 2016 18:44:03 +0100 pellegrini-publishes-phone-number-in-twitter-gaffe David Beckham mocked over AC Milan gaffe Italian media on Thursday ridiculed the latest in a long line of gaffes by David Beckham after the former England star said he wanted to see AC Milan win the Champions League this season. https://www.thelocal.it/20151001/italian-media-ridicule-beckhams-ac-milan-gaffe Thu, 01 Oct 2015 18:39:09 +0200 italian-media-ridicule-beckhams-ac-milan-gaffe VIDEO: Italian MP makes circumcision gaffe An Italian politician made an embarrassing linguistic gaffe in parliament on Tuesday when he reassured fellow MPs that he would be "brief and circumcised". https://www.thelocal.it/20140326/video-italian-mp-makes-circumcision-gaffe Wed, 26 Mar 2014 11:39:00 +0100 video-italian-mp-makes-circumcision-gaffe