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 will declare a state of emergency after an explosion at a gas plant in Austria cut off supplies from Russia, the Italian energy minister said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20171212/italy-state-of-emergency-austria-explosion-gas Tue, 12 Dec 2017 16:31:13 +0100 italy-state-of-emergency-austria-explosion-gas A mother and her nine-year-old daughter died after a two-storey building exploded in Acilia, an area in southwest Rome, on Wednesday afternoon. https://www.thelocal.it/20161228/four-missing-after-building-explosion-in-rome Wed, 28 Dec 2016 17:22:25 +0100 four-missing-after-building-explosion-in-rome An Italian man has confessed to causing a huge gas explosion at his home, which killed his wife and two neighbours in May, and left his daughters severely burnt. https://www.thelocal.it/20160704/father-of-two-confesses-to-causing-gas-deadly-gas-explosion Mon, 04 Jul 2016 17:47:03 +0200 father-of-two-confesses-to-causing-gas-deadly-gas-explosion A closely-watched Italian referendum on oil and gas drilling concessions failed to reach the required turnout threshold on Sunday, in a win for Prime Minister Matteo Renzi who had urged voters to stay home. https://www.thelocal.it/20160418/italy-oil-and-gas-vote-flops-because-of-low-turnout Mon, 18 Apr 2016 10:55:04 +0200 italy-oil-and-gas-vote-flops-because-of-low-turnout An offshore platform a stone's throw from Dante's beach on Italy's Adriatic coast has become the focus of a politically charged national referendum on the country's oil and gas drilling concessions. https://www.thelocal.it/20160413/high-stakes-oil-and-gas-vote-has-italy-in-a-tizz Wed, 13 Apr 2016 10:38:51 +0200 high-stakes-oil-and-gas-vote-has-italy-in-a-tizz A 22-year-old British student was among those hurt in an explosion which ripped through a building in Naples late on Monday night. https://www.thelocal.it/20160216/british-student-hurt-in-naples-gas-explosion Tue, 16 Feb 2016 13:27:03 +0100 british-student-hurt-in-naples-gas-explosion As we head towards 2016, Italy’s national energy authority has given the population some good news - gas and electricity bills are set to fall. https://www.thelocal.it/20151229/italy-consumers-to-pay-less-for-electricity-in-2016 Tue, 29 Dec 2015 15:30:03 +0100 italy-consumers-to-pay-less-for-electricity-in-2016 Italian energy company Eni said on Sunday it has found one of the world’s largest natural gas fields - so big it could supply Egypt with natural gas for decades. https://www.thelocal.it/20150831/italys-eni-finds-largest-ever-gas-field-mediterranean-sea Mon, 31 Aug 2015 11:19:40 +0200 italys-eni-finds-largest-ever-gas-field-mediterranean-sea Saipem, Italy’s largest oil and gas contractor, plans to shed 8,800 jobs over the next two years as part of a restructuring plan, the company said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150729/italys-saipem-to-cut-8800-jobs-by-2017 Wed, 29 Jul 2015 10:20:42 +0200 italys-saipem-to-cut-8800-jobs-by-2017 Saipem, the Italian oil services company, has resumed work on a gas pipeline project in the Black Sea after a suspension was lifted by Russia’s Gazprom. https://www.thelocal.it/20150514/saipem-resumes-work-on-black-sea-pipeline Thu, 14 May 2015 12:52:25 +0200 saipem-resumes-work-on-black-sea-pipeline Italian-South Korean energy consortium Eni-Kogas has failed to discover any exploitable gas reserves after deep-sea drilling off the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, the energy ministry said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150326/eni-kogas-come-up-dry-in-cyprus-gas-drill Thu, 26 Mar 2015 17:48:06 +0100 eni-kogas-come-up-dry-in-cyprus-gas-drill Italian energy group Eni on Monday raised its estimate of the natural gas contained in a deep water well off Indonesia by 20 billion cubic metres (bcm), a 55 percent increase on initial projections. https://www.thelocal.it/20150316/eni-upgrades-forecast-for-indonesian-gas Mon, 16 Mar 2015 14:34:35 +0100 eni-upgrades-forecast-for-indonesian-gas German power giant Eon said Monday it has agreed to sell its Italian coal and gas plants to Czech energy company Energeticky a Prumyslovy Holding (EPH) for an undisclosed sum. https://www.thelocal.it/20150112/germanys-eon-sells-off-italy-energy-assets Mon, 12 Jan 2015 13:36:00 +0100 germanys-eon-sells-off-italy-energy-assets Saipem, the Italian oil services company, said on Thursday that it had been told by Russia’s Gazprom to suspend work on the South Stream gas pipeline project. https://www.thelocal.it/20141205/saipem-told-to-stop-work-on-russian-gas-project Fri, 05 Dec 2014 09:49:00 +0100 saipem-told-to-stop-work-on-russian-gas-project Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday suggested the South Stream gas deal with Europe is to be scrapped, putting a multi-billion investment from energy company Eni at risk. https://www.thelocal.it/20141202/eni-risks-losing-billions-as-russia-scraps-gas-deal Tue, 02 Dec 2014 11:24:00 +0100 eni-risks-losing-billions-as-russia-scraps-gas-deal Italian energy giant Eni on Tuesday signed a preliminary deal to move into offshore oil and gas exploration in Turkmenistan, expanding Italy's foothold in the isolated Central Asian nation. https://www.thelocal.it/20141118/italys-eni-signs-turkmenistan-deal-on-caspian-sea-exploration Tue, 18 Nov 2014 13:06:00 +0100 italys-eni-signs-turkmenistan-deal-on-caspian-sea-exploration UPDATED: Eni, the Italian oil and gas giant, has pledged "full cooperation" with the authorities after it was revealed that a former marketing chief and a current manager are being probed for alleged tax evasion. https://www.thelocal.it/20141001/eni-managers-in-tax-evasion-probe Wed, 01 Oct 2014 13:13:00 +0200 eni-managers-in-tax-evasion-probe The conflict in Ukraine will lead gas prices to rise in Italy this winter, the national energy authority has said. https://www.thelocal.it/20140930/ukraine-crisis-hits-gas-prices-in-italy Tue, 30 Sep 2014 14:16:00 +0200 ukraine-crisis-hits-gas-prices-in-italy Italian-Korean energy consortium Eni-Kogas has begun exploratory deep-sea drilling off the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus for gas deposits, officials said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140926/eni-kogas-begins-search-for-cyprus-gas Fri, 26 Sep 2014 19:26:00 +0200 eni-kogas-begins-search-for-cyprus-gas Cyprus signed a memorandum of understanding Wednesday with Italian-Korean energy consortium Eni-Kogas to drill for possible offshore gas resources. https://www.thelocal.it/20140731/italys-eni-in-cyprus-gas-deal Thu, 31 Jul 2014 13:44:38 +0200 italys-eni-in-cyprus-gas-deal