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 is widely known to be tied to its Latin roots - closer than any other language, in fact. So it might come as a surprise to know that the Italian language also has Germanic influences. Here are ten Italian words that come from German. https://www.thelocal.it/20210507/from-beer-to-hairdryers-10-italian-words-that-come-from-german Fri, 07 May 2021 19:15:20 +0200 from-beer-to-hairdryers-10-italian-words-that-come-from-german Italian authorities held a migrant rescue boat for 12 hours after it brought more than 230 people to a port in south western Italy following a four-day ordeal on the high seas, an NGO said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180610/italy-holds-migrant-rescue-ship-as-hundreds-land Sun, 10 Jun 2018 17:32:11 +0200 italy-holds-migrant-rescue-ship-as-hundreds-land The subject of centuries of scrutiny and debate, Mona Lisa's famous smile is routinely described as ambiguous. But is it really that hard to read? https://www.thelocal.it/20170311/mona-lisas-smile-decoded-science-says-shes-happy Sat, 11 Mar 2017 11:46:20 +0100 mona-lisas-smile-decoded-science-says-shes-happy The body of a missing young German woman was found Saturday on the slopes of Gran Sasso, the highest peak in central Italy, according to media reports citing local police. https://www.thelocal.it/20161029/body-of-missing-german-tourist-found-in-italy Sat, 29 Oct 2016 19:12:14 +0200 body-of-missing-german-tourist-found-in-italy German banking giant Deutsche Bank is the target of a criminal probe into government bond market manipulation, the bank and plaintiffs said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160506/deutsche-bank-targeted-in-italian-government-bond-probe Fri, 06 May 2016 16:10:00 +0200 deutsche-bank-targeted-in-italian-government-bond-probe A university professor from Germany was charged with illegal possession of human remains after a human skull was found in his suitcase at Rome’s Fiumicino airport. https://www.thelocal.it/20160404/german-professor-stopped-at-rome-airport-with-human-skull Mon, 04 Apr 2016 17:19:14 +0200 german-professor-stopped-at-rome-airport-with-human-skull Italians are fearing a wine drought after last year’s dismal harvest, thanks mostly to grape-munching German tourists. https://www.thelocal.it/20160401/italian-winemakers-fear-lean-year-as-german-tourists-decimate-vinyards Fri, 01 Apr 2016 02:01:22 +0200 italian-winemakers-fear-lean-year-as-german-tourists-decimate-vinyards An investigation has been opened after the body of German student was found near the Leaning Tower of Pisa on Tuesday morning. https://www.thelocal.it/20160308/body-german-schoolkid-found-near-leaning-tower-of-pisa Tue, 08 Mar 2016 17:15:58 +0100 body-german-schoolkid-found-near-leaning-tower-of-pisa Italy's energetic Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is fed up with France and Germany stitching up Europe's big decisions. And he's not taking it lying down. https://www.thelocal.it/20160128/why-italy-is-scrapping-to-be-let-into-europes-big-boys-club Thu, 28 Jan 2016 18:05:03 +0100 why-italy-is-scrapping-to-be-let-into-europes-big-boys-club A 43-year-old German was killed by a train on Thursday while trying to save his dog that had run out onto the track in Masotti, Tuscany. https://www.thelocal.it/20150918/dog-owner-killed-by-train-trying-to-save-dog Fri, 18 Sep 2015 11:03:41 +0200 dog-owner-killed-by-train-trying-to-save-dog Serie A side Roma continued to shore up their defence on Wednesday with Paris Saint Germain French international left-back Lucas Digne completing his loan move to the capital club. https://www.thelocal.it/20150827/psgs-lucas-digne-seals-roma-loan-move Thu, 27 Aug 2015 10:25:51 +0200 psgs-lucas-digne-seals-roma-loan-move Italy's Foreign Minister has scathingly dismissed criticism from France and Germany over its handling of the tens of thousands of migrants arriving on its southern shores. https://www.thelocal.it/20150826/italy-hits-back-at-merkel-in-migrants-row Wed, 26 Aug 2015 13:49:39 +0200 italy-hits-back-at-merkel-in-migrants-row A 19-year-old German tourist was allegedly raped on a beach in the Adriatic town of Rimini. It is the third case of an alleged sexual attack in the town in less than a week, Italian media reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20150820/german-tourist-raped-on-rimini-beach Thu, 20 Aug 2015 15:03:07 +0200 german-tourist-raped-on-rimini-beach Roma have announced the signing of VfB Stuttgart defender Antonio Ruediger on a season-long loan deal with an option to make the move permanent, the Serie A club have announced. https://www.thelocal.it/20150820/german-ruediger-joins-roma-on-loan-deal Thu, 20 Aug 2015 15:00:33 +0200 german-ruediger-joins-roma-on-loan-deal A 17-year-old student from Germany died after falling from the balcony of a hotel in Montecatini Terme, a town in Tuscany, on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150724/german-student-dies-in-tuscan-balcony-fall Fri, 24 Jul 2015 12:06:40 +0200 german-student-dies-in-tuscan-balcony-fall Seventeen German teenagers have been taken to hospital in northern Italy after the coach they were travelling in came off the motorway and overturned in an escarpment. https://www.thelocal.it/20150713/german-teens-as-bus-veers-of-road-in-italy Mon, 13 Jul 2015 10:48:50 +0200 german-teens-as-bus-veers-of-road-in-italy The body of a 22-year-old German man was found by the Tiber River in Rome on Thursday morning, Italian media has reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20150604/body-of-22-year-old-german-found-by-tiber Thu, 04 Jun 2015 12:48:25 +0200 body-of-22-year-old-german-found-by-tiber Prosecutors in Venice called on Tuesday for four people involved in the 2013 gondola death of a German tourist on the Grand Canal to be jailed. https://www.thelocal.it/20150512/prosecutors-demand-jail-for-tourist-gondola-death Tue, 12 May 2015 19:10:03 +0200 prosecutors-demand-jail-for-tourist-gondola-death A German tourist has fallen to his death while trying to take a photograph of himself in the Italian mountains, according to national media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20150402/german-tourist-dies-in-italy-selfie-fall Thu, 02 Apr 2015 17:33:36 +0200 german-tourist-dies-in-italy-selfie-fall A group of con artists has gone on trial for allegedly tricking a German businessman out of €1.3 million, by pretending to sell him the US embassy and the UN food agency headquarters. https://www.thelocal.it/20150316/gang-tricks-german-into-buying-us-embassy Mon, 16 Mar 2015 10:18:19 +0100 gang-tricks-german-into-buying-us-embassy