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 Italian island of Giglio is seeking at least €20 million in compensation for the damage caused to the island by the sinking of the Costa Concordia. https://www.thelocal.it/20150129/giglio-island-wants-20m-over-concordia-tragedy Thu, 29 Jan 2015 12:54:00 +0100 giglio-island-wants-20m-over-concordia-tragedy Italians on the island of Giglio have expressed their relief at the departure of the Costa Concordia cruise ship wreck, which on Wednesday embarked on its journey to a scrapyard in one of the biggest salvage operations in maritime history. https://www.thelocal.it/20140724/italians-reclaim-giglio-after-concordia-departs Thu, 24 Jul 2014 11:10:00 +0200 italians-reclaim-giglio-after-concordia-departs The captain of Costa Concordia, which sunk off the Tuscan coast in January 2012, killing 32 people, partied on the island of Ischia on Monday night as the ship prepared to be towed away. https://www.thelocal.it/20140722/captain-coward-parties-as-shipwreck-is-towed-away Tue, 22 Jul 2014 17:08:00 +0200 captain-coward-parties-as-shipwreck-is-towed-away When the ship horns sound out on Italy's Giglio Island, the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship will set sail in a solemn final adieu after a tragedy at sea in which 32 people died and which transformed this sleepy Eden into an international salvage site. https://www.thelocal.it/20140721/concordia-tragedy-finally-put-giglio-on-the-map Mon, 21 Jul 2014 10:51:00 +0200 concordia-tragedy-finally-put-giglio-on-the-map It's nursing season in Europe's biggest marine sanctuary and schools of whales have brought their young to Italian shores - but environmentalists warn they are at risk from toxins leaked by the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship. https://www.thelocal.it/20140715/whales-and-dolphins-at-risk-as-concordia-is-moved Tue, 15 Jul 2014 11:15:00 +0200 whales-and-dolphins-at-risk-as-concordia-is-moved An unprecedented operation to refloat the shipwrecked Costa Concordia began Monday in Italy, with salvage workers attempting to raise the rusty liner from its watery grave on the shores of a rugged Tuscan island. https://www.thelocal.it/20140714/risky-costa-concordia-refloat-gets-underway Mon, 14 Jul 2014 10:30:00 +0200 risky-costa-concordia-refloat-gets-underway An unprecedented operation to refloat the doomed Costa Concordia cruise ship is planned to begin on Monday - two and a half years after it foundered off the Tuscan island of Giglio, salvage coordinators said. https://www.thelocal.it/20140710/costa-concordia-removal-planned-to-start-on-monday Thu, 10 Jul 2014 10:13:00 +0200 costa-concordia-removal-planned-to-start-on-monday The mammoth project to refloat the doomed Costa Concordia cruise ship has been suspended until a decision is made over which port will scrap the wreck, Italian media said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140430/italy-cruise-ship-removal-project-halted-media Wed, 30 Apr 2014 16:31:35 +0200 italy-cruise-ship-removal-project-halted-media A team of experts climbed aboard the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner for the first time on Thursday, looking for evidence of what happened the night of the fatal crash which killed 32 people. https://www.thelocal.it/20140124/experts-search-for-evidence-on-costa-concordia Fri, 24 Jan 2014 09:36:00 +0100 experts-search-for-evidence-on-costa-concordia Italian divers looking for two bodies missing from last year's Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster which claimed 32 lives found human remains on Thursday, the government agency overseeing the vessel's salvage said. https://www.thelocal.it/20130926/human-remains-found-near-italy-cruise-ship-wreck Thu, 26 Sep 2013 16:44:00 +0200 human-remains-found-near-italy-cruise-ship-wreck He's been dubbed a hero, "the legend of Giglio". Salvage master Nick Sloane, tasked with raising the Costa Concordia ship upright from its watery grave off Italy's Giglio Island, emerged triumphant on Tuesday after a 19-hour operation. https://www.thelocal.it/20130917/the-mastermind-behind-the-concordia-salvage-operation Tue, 17 Sep 2013 18:45:00 +0200 the-mastermind-behind-the-concordia-salvage-operation Salvage operators in Italy lifted the Costa Concordia cruise ship upright off the island of Giglio on Tuesday in the biggest ever project of its kind. https://www.thelocal.it/20130917/costa-concordia-turned-upright-in-unique-salvage Tue, 17 Sep 2013 09:35:00 +0200 costa-concordia-turned-upright-in-unique-salvage After a stormy night salvage workers were poised to begin raising the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship on the Italian island of Giglio on Monday in the biggest operation of its kind. https://www.thelocal.it/20130916/storms-strike-costa-concordia-salvage Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:10:00 +0200 storms-strike-costa-concordia-salvage Police have launched an investigation after vandals broke off the left index finger of the Stella Maris, a marble Madonna statue commemorating the victims of the Costa Concordia tragedy on the Tuscan island of Giglio. https://www.thelocal.it/20130822/vandals-break-finger-off-concordia-memorial-statue Thu, 22 Aug 2013 18:22:00 +0200 vandals-break-finger-off-concordia-memorial-statue As the trial against the captain of Italy's Costa Concordia gets under way on Wednesday, the mayor of the island where the ship lies said Monday he was increasingly concerned about its salvage. https://www.thelocal.it/20130716/concern-grows-over-italy-cruise-ship-wreck-salvage Tue, 16 Jul 2013 10:43:00 +0200 concern-grows-over-italy-cruise-ship-wreck-salvage