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 Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said "now is the time to remain united" in a speech to parliament on Thursday as politicians, business groups and health experts criticised the government's recent handling of the coronavirus crisis. https://www.thelocal.it/20201029/italian-pm-calls-for-national-unity-amid-growing-criticism-of-virus-restrictions Thu, 29 Oct 2020 14:35:36 +0100 italian-pm-calls-for-national-unity-amid-growing-criticism-of-virus-restrictions The editor of an Italian sports newspaper has been fired for publishing a headline calling three female athletes competing in archery at the Rio Olympics “the chubby trio”, or “il trio cicciottelle” in Italian. https://www.thelocal.it/20160809/italian-editor-fired-for-calling-female-athletes-the-chubby-trio Tue, 09 Aug 2016 15:19:29 +0200 italian-editor-fired-for-calling-female-athletes-the-chubby-trio The former boss of Italian aerospace and defence group Finmeccanica, Giuseppe Orsi, was sentenced on Thursday by the Milan appeals court to 4.5 years in jail for false accounting and corruption, Italian media reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20160408/finmeccanicas-ex-boss-sentenced-to-jail-for-corruption Fri, 08 Apr 2016 10:25:54 +0200 finmeccanicas-ex-boss-sentenced-to-jail-for-corruption Italy's chief prosecutor Giuseppe Pignatone on Monday offered Rome's assistance in the Egyptian investigation into the murder of an Italian graduate student after his abduction in Cairo. https://www.thelocal.it/20160315/italy-offers-to-help-egypt-probe-giulio-regeni-murder Tue, 15 Mar 2016 09:09:13 +0100 italy-offers-to-help-egypt-probe-giulio-regeni-murder Italy’s anti-terrorism chief said the threat of a terrorist attack during the upcoming Holy Jubilee of Mercy cannot be completely eliminated, despite efforts by authorities to lower the risk. https://www.thelocal.it/20151113/italy-cant-rule-out-jubilee-terror-threat-ros-chief Fri, 13 Nov 2015 09:11:41 +0100 italy-cant-rule-out-jubilee-terror-threat-ros-chief Italian police on Wednesday arrested a mobster fugitive named on the country's top 100 most dangerous list as he sunned himself on a beach near Rome, according to media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20150812/italy-nabs-fugitive-mobster-sunbathing-on-beach Wed, 12 Aug 2015 20:11:47 +0200 italy-nabs-fugitive-mobster-sunbathing-on-beach Italy's premier has rebuffed opposition demands that he sack a junior minister who is being investigated in a burgeoning scandal over mafia involvement in centres for newly-arrived migrants. https://www.thelocal.it/20150608/renzi-under-fire-as-minister-probed-in-mafia-migrant-scandal Mon, 08 Jun 2015 09:51:38 +0200 renzi-under-fire-as-minister-probed-in-mafia-migrant-scandal Juventus CEO Giuseppe Marotta says the Italian champions will need luck to make the Champions League final after coming up against three "powerhouses" in Friday's last four draw. https://www.thelocal.it/20150424/juventus-need-luck-after-last-four-draw-marotta Fri, 24 Apr 2015 09:30:53 +0200 juventus-need-luck-after-last-four-draw-marotta The mayor of Ischia, an island in the Bay of Naples, was arrested on Monday, alongside nine others, over allegations of corruption. https://www.thelocal.it/20150330/ischia-mayor-arrested-over-corruption-claims Mon, 30 Mar 2015 18:11:01 +0200 ischia-mayor-arrested-over-corruption-claims The inquiry in to the fate of the burned-out Norman Atlantic ferry which was towed into the southern Italian port of Brindisi Friday, has begun with the prosecutor fearing that more bodies may be found onboard. https://www.thelocal.it/20150103/charred-hull-of-norman-atlantic-reaches-iraly-port Sat, 03 Jan 2015 08:58:00 +0100 charred-hull-of-norman-atlantic-reaches-iraly-port The Italian-owned ferry in which at least 13 people died in a dramatic fire in stormy Mediterranean seas was towed into the Italian port of Brindisi on Friday as investigators try to determine if there are any more bodies on board. https://www.thelocal.it/20150102/fire-tragedy-ferry-arrives-in-brindisi Fri, 02 Jan 2015 16:03:00 +0100 fire-tragedy-ferry-arrives-in-brindisi