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 An Italian couple, who were woken by migrant children crying while sleeping on their boat anchored off the Greek island of Kos in the early hours of Tuesday, sprung to their rescue. https://www.thelocal.it/20150812/italian-tourists-help-save-migrants-in-kos Wed, 12 Aug 2015 11:39:59 +0200 italian-tourists-help-save-migrants-in-kos UPDATED: Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Monday that the eurozone came close to losing Greece during a tense night. https://www.thelocal.it/20150713/greek-deal-reached-after-all-night-summit Mon, 13 Jul 2015 10:56:35 +0200 greek-deal-reached-after-all-night-summit UPDATED: Italian premier Matteo Renzi is hopeful that a deal to avert a Greek default will soon be reached after Athens presented its proposals on a fresh bailout. https://www.thelocal.it/20150710/renzi-hopeful-on-greek-deal Fri, 10 Jul 2015 14:55:09 +0200 renzi-hopeful-on-greek-deal The EU's 28 member states will hold a decisive summit on the Greek debt crisis on Sunday, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said after an emergency eurozone leaders meeting finished without a deal. https://www.thelocal.it/20150708/eu-to-hold-decisive-summit-on-greece-on-sunday Wed, 08 Jul 2015 10:03:20 +0200 eu-to-hold-decisive-summit-on-greece-on-sunday Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Monday called for talks on resolving Greece's debt crisis to not focus only on austerity but also on strategies to boost growth. https://www.thelocal.it/20150706/renzi-calls-for-greece-talks-to-focus-on-growth Mon, 06 Jul 2015 17:40:20 +0200 renzi-calls-for-greece-talks-to-focus-on-growth Italy’s premier Matteo Renzi said that France and Germany should not be making all the decisions as Greek voters overwhelmingly rejected international creditors’ tough bailout conditions. https://www.thelocal.it/20150706/greece Mon, 06 Jul 2015 10:13:18 +0200 greece Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Tuesday that structural reforms already undertaken by Rome had placed the country "out of the firing line" of the Greek debt crisis fallout. https://www.thelocal.it/20150630/italy-out-of-firing-line-of-greek-crisis-fallout-pm Tue, 30 Jun 2015 14:02:33 +0200 italy-out-of-firing-line-of-greek-crisis-fallout-pm Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Monday that Greeks will be effectively voting on whether to stay in the euro in Sunday's referendum on bailout conditions set by the country's creditors. https://www.thelocal.it/20150630/renzi-calls-greek-referendum-a-vote-on-euro Tue, 30 Jun 2015 10:29:59 +0200 renzi-calls-greek-referendum-a-vote-on-euro Italy’s finance minister on Monday played down the threat of Italy being hit by the fallout from market instability linked to the Greek crisis. https://www.thelocal.it/20150629/italy-does-not-fear-greek-contagion-padoan Mon, 29 Jun 2015 15:54:39 +0200 italy-does-not-fear-greek-contagion-padoan Italy's Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan said a Eurogroup meeting on Greece's debt renegotiations was "not very useful". https://www.thelocal.it/20150217/greek-talks-not-very-useful-padoan Tue, 17 Feb 2015 15:21:00 +0100 greek-talks-not-very-useful-padoan Eggs, tomatoes and smoke bombs were thrown at the German Consulate in Venice on Wednesday, and windows were smashed, as anti-austerity protesters in Italy reacted to Germany’s tough stance on Greek debt. https://www.thelocal.it/20150211/eggs-lobbed-at-germanys-venice-consulate-amid-greek-debt-crisis Wed, 11 Feb 2015 18:13:00 +0100 eggs-lobbed-at-germanys-venice-consulate-amid-greek-debt-crisis A Greek exit from the euro would see the euro collapse like a house of cards, Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis warned in comments that triggered a spat with Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20150209/greece-in-spat-with-italy-over-bankruptcy-comments Mon, 09 Feb 2015 12:52:00 +0100 greece-in-spat-with-italy-over-bankruptcy-comments Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Tuesday he believes Greece will be able to strike a deal with its EU partners over its massive debts. https://www.thelocal.it/20150204/italys-renzi-says-eu-greece-deal-possible Wed, 04 Feb 2015 09:35:00 +0100 italys-renzi-says-eu-greece-deal-possible Greece's radical new leaders flew into Rome on Tuesday seeking to build support for new proposals aimed at ending a stand-off with the country's creditors and its European Union partners. https://www.thelocal.it/20150203/greeks-in-rome-to-drum-up-support-over-debt-crisis Tue, 03 Feb 2015 11:46:00 +0100 greeks-in-rome-to-drum-up-support-over-debt-crisis Italy on Monday issued mixed signals over whether it would back Greece in its fight for a renegotiation of its huge debts to international lenders. https://www.thelocal.it/20150202/italy-sends-mixed-signals-on-greek-debt Mon, 02 Feb 2015 12:45:00 +0100 italy-sends-mixed-signals-on-greek-debt A Greek fighter jet crashed on Monday on takeoff at a military airbase in Spain housing a Nato training centre for elite pilots, killing 11 people and injuring 13, including nine Italians, the defence ministry said. https://www.thelocal.it/20150127/italians-among-injured-in-greek-fighter-jet-crash Tue, 27 Jan 2015 09:29:00 +0100 italians-among-injured-in-greek-fighter-jet-crash