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 ham company will fund the restoration of an ancient underground fresco in Naples. https://www.thelocal.it/20171130/italian-ham-company-to-fund-restoration-of-ancient-naples-catacombs-fresco Thu, 30 Nov 2017 12:05:55 +0100 italian-ham-company-to-fund-restoration-of-ancient-naples-catacombs-fresco Italy's earthquakes would not leave the Fausti family alone. The first of this year's devastating tremors, on August 24th, left their farmhouse on the outskirts of Norcia looking like a bombed-out shell. https://www.thelocal.it/20161201/the-farmers-their-little-pigs-and-the-wolves-an-italy-quake-survival-tale Thu, 01 Dec 2016 10:18:25 +0100 the-farmers-their-little-pigs-and-the-wolves-an-italy-quake-survival-tale Angry Italian farmers made a gigantic sandwich stuffed with cured meat and sausages in a bid to stop alarmist concerns over the alleged link between processed meat and cancer. https://www.thelocal.it/20151029/italy-quells-processed-meat-fears-by-making-giant-sarnie Thu, 29 Oct 2015 15:50:00 +0100 italy-quells-processed-meat-fears-by-making-giant-sarnie An illegal underground laboratory where cured meat from Poland was boned and re-labeled as Italian has been raided by police in Villaricca, near Naples. https://www.thelocal.it/20150629/italys-food-police-bust-polish-ham-scam Mon, 29 Jun 2015 12:45:17 +0200 italys-food-police-bust-polish-ham-scam An advertisement featuring a slice of Parma ham on the bottom of a naked woman is causing a stir on the luxury Italian island of Capri. https://www.thelocal.it/20131024/fury-over-italian-ham-ad-with-naked-woman Thu, 24 Oct 2013 16:02:00 +0200 fury-over-italian-ham-ad-with-naked-woman