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 Local police in the southern city of Cosenza are being praised for their act of kindness towards a young woman and her three small children. https://www.thelocal.it/20160921/italian-police-fund-hotel-stay-for-homeless-mum-and-three-kids Wed, 21 Sep 2016 14:12:58 +0200 italian-police-fund-hotel-stay-for-homeless-mum-and-three-kids Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has told Italian students how the social media site gave €500,000 to the Italian Red Cross following Wednesday's devastating earthquake in central Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20160830/facebook-ceo-gives-500k-to-italian-red-cross-following-quake Tue, 30 Aug 2016 11:06:30 +0200 facebook-ceo-gives-500k-to-italian-red-cross-following-quake The earthquake on Wednesday, which claimed the lives of at least 247 people, has had a devastating impact on four Italian towns. https://www.thelocal.it/20160825/italy-earthquake-heres-how-you-can-help Thu, 25 Aug 2016 15:08:29 +0200 italy-earthquake-heres-how-you-can-help More than 30,000 elderly Italians have married their carers over the past 10 years over fears they will face their twilight years alone. https://www.thelocal.it/20160215/why-30000-italians-have-told-their-carers-i-do Mon, 15 Feb 2016 16:53:46 +0100 why-30000-italians-have-told-their-carers-i-do Dozens of migrants are helping to clean up debris and rebuild homes destroyed by a tornado in the Venice area last week, telling the Italian media they wanted to help those who "had lost everything". https://www.thelocal.it/20150713/migrants-help-clean-up-after-venice-tornado Mon, 13 Jul 2015 12:18:23 +0200 migrants-help-clean-up-after-venice-tornado