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 A survey launched by Italy's Ministry for Education to promote reading and discover which books are most beloved by schoolchildren has proved the enduring popularity of classic tales. But in ten schools, an unwelcome entry made the top ten. https://www.thelocal.it/20161208/hitlers-mein-kampf-rated-one-of-italian-schoolchildrens-top-books Thu, 08 Dec 2016 12:08:07 +0100 hitlers-mein-kampf-rated-one-of-italian-schoolchildrens-top-books An aspiring teen model was killed by a high-speed train on Thursday morning as she crossed tracks at a station in Milan. https://www.thelocal.it/20160421/teen-killed-by-intercity-train-after-crossing-tracks-with-earphones-in Thu, 21 Apr 2016 18:25:17 +0200 teen-killed-by-intercity-train-after-crossing-tracks-with-earphones-in A 76-year-old Australian man is in a coma after being struck by a tram in Milan on Friday morning. https://www.thelocal.it/20150821/australian-in-coma-after-being-hit-by-tram Fri, 21 Aug 2015 19:38:47 +0200 australian-in-coma-after-being-hit-by-tram The EU signalled on Tuesday it would show leniency to overspending member states including Italy and France that are nearing an already extended deadline to get their budgets in line with Brussels rules. https://www.thelocal.it/20150114/eu-offers-debt-hit-italy-budget-flexibility Wed, 14 Jan 2015 09:25:00 +0100 eu-offers-debt-hit-italy-budget-flexibility Borrowing rates in France, Spain and Italy fell to fresh historic lows on Friday in thin holiday trading, as investors eyed possible new anti-deflation measures from the European Central Bank. https://www.thelocal.it/20150102/italy-bond-yields-hit-fresh-historic-lows Fri, 02 Jan 2015 11:31:00 +0100 italy-bond-yields-hit-fresh-historic-lows Italy on Monday raised the confirmed death toll from a ferry fire disaster to eight and said it was seeking to account for more than 40 people thought to be aboard based on passenger and crew lists. https://www.thelocal.it/20141229/blaze-hit-ferry-death-toll-rises-to-seven Mon, 29 Dec 2014 18:02:00 +0100 blaze-hit-ferry-death-toll-rises-to-seven Several mini-earthquakes with a maximum magnitude of 4.1 shook Italy's famous Chianti wine region on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141219/italys-chianti-region-hit-by-earthquakes Fri, 19 Dec 2014 15:00:00 +0100 italys-chianti-region-hit-by-earthquakes Italy brought the world musical greats such as Pavarotti and Mina. But others (if you’re old enough to remember them) are probably best forgotten. Here, The Local lists ten of Italy's greatest one-hit wonders - mostly from the 1980s and 90s. https://www.thelocal.it/20141204/top-ten-global-one-hit-wonders-from-italy Thu, 04 Dec 2014 13:21:00 +0100 top-ten-global-one-hit-wonders-from-italy An Alitalia plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Rome’s Fiumicino airport on Wednesday evening after being struck by lightning. https://www.thelocal.it/20141106/alitalia-jet-hit-by-lightning-as-storms-pound-italy Thu, 06 Nov 2014 10:06:00 +0100 alitalia-jet-hit-by-lightning-as-storms-pound-italy A teacher at a nursery school in the Lazio province of Viterbo has been placed under house arrest after being caught “hitting, insulting and threatening” a class of three-year-olds. https://www.thelocal.it/20140311/nursery-teacher-hit-and-insulted-children Tue, 11 Mar 2014 13:52:00 +0100 nursery-teacher-hit-and-insulted-children