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 Think buying a home in Italy sounds divine? For Adam Rugnetta, an American in Milan, the experience was more like Dante's Inferno. https://www.thelocal.it/20200131/buying-property-in-italy-an-illustrated-tale Fri, 31 Jan 2020 09:37:52 +0100 buying-property-in-italy-an-illustrated-tale Whether you're looking for a chic city apartment or a villa in the countryside, here are the Italian properties you could buy for less than 500K. https://www.thelocal.it/20190528/what-kind-of-property-will-500k-get-you-around-italy Tue, 28 May 2019 15:47:39 +0200 what-kind-of-property-will-500k-get-you-around-italy Johnny Depp has put his luxurious 17th century property overlooking Venice's Grand Canal on the market, according to reports in the Italian media. https://www.thelocal.it/20160713/johnny-depp-to-sell-venetian-palace-for-98-million-reports Wed, 13 Jul 2016 11:00:47 +0200 johnny-depp-to-sell-venetian-palace-for-98-million-reports One of Tuscany's most famous villas is up for sale with its owners hoping to be smiling all the way to the bank thanks to its links to the Mona Lisa. https://www.thelocal.it/20160415/mona-lisas-tuscan-villa-to-sell-for-more-than-10-million Fri, 15 Apr 2016 10:51:11 +0200 mona-lisas-tuscan-villa-to-sell-for-more-than-10-million An elaborate restoration of a ruin once home to gladiators in the hours before they embarked on bouts to the death has got underway in Pompeii, five years after its collapse raised serious questions about the management of the famous Unesco site. https://www.thelocal.it/20160108/pompeii-begins-restoration-of-gladiator-armoury Fri, 08 Jan 2016 17:30:51 +0100 pompeii-begins-restoration-of-gladiator-armoury An Italian set himself on fire on Monday in front of the house of former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi and was rushed to hospital in a serious but stable condition, Italian media said. https://www.thelocal.it/20151214/man-sets-himself-alight-outside-berlusconis-house Mon, 14 Dec 2015 16:37:58 +0100 man-sets-himself-alight-outside-berlusconis-house UPDATED: The Vatican has begun preparing for a landmark trial of a disgraced former archbishop at the centre of one of the Catholic Church's most damaging child sex abuse cases. https://www.thelocal.it/20140924/vatican-ex-envoy-faces-trial-for-sex-abuse Wed, 24 Sep 2014 11:12:00 +0200 vatican-ex-envoy-faces-trial-for-sex-abuse A Harley-Davidson given to Pope Francis in June will be put up for auction in Paris in early February. https://www.thelocal.it/20140114/popes-harley-davidson-put-up-for-auction Tue, 14 Jan 2014 13:21:00 +0100 popes-harley-davidson-put-up-for-auction A man in the northern Italian city of Vicenza was alarmed to discover a First World War bomb, which experts said could still explode, hidden in the home he recently inherited from his aunt. https://www.thelocal.it/20131217/first-world-war-bomb-found-in-inherited-house Tue, 17 Dec 2013 12:48:00 +0100 first-world-war-bomb-found-in-inherited-house Italian households might be poorer than the French, but they are richer than the Germans when it comes to average wealth, according to a report released on Wednesday by Credit Suisse. https://www.thelocal.it/20131009/italians-are-richer-than-the-germans Wed, 09 Oct 2013 18:18:00 +0200 italians-are-richer-than-the-germans Versace is seeking a minority investor, a spokesman at the Italian fashion house still 100-percent by the Versace family confirmed on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20130918/versace-in-search-of-minority-shareholder Wed, 18 Sep 2013 20:05:00 +0200 versace-in-search-of-minority-shareholder