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 Bank of Italy Governor Ignazio Visco said on Friday that public intervention in the country's banks was not to be ruled out amid growing fears the sector's €360 billion ($398 billion) in bad debt would trigger a potentially contagious banking crisis. https://www.thelocal.it/20160708/bank-of-italy-head-hints-at-public-invervention-in-ailing-sector Fri, 08 Jul 2016 19:13:57 +0200 bank-of-italy-head-hints-at-public-invervention-in-ailing-sector Rome's unpopular mayor Ignazio Marino on Thursday withdrew his resignation, which he had announced earlier this month in the midst of an expenses row, even though his own party has demanded he quit. https://www.thelocal.it/20151029/rome-mayor-withdraws-resignation Thu, 29 Oct 2015 18:03:23 +0100 rome-mayor-withdraws-resignation Ignazio Visco, the governor of Italy’s central bank, is being investigated over allegations of corruption, fraud and abuse of office related to the sale last year of Banca Popolare di Spoleto (BPS). https://www.thelocal.it/20151021/bank-of-italy-boss-in-corruption-probe Wed, 21 Oct 2015 12:20:31 +0200 bank-of-italy-boss-in-corruption-probe Rome's mayor cried foul on Friday after being forced to resign over an expenses row and warned the Italian capital could succumb once more to organized crime. https://www.thelocal.it/20151009/ousted-rome-mayor-warns-of-mafia-return Fri, 09 Oct 2015 15:16:18 +0200 ousted-rome-mayor-warns-of-mafia-return UPDATED: Rome's embattled mayor resigned on Thursday over an expenses row after months of attacks by opponents determined to make him a scapegoat for the sorry state of the Italian capital. https://www.thelocal.it/20151008/rome-mayor-resigns-after-expenses-row Thu, 08 Oct 2015 22:24:00 +0200 rome-mayor-resigns-after-expenses-row Pope Francis raised eyebrows in Italy on Tuesday by slapping down the left-leaning mayor of Rome as someone who "pretends to be Catholic". https://www.thelocal.it/20150930/pope-blasts-rome-mayor-as-a-pretend-catholic Wed, 30 Sep 2015 10:34:55 +0200 pope-blasts-rome-mayor-as-a-pretend-catholic Rome Mayor Ignazio Marino has slammed the state-run broadcaster Rai for inviting the family of mafia boss Vittorio Casamonica, whose lavish funeral sparked outrage last month, to appear on one of its shows. https://www.thelocal.it/20150909/rome-mayor-slams-rai-mafia-family-interview Wed, 09 Sep 2015 18:48:08 +0200 rome-mayor-slams-rai-mafia-family-interview Rome Mayor Ignazio Marino is considering increasing fines for those caught jumping into the city’s fountains as part of a plan that will also see €50,000 injected into sprucing the treasured monuments up. https://www.thelocal.it/20150805/rome-mulls-hiking-fines-for-fountain-dips Wed, 05 Aug 2015 12:23:09 +0200 rome-mulls-hiking-fines-for-fountain-dips Rome receives the second-largest number of refugees among Italian cities, but Mayor Ignazio Marino has warned that the Italian capital is reaching saturation point. https://www.thelocal.it/20150804/rome-too-overcrowded-for-more-migrants-mayor Tue, 04 Aug 2015 16:05:33 +0200 rome-too-overcrowded-for-more-migrants-mayor It boasts some of the most prized archaeological sites in the world, but modern-day Rome, plagued by the mafia, has descended into a grimy and dishevelled chaos where its beleaguered mayor is fighting for his political life. https://www.thelocal.it/20150728/rome-mayor-fights-for-survival-amid-eternal-city-chaos Tue, 28 Jul 2015 17:41:03 +0200 rome-mayor-fights-for-survival-amid-eternal-city-chaos Rome Mayor Ignazio Marino said he would reshuffle his council executive amid mounting pressure - from home and abroad - over the Italian capital's decay. https://www.thelocal.it/20150727/rome-degradation-prompts-council-reshuffle Mon, 27 Jul 2015 17:59:57 +0200 rome-degradation-prompts-council-reshuffle UPDATED: Three people have been detained for manslaughter after a five-year-old boy died on Thursday when he fell into the lift shaft at a metro stop in Rome. https://www.thelocal.it/20150710/boy-5-killed-after-falling-into-rome-metro-lift-shaft Fri, 10 Jul 2015 10:32:49 +0200 boy-5-killed-after-falling-into-rome-metro-lift-shaft Serie A club Roma unveiled proposals on Monday for a new state-of-the-art stadium that is part of their ambition to "become one of the most successful football clubs in the world". https://www.thelocal.it/20150615/rome-unveil-ambitious-new-stadium-project Mon, 15 Jun 2015 16:23:10 +0200 rome-unveil-ambitious-new-stadium-project Mafia infiltration in Italy’s institutions is deterring foreign investors and cost the country €16 billion in potential investment between 2006 and 2012, the head of Italy’s central bank has said. https://www.thelocal.it/20150115/mafia-deters-foreign-investors-in-italy Thu, 15 Jan 2015 13:46:00 +0100 mafia-deters-foreign-investors-in-italy Crime is putting investors off Italy, costing the economy an estimated €16 billion in foreign investment over the past eight years, the governor of the Bank of Italy said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141107/crime-has-cost-italy-economy-bn-bank-of-italy-chief Fri, 07 Nov 2014 18:03:00 +0100 crime-has-cost-italy-economy-bn-bank-of-italy-chief Rome's left-wing mayor Ignazio Marino on Saturday registered 16 gay marriages carried out abroad in defiance of Italian law, which does not recognise same-sex unions. https://www.thelocal.it/20141019/rome-mayor-defies-law-to-register-16-gay-marriages Sun, 19 Oct 2014 11:45:00 +0200 rome-mayor-defies-law-to-register-16-gay-marriages Rome Mayor Ignazio Marino has said he is in favour of having a red light district in the Italian capital, following moves in Milan to see the sex trade regulated. https://www.thelocal.it/20140523/red-light-district-wins-rome-mayors-support Fri, 23 May 2014 15:30:00 +0200 red-light-district-wins-rome-mayors-support Rome Mayor Ignazio Marino has banned the word “nomad” from all communications within the city’s council in a bid to overcome discrimination against Roma, Sinti and traveller communities. https://www.thelocal.it/20140409/rome-mayor-bans-the-word-nomad-2 Wed, 09 Apr 2014 11:44:00 +0200 rome-mayor-bans-the-word-nomad-2 The mayor of Rome has signed a ten-month ban on using the public water in an area north-west of the Italian capital, after tests showed it was contaminated. https://www.thelocal.it/20140303/rome-water-pollution-sparks-public-ban Mon, 03 Mar 2014 13:40:00 +0100 rome-water-pollution-sparks-public-ban