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 2000-year old marble head depicting the first emperor of Rome, Augustus, was returned to Italy on Tuesday, 46 years after it was pilfered by art thieves. https://www.thelocal.it/20160615/italy-gets-back-stolen-head-of-first-roman-emperor Wed, 15 Jun 2016 12:24:48 +0200 italy-gets-back-stolen-head-of-first-roman-emperor Kilometers of ancient Roman tunnels, including an early Christian catacomb, have been turned into a toxic waste pit by illegal dumping. https://www.thelocal.it/20160128/italy-illegaly-filled-an-ancient-roman-catacomb-with-harmful-waste Thu, 28 Jan 2016 10:58:54 +0100 italy-illegaly-filled-an-ancient-roman-catacomb-with-harmful-waste The Italian government is set scrap a law criminalizing those entering the country without proper documents, a move which has been condemned by political opponents amid the ongoing refugee crisis. https://www.thelocal.it/20160108/italy-set-to-decriminalize-illegal-immigration Fri, 08 Jan 2016 13:07:54 +0100 italy-set-to-decriminalize-illegal-immigration The Italian government intends to close down clandestine mosques in the country as part of the fight against terrorism, Interior Minister Angelino Alfano announced Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20151128/italy-to-shut-down-clandestine-mosques Sat, 28 Nov 2015 09:51:27 +0100 italy-to-shut-down-clandestine-mosques A satirical course on how to become an illegal street parking valet in Sicily has attracted more than 30,000 followers on Facebook. https://www.thelocal.it/20150821/sicilians-use-sattire-to-combat-illegal-car-parkers Fri, 21 Aug 2015 18:37:46 +0200 sicilians-use-sattire-to-combat-illegal-car-parkers An investigative report by a Danish watchdog has revealed that illegal migrants in Italy who are hired to pick tomatoes, which are then exported to Denmark, are “grossly exploited” and work under “harsh conditions”. https://www.thelocal.it/20141120/migrants-exploited-in-italian-tomato-industry Thu, 20 Nov 2014 17:09:10 +0100 migrants-exploited-in-italian-tomato-industry A restaurant in Lazio served 'elite' customers dolphin meat, an investigation has revealed, prompting animal rights groups to call for better controls. https://www.thelocal.it/20140128/dolphin-meat-served-at-lazio-restaurant Tue, 28 Jan 2014 16:26:00 +0100 dolphin-meat-served-at-lazio-restaurant Farmers in Tuscany are illegally killing wolves and leaving the carcasses in villages and towns in a form of protest against the deaths of their livestock. https://www.thelocal.it/20140115/italian-farmers-slaughter-wolves-in-protest Wed, 15 Jan 2014 13:30:00 +0100 italian-farmers-slaughter-wolves-in-protest A man has been arrested after he was found to be keeping a tiger in a cage in his farmhouse in Mugnano di Napoli, a town near Naples. https://www.thelocal.it/20131218/italian-man-arrested-for-keeping-pet-tiger Wed, 18 Dec 2013 12:38:00 +0100 italian-man-arrested-for-keeping-pet-tiger A 60-year-old woman from Treviso set up brothels from a number of apartments across the northern Italian city after the cleaning firm she had worked for went bust. https://www.thelocal.it/20131211/60-year-old-cleaner-runs-brothel-from-treviso Wed, 11 Dec 2013 15:00:00 +0100 60-year-old-cleaner-runs-brothel-from-treviso An Italian sports tribunal on Friday suspended Lazio captain Stefano Mauri for six months and fined the Serie A club €40,000 for their involvement in an illegal betting scandal. https://www.thelocal.it/20130802/lazio-captain-suspended-for-illegal-betting Fri, 02 Aug 2013 17:09:22 +0200 lazio-captain-suspended-for-illegal-betting