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 Italian authorities said Friday they had arrested ten suspected people smugglers in connection with the death by asphyxiation of 52 people who had been forced to remain in the hold of a migrant boat on which 52 people asphyxiated. https://www.thelocal.it/20150828/italy-arrests-ten-over-migrant-boat-deaths Fri, 28 Aug 2015 19:21:44 +0200 italy-arrests-ten-over-migrant-boat-deaths An unemployed man who set himself on fire after two police officers allegedly tried to confiscate boxes of fruit that he was selling illegally, has died of his injuries in Sicily. https://www.thelocal.it/20140930/sicily-fruit-seller-dies-after-setting-himself-alight Tue, 30 Sep 2014 18:55:00 +0200 sicily-fruit-seller-dies-after-setting-himself-alight A small town near Naples erupted in celebration this week after the election of Italian-American Bill de Blasio as New York mayor, so much so the town is going to grant him honorary citizenship. The Local finds out why. https://www.thelocal.it/20131107/the-new-york-mayor-with-italian-roots Thu, 07 Nov 2013 09:45:00 +0100 the-new-york-mayor-with-italian-roots