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 Journalist and blogger Rosie Benson left a stable job in the UK to spend a year in Rome, learning the language, how to cook, and how to live life the Italian way. She tells The Local about her decision to book a one-way ticket to Italy - against the advice of almost everyone she knew. https://www.thelocal.it/20161025/in-the-mouth-of-the-wolf-my-one-way-ticket-to-italy Tue, 25 Oct 2016 15:48:16 +0200 in-the-mouth-of-the-wolf-my-one-way-ticket-to-italy Most of us who have made the move to Italy have at one point wrestled with the decision of how to define ourselves. If you're a foreigner living in Italy, does that make you an expat? Or an immigrant? https://www.thelocal.it/20161021/expats-or-immigrants-in-italy-whats-the-difference Fri, 21 Oct 2016 11:09:24 +0200 expats-or-immigrants-in-italy-whats-the-difference A farmer in southern Italy allegedly chased and shot an immigrant labourer in the back, killing the man after he reportedly tried to steal melons from a farm. https://www.thelocal.it/20150923/farmer-shoots-immigrant-dead-over-melons Wed, 23 Sep 2015 14:24:33 +0200 farmer-shoots-immigrant-dead-over-melons Jay Desind, a writer from the US, talks to The Local about moving to Padua and living life without speaking Italian. https://www.thelocal.it/20150414/how-to-live-in-italy-without-speaking-italian Tue, 14 Apr 2015 13:08:59 +0200 how-to-live-in-italy-without-speaking-italian Italian language lessons will be introduced for immigrant children in schools, a “fundamental” move to promote integration, Education Minister Stefania Giannini said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141021/immigrant-kids-to-get-language-lessons Tue, 21 Oct 2014 18:40:00 +0200 immigrant-kids-to-get-language-lessons Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has promised to make it easier for children born to foreigners in his country - a prime destination for immigrants making risky boat voyages from Africa - to get citizenship. https://www.thelocal.it/20141020/italy-pledges-easier-citizenship-for-immigrant-children Mon, 20 Oct 2014 15:11:00 +0200 italy-pledges-easier-citizenship-for-immigrant-children Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta on Tuesday urged an EU summit this week to adopt an action plan to deal with the "immigration emergency" after two shipwrecks that killed over 400 people. https://www.thelocal.it/20131022/italy-urges-eu-summit-on-immigrant-action-plan Tue, 22 Oct 2013 13:41:00 +0200 italy-urges-eu-summit-on-immigrant-action-plan With 1,000 immigrants crammed into a detention centre fit for 300 on the Italian island of Lampedusa, The Local looks at who bears responsibility for people arriving at the gateway to Europe. https://www.thelocal.it/20130619/immigrants-at-sea-italy-must-do-more Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:10:00 +0200 immigrants-at-sea-italy-must-do-more