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 The artisan shops in Riace's historic centre are shuttered and its alleyways quiet as locals wait to see what will happen to Italy's world-renowned model of migrant integration. https://www.thelocal.it/20181019/italy-riace-model-migrant-town-struggles-to-survive Fri, 19 Oct 2018 11:36:13 +0200 italy-riace-model-migrant-town-struggles-to-survive A campaign sponsored by the Italian Ministry of Economic Development and aiming to encourage foreign businesses to invest in the country has been criticized for boasting of the low wages paid to educated workers in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20161005/italian-government-criticized-for-boasting-of-low-cost-of-workers-in-advertising-to-foreign-investors Wed, 05 Oct 2016 13:44:42 +0200 italian-government-criticized-for-boasting-of-low-cost-of-workers-in-advertising-to-foreign-investors Italy's "Osteria Francescana" was crowned world's best restaurant of 2016 at an awards ceremony in New York on Monday, the first Italian establishment to win the annual accolade. https://www.thelocal.it/20160614/italian-restaurant-crowned-the-best-in-the-world Tue, 14 Jun 2016 10:39:02 +0200 italian-restaurant-crowned-the-best-in-the-world Anna Valanzuolo Carcaterra proved that age is just a number on Monday when the 87-year-old picked up her degree at a university in Naples. https://www.thelocal.it/20160215/octogenarian-italian-gran-scoops-degree-with-top-marks Mon, 15 Feb 2016 18:36:50 +0100 octogenarian-italian-gran-scoops-degree-with-top-marks From trials that made international headlines and Vatican scandals to crazy weather and new discovery at the ruins of Pompeii, 2015 has been another eventful year for Italy. The Local recaps. https://www.thelocal.it/20151229/year-in-review-italys-major-stories-in-2015 Tue, 29 Dec 2015 07:45:31 +0100 year-in-review-italys-major-stories-in-2015 An investigation has been launched after a 19-year-old fell to his death from a hotel balcony during a trip to Milan’s Expo trade fair. https://www.thelocal.it/20150512/probe-opens-after-teen-falls-to-death-on-expo-trip Tue, 12 May 2015 10:53:02 +0200 probe-opens-after-teen-falls-to-death-on-expo-trip Whether you want to use the list to irritate your significant (Italian) other or just annoy Italians at the coffee bar – here's The Local's guide on how to go about it. https://www.thelocal.it/20150126/how-to-lose-all-your-italian-friends-in-ten-days Mon, 26 Jan 2015 09:43:00 +0100 how-to-lose-all-your-italian-friends-in-ten-days The Italian government is threatening to take disciplinary action against Rome municipal police after just one in five showed up for work on New Year’s Eve. https://www.thelocal.it/20150102/outcry-after-rome-police-call-in-sick-on-nye Fri, 02 Jan 2015 15:24:00 +0100 outcry-after-rome-police-call-in-sick-on-nye Parma owner and president Tommaso Ghirardi has confirmed the sale of the Serie A club after reported new owner Pietro Doca played down reports he would soon take charge. https://www.thelocal.it/20141218/debt-ridden-parma-in-new-hands Thu, 18 Dec 2014 09:30:00 +0100 debt-ridden-parma-in-new-hands Two people have been detained and an investigation has been launched after police found the flag of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (Isis) jihadist group and a map of Rome in an apartment. https://www.thelocal.it/20141111/two-detained-in-rome-after-police-find-isis-flag Tue, 11 Nov 2014 10:52:00 +0100 two-detained-in-rome-after-police-find-isis-flag One in every two Italians is failing to pay monthly rent as the economic crisis continues to bite, according to a survey. https://www.thelocal.it/20141007/one-in-two-italians-fail-to-pay-the-rent Tue, 07 Oct 2014 13:03:00 +0200 one-in-two-italians-fail-to-pay-the-rent A prisoner in north-east Italy has been awarded nearly €5,000 in compensation for living in an overcrowded jail cell, the first ruling of its kind in Italy since criticism of the prison system by the European Court of Human Rights. https://www.thelocal.it/20140925/padua-inmate-gets-5k-payout-over-inhumane-cell Thu, 25 Sep 2014 17:35:00 +0200 padua-inmate-gets-5k-payout-over-inhumane-cell Around 40 unemployed security guards staged a protest on Thursday on top of the ancient Arch of Constantine next to the Colosseum in Rome, an AFP photographer saw. https://www.thelocal.it/20130913/unemployed-italians-stage-colosseum-protest Fri, 13 Sep 2013 11:07:53 +0200 unemployed-italians-stage-colosseum-protest When Hollywood screenwriter Arlene Gibbs first visited Rome in 2005, it was only meant to be a one-off holiday. Within days, the city and its people had captured her mind and heart. She talks to The Local about writing films and books from Italy, alongside being an interior designer. https://www.thelocal.it/20130610/living-in-italy-is-not-like-a-movie Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:58:00 +0200 living-in-italy-is-not-like-a-movie