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 G7 countries and tech giants including Google, Facebook and Twitter on Friday agreed to work together to block the dissemination of Islamist extremism over the internet. https://www.thelocal.it/20171021/g7-tech-giants-agree-on-plan-to-block-jihadist-content-online-at-italy-meeting Sat, 21 Oct 2017 17:39:35 +0200 g7-tech-giants-agree-on-plan-to-block-jihadist-content-online-at-italy-meeting The threat of fresh attacks on the West by foreign fighters fleeing the fallen Islamic State – or Isis – stronghold of Raqa is set to dominate a G7 meeting of interior ministers in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20171019/g7-italy-meeting-isis-recruits-syria Thu, 19 Oct 2017 11:36:13 +0200 g7-italy-meeting-isis-recruits-syria Italy's foreign ministry said on Tuesday it had asked a prosecutor to investigate the suspected sale of European visas by officials at its consulate in the autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq. https://www.thelocal.it/20170301/italy-examines-claims-that-officials-sold-visas-to-risky-buyers Wed, 01 Mar 2017 17:35:54 +0100 italy-examines-claims-that-officials-sold-visas-to-risky-buyers Exact replicas of three architectural treasures damaged or destroyed by the Islamic State group (Isis) in Syria and Iraq went on show on Thursday at the Colosseum in Rome. https://www.thelocal.it/20161006/recreated-treasures-from-syria-and-iraq-go-on-show-in-italy Thu, 06 Oct 2016 19:18:30 +0200 recreated-treasures-from-syria-and-iraq-go-on-show-in-italy Iraq announced on Tuesday that it has awarded Italian firm Trevi a contract to repair and maintain the country's largest dam, which is in danger of catastrophic collapse. https://www.thelocal.it/20160202/iraq-awards-italys-trevi-contract-to-fix-imperilled-mosul-dam Tue, 02 Feb 2016 14:04:18 +0100 iraq-awards-italys-trevi-contract-to-fix-imperilled-mosul-dam Italy is to send 450 troops to defend Iraq's strategic Mosul dam, near the city occupied by Islamic State group fighters, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi announced. https://www.thelocal.it/20151216/italy-to-send-450-troops-to-protect-iraqs-mosul-dam Wed, 16 Dec 2015 12:17:38 +0100 italy-to-send-450-troops-to-protect-iraqs-mosul-dam The Italian Ministry of Defence has said that the use of Italian fighter jets to bomb strategic Isis targets in Iraq is not imminent. https://www.thelocal.it/20151006/italian-mod-denies-iraq-bombing-campaign-imminent Tue, 06 Oct 2015 18:52:48 +0200 italian-mod-denies-iraq-bombing-campaign-imminent Eighty-seven people have travelled from Italy to join terrorist group Isis, which has taken over swathes of territory in Syria and Iraq, Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti has said. https://www.thelocal.it/20150921/italy-a-travel-route-for-87-isis-fighters Mon, 21 Sep 2015 11:18:07 +0200 italy-a-travel-route-for-87-isis-fighters Italy is growing increasingly concerned about the threat of Isis as the militant group makes rapid advances in Syria and Iraq. https://www.thelocal.it/20150522/italy-to-revisit-anti-isis-plan-amid-growing-fears Fri, 22 May 2015 17:59:08 +0200 italy-to-revisit-anti-isis-plan-amid-growing-fears An Italian man has been ordered to take a psychiatric test after gifting a Roma woman and her husband €100,000. https://www.thelocal.it/20150206/couple-questioned-over-italians-100000-gift Fri, 06 Feb 2015 11:04:00 +0100 couple-questioned-over-italians-100000-gift Up to 20 people in Italy are being investigated for their alleged links to extremist groups in Iraq and Syria, according to Italian media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20150114/up-to-20-would-be-jihadists-probed-in-italy Wed, 14 Jan 2015 18:44:00 +0100 up-to-20-would-be-jihadists-probed-in-italy The Italian government said on Wednesday it was ready to send arms to Iraqi Kurds fighting militant group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (Isis), as Prime Minister Matteo Renzi made a flying visit to the conflict-wracked country. https://www.thelocal.it/20140821/italy-to-arm-iraq-fighters-against-isis Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:43:00 +0200 italy-to-arm-iraq-fighters-against-isis Italy has requested a meeting of European foreign ministers on Iraq and is pushing to give Iraq's Kurds military support, the foreign minister said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140811/italy-calls-eu-meeting-on-iraq Mon, 11 Aug 2014 13:59:56 +0200 italy-calls-eu-meeting-on-iraq Pope Francis is sending an Italian cardinal to Iraq to help thousands of Christians fleeing the rapid advance of jihadis of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (Isis), the Vatican said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140808/italian-cardinal-sent-to-iraq-as-extremists-advance Fri, 08 Aug 2014 16:36:00 +0200 italian-cardinal-sent-to-iraq-as-extremists-advance The leader of the Isis (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria) jihadist group, which has launched an offensive in Iraq in recent weeks, has released a video calling on Muslims to "take up arms" to "conquer Rome" and establish an Islamic state across Europe. https://www.thelocal.it/20140703/isis-calls-on-muslims-to-conquer-rome Thu, 03 Jul 2014 12:58:00 +0200 isis-calls-on-muslims-to-conquer-rome Italian oil company Eni on Thursday said it would keep staff in Iraq but is "monitoring the situation very closely" after Iraqi prime minister Nuri al-Maliki asked for US air strikes following an attack on oil fields by militants. https://www.thelocal.it/20140619/eni-to-stay-in-iraq-despite-oil-refinery-attacks Thu, 19 Jun 2014 12:57:00 +0200 eni-to-stay-in-iraq-despite-oil-refinery-attacks The Italian navy said on Friday it had rescued in 24 hours more than 1,000 migrants attempting the perilous journey across the Mediterranean by boat in rough winter seas. https://www.thelocal.it/20140103/italy-navy-rescues-over-1000-boat-migrants Fri, 03 Jan 2014 11:58:00 +0100 italy-navy-rescues-over-1000-boat-migrants