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 Burano, an island in the Venice Lagoon, is often overlooked by visitors to the famous canal city. But Orna O'Reilly tells us why the island - which last week came second in a Forbes "most beautiful places" list - is worth a trip. https://www.thelocal.it/20160822/why-the-italian-island-of-burano-is-well-worth-the-effort-venice-travel Mon, 22 Aug 2016 14:10:14 +0200 why-the-italian-island-of-burano-is-well-worth-the-effort-venice-travel The European Union needs a reboot in the wake of Britain's vote to leave, Italy's prime minister said on Monday as he prepared to meet his French and German counterparts to discuss the fallout from Brexit. https://www.thelocal.it/20160822/italy-calls-for-reboot-as-eu-big-three-mull-brexit-wreckage Mon, 22 Aug 2016 16:23:16 +0200 italy-calls-for-reboot-as-eu-big-three-mull-brexit-wreckage A petition has been launched to stop a Sardinian island from evicting a 77-year-old hermit who has lived there alone for 27 years while working to keep its footpaths and beaches clean. https://www.thelocal.it/20160525/italy-launches-petition-to-stop-eviction-of-paradise-islands-hermit-custodian Wed, 25 May 2016 16:31:55 +0200 italy-launches-petition-to-stop-eviction-of-paradise-islands-hermit-custodian After three years of uncertainty and legal wrangling, the island of Budelli, off Sardinia, is back in public hands. https://www.thelocal.it/20160518/italys-slice-of-paradise-is-finally-back-in-public-hands-budelli-sardinia-island Wed, 18 May 2016 12:06:42 +0200 italys-slice-of-paradise-is-finally-back-in-public-hands-budelli-sardinia-island Australian Holly Star arrived in Italy in May 2013 with absolutely no itinerary. Then all of a sudden, her life changed. https://www.thelocal.it/20160325/how-a-few-days-in-capri-transformed-this-australians-life Fri, 25 Mar 2016 13:16:26 +0100 how-a-few-days-in-capri-transformed-this-australians-life A fund-raising campaign by a group of school children in Piedmont to buy a paradise island on behalf of the Italian government has caught the attention of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), which has agreed to sponsor the initiative. https://www.thelocal.it/20160307/wwf-italy-helps-school-kids-save-paradise-island Mon, 07 Mar 2016 16:30:46 +0100 wwf-italy-helps-school-kids-save-paradise-island An unspoiled paradise off the coast of Sardinia is finally in the hands of a banker from New Zealand after a two-year legal wrangle. https://www.thelocal.it/20151026/italian-paradise-isle-falls-into-private-hands Mon, 26 Oct 2015 13:38:15 +0100 italian-paradise-isle-falls-into-private-hands A British tourist died while swimming off the coast of the Italian island of Elba on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20151014/british-tourist-dies-while-swimming-of-italys-elba Wed, 14 Oct 2015 12:00:40 +0200 british-tourist-dies-while-swimming-of-italys-elba An Italian couple, who were woken by migrant children crying while sleeping on their boat anchored off the Greek island of Kos in the early hours of Tuesday, sprung to their rescue. https://www.thelocal.it/20150812/italian-tourists-help-save-migrants-in-kos Wed, 12 Aug 2015 11:39:59 +0200 italian-tourists-help-save-migrants-in-kos Often overshadowed by Capri and Ischia, the island of Procida in the Bay of Naples can actually make for a more relaxing and less expensive day out than its bigger neighbours. https://www.thelocal.it/20150702/twenty-four-hours-inprocida Thu, 02 Jul 2015 15:25:28 +0200 twenty-four-hours-inprocida The sale of an island in the Venetian lagoon is mostly attracting interest from Russian buyers, although whoever ends up buying the 16th century Ottagonali Alberoni will live next door to what is known as the most haunted place in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20150610/russians-show-most-interest-in-venetian-island Wed, 10 Jun 2015 10:00:53 +0200 russians-show-most-interest-in-venetian-island The southern Italian island of Lampedusa may be better known internationally for being a landing point for migrants, but one of its beaches has been voted among the world’s favourites. https://www.thelocal.it/20150219/lampedusa-has-one-of-the-worlds-best-beaches Thu, 19 Feb 2015 16:39:00 +0100 lampedusa-has-one-of-the-worlds-best-beaches The Italian island of Giglio is seeking at least €20 million in compensation for the damage caused to the island by the sinking of the Costa Concordia. https://www.thelocal.it/20150129/giglio-island-wants-20m-over-concordia-tragedy Thu, 29 Jan 2015 12:54:00 +0100 giglio-island-wants-20m-over-concordia-tragedy Tourist trips to Stromboli have been cancelled this week as a volcanic eruption overwhelms the island, a tour agency for the Aeolian islands told The Local. https://www.thelocal.it/20140808/tourist-trips-cancelled-as-italy-volcano-erupts Fri, 08 Aug 2014 18:59:00 +0200 tourist-trips-cancelled-as-italy-volcano-erupts An island in the Venetian lagoon that is said to be "the most haunted place in Italy" has been bought at auction by an Italian businessman. https://www.thelocal.it/20140514/businessman-buys-italys-haunted-island Wed, 14 May 2014 12:45:00 +0200 businessman-buys-italys-haunted-island "Napoleon" returned to the Italian island of Elba on Sunday as part of a historical re-enactment to mark the 200th anniversary of the defeated French emperor's exile. https://www.thelocal.it/20140505/italian-island-marks-napoleon-exile-anniversary Mon, 05 May 2014 10:39:00 +0200 italian-island-marks-napoleon-exile-anniversary Residents of Giudecca, an island in the Venice lagoon, are attempting to sabotage plans by the debt-laden Italian government to auction the lease of a neighbouring isle, said to be the most haunted place in Italy, in a bid to prevent it from being turned into “yet another luxury resort”. https://www.thelocal.it/20140416/outcry-as-italy-auctions-of-ghost-island Wed, 16 Apr 2014 19:20:00 +0200 outcry-as-italy-auctions-of-ghost-island Property developers take note: two islands are up for sale in Italy, one in the north-east and the other off the coast of Sicily. https://www.thelocal.it/20140314/gallery-property-of-the-week Fri, 14 Mar 2014 19:04:00 +0100 gallery-property-of-the-week This will probably be one for history buffs more than the price conscious, but a Napoleonic fort is up for sale in Italy, and right in the heart of one of the most romantic cities in Europe. https://www.thelocal.it/20140306/property-of-the-week-2 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 15:21:00 +0100 property-of-the-week-2 A businessman from New Zealand, who paid €2.94 million for an island off the coast of Sardinia in October, is fighting to keep it after the Italian government moved to buy the paradise isle back. https://www.thelocal.it/20140102/new-zealander-fights-to-keep-italy-paradise-isle Thu, 02 Jan 2014 11:09:00 +0100 new-zealander-fights-to-keep-italy-paradise-isle