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 A recipe for a tomato-free bolognese published by the New York Times (NYT) has caused a stir in Italy, with scores of simmering Italians taking to the major newspaper's website message board to blast its recipe for ‘Rigatoni with white Bolognese’. https://www.thelocal.it/20160822/tomato-free-bolognese-recipe-gets-italians-in-a-simmer Mon, 22 Aug 2016 12:04:47 +0200 tomato-free-bolognese-recipe-gets-italians-in-a-simmer At least 27 people died on Tuesday in a head-on collision between two trains in the southern Italian region of Puglia in the latest rail tragedy to hit Europe. https://www.thelocal.it/20160713/recent-train-disasters-in-europe Wed, 13 Jul 2016 11:12:18 +0200 recent-train-disasters-in-europe The United States has transferred Saudi-born Yemeni inmate Fayiz Ahmad Yahia Suleiman to Italy, the Pentagon announced on Sunday, as President Barack Obama seeks to close the reviled American military detention centre in Cuba. https://www.thelocal.it/20160711/us-transfers-guantanamo-inmate-to-italy-official Mon, 11 Jul 2016 09:54:16 +0200 us-transfers-guantanamo-inmate-to-italy-official The bodies of nine Italians killed in a terrorist attack at a cafe in the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka on Saturday were flown back to Italy on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160705/bodies-of-nine-italians-killed-in-dhaka-attack-flown-home Tue, 05 Jul 2016 16:13:57 +0200 bodies-of-nine-italians-killed-in-dhaka-attack-flown-home A Milan court on Wednesday sentenced a Pakistani and a Tunisian to six years in prison for threatening terror attacks in Italy via social media. https://www.thelocal.it/20160526/pakistani-and-tunisian-jailed-in-italy-for-terror-threats Thu, 26 May 2016 09:49:33 +0200 pakistani-and-tunisian-jailed-in-italy-for-terror-threats Austria has sent 50 extra police officers to its border with Italy to check passing vehicles in a bid to stop migrants from crossing over. https://www.thelocal.it/20160525/austria-steps-up-anti-migrant-patrols-at-italian-border Wed, 25 May 2016 12:51:53 +0200 austria-steps-up-anti-migrant-patrols-at-italian-border Italy has found a stolen letter written by Christopher Columbus in which the famous explorer announces his discovery of the Americas. https://www.thelocal.it/20160518/italy-finds-columbus-letter-announcing-discovery-of-americas Wed, 18 May 2016 13:56:21 +0200 italy-finds-columbus-letter-announcing-discovery-of-americas Italians are often considered to be more dishonest than their northern European counterparts, due mostly to the country's high profile problems with corruption and tax evasion. https://www.thelocal.it/20160413/swedes-just-as-likely-to-cheat-their-taxes-as-italians-study Wed, 13 Apr 2016 12:14:28 +0200 swedes-just-as-likely-to-cheat-their-taxes-as-italians-study UPDATED: Rome’s embattled mayor Ignazio Marino faced calls to quit from a member of his own Democratic Party on Thursday after he agreed to pay back €20,000 of restaurant bills settled with a city hall credit card. https://www.thelocal.it/20151008/dinnergate-rocks-rome-leaving-mayor-on-the-brink Thu, 08 Oct 2015 13:53:50 +0200 dinnergate-rocks-rome-leaving-mayor-on-the-brink Grabbing something hot and tasty on the move? You have the ancient Romans to thank. "Street food" was their invention, generally enjoyed with wine, gambling or even prostitutes. https://www.thelocal.it/20150803/thank-the-ancient-romans-for-street-food Mon, 03 Aug 2015 10:00:12 +0200 thank-the-ancient-romans-for-street-food Italian police on Tuesday forcefully evacuated dozens of mainly African migrants from their shelter under a railway bridge on the Franco-Italian border, which has become a flashpoint in Europe's immigrant crisis. https://www.thelocal.it/20150616/police-clear-migrants-at-franco-italian-border Tue, 16 Jun 2015 19:27:43 +0200 police-clear-migrants-at-franco-italian-border Isis on Thursday claimed responsibility for an attack at Tunisia's Bardo Museum which left 23 people dead including at least two Italians, with the extremist group hailing the deadly shooting as a "blessed invasion". https://www.thelocal.it/20150319/three-italians-killed-in-tunisia-attack-report Thu, 19 Mar 2015 18:00:14 +0100 three-italians-killed-in-tunisia-attack-report In what has been hailed a miracle, a baby boy has been born to an Italian woman pronounced clinically dead in October. https://www.thelocal.it/20141219/baby-born-in-milan-to-clinically-dead-mother Fri, 19 Dec 2014 11:33:00 +0100 baby-born-in-milan-to-clinically-dead-mother Italy brought the world musical greats such as Pavarotti and Mina. But others (if you’re old enough to remember them) are probably best forgotten. Here, The Local lists ten of Italy's greatest one-hit wonders - mostly from the 1980s and 90s. https://www.thelocal.it/20141204/top-ten-global-one-hit-wonders-from-italy Thu, 04 Dec 2014 13:21:00 +0100 top-ten-global-one-hit-wonders-from-italy Genoa is on heightened alert for more heavy downpours and strong winds, almost a month after a man was killed when flash floods hit the Ligurian port city. https://www.thelocal.it/20141104/genoa-on-high-alert-as-downpours-forecast Tue, 04 Nov 2014 09:50:00 +0100 genoa-on-high-alert-as-downpours-forecast Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Monday that €2 billion will be given to build safety measures in flood-hit Genoa as heavy rain continued to fall in the Ligurian port city. https://www.thelocal.it/20141013/renzi-pledges-2-billion-for-flood-hit-genoa Mon, 13 Oct 2014 15:44:00 +0200 renzi-pledges-2-billion-for-flood-hit-genoa Italian auto giant Fiat Chrysler announced on Tuesday that it will invest around $7 billion through 2018 to relaunch the high-end and sporty Alfa Romeo line with eight new models expected. https://www.thelocal.it/20140506/fiat-chrysler-to-invest-7bn-to-relaunch-alfa-romeo Tue, 06 May 2014 19:51:00 +0200 fiat-chrysler-to-invest-7bn-to-relaunch-alfa-romeo A 12-year-old girl from Lecce in the southern Italian region of Puglia saved her father from suicide after reading a "desperate" text message from him. https://www.thelocal.it/20140423/year-old-girl-saves-dad-from-suicide Wed, 23 Apr 2014 14:22:00 +0200 year-old-girl-saves-dad-from-suicide Silvio Berlusconi has been taken to hospital with knee pains, Italian media reported on Friday, ahead of a crucial week in which a court is due to rule whether he will go under house arrest or do community service. https://www.thelocal.it/20140404/berlusconi-hospitalised-ahead-of-fraud-ruling-2 Fri, 04 Apr 2014 16:14:00 +0200 berlusconi-hospitalised-ahead-of-fraud-ruling-2 Songstress Hikaru Utada is to tie the knot, she announced on her website, with Japanese media saying her intended is an Italian barman eight years her junior. https://www.thelocal.it/20140204/japanese-singer-to-marry-italian-barman Tue, 04 Feb 2014 08:16:22 +0100 japanese-singer-to-marry-italian-barman