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 An Italian mafia boss accused of murder has been arrested on the Amalfi Coast, Italian police said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.it/20260404/fugitive-naples-mafia-boss-arrested-for-murder Sat, 04 Apr 2026 14:22:17 +0200 fugitive-naples-mafia-boss-arrested-for-murder While many countries are at least talking about easing Covid-related rules, in France and Italy people are bracing for extra restrictions. Clare Speak in Bari and Emma Pearson in Paris discuss the situation in their respective countries. https://www.thelocal.it/20210304/lockdowns-and-vaccine-scepticism-are-france-and-italy-struggling-to-get-covid-under-control Thu, 04 Mar 2021 17:58:32 +0100 lockdowns-and-vaccine-scepticism-are-france-and-italy-struggling-to-get-covid-under-control Ex-PM Matteo Renzi would like to see former European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi become prime minister of Italy, a party source told Reuters on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20210131/italys-renzi-wants-ex-ecbs-draghi-to-head-italy-government-source Sun, 31 Jan 2021 17:58:26 +0100 italys-renzi-wants-ex-ecbs-draghi-to-head-italy-government-source Around 500 relatives of coronavirus victims are suing the Italian state for 100 million euros, alleging a litany of failures in the early stages of the pandemic, campaigners said Wednesday December 23. https://www.thelocal.it/20201224/families-of-virus-victims-sue-italian-government-for-100-million Thu, 24 Dec 2020 10:03:29 +0100 families-of-virus-victims-sue-italian-government-for-100-million There was worrying news on Wednesday for superstitious Italians. https://www.thelocal.it/20201217/bad-omen-dismay-in-italy-as-blood-of-naples-saint-fails-to-liquefy Thu, 17 Dec 2020 12:01:54 +0100 bad-omen-dismay-in-italy-as-blood-of-naples-saint-fails-to-liquefy Italy's interior ministry said on Saturday it had expelled a Tunisian national linked to the man who carried out a deadly 2016 attack on a Berlin Christmas market. https://www.thelocal.it/20200606/italy-expels-tunisian-tied-to-berlin-christmas-market-attack Sat, 06 Jun 2020 13:54:29 +0200 italy-expels-tunisian-tied-to-berlin-christmas-market-attack Italy's freelancers and self-employed were hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic with their livelihoods threatened by the sudden loss of income. The Italian government put in a place a scheme to help them survive, but how well did it achieve its aim? https://www.thelocal.it/20200530/how-well-is-italys-bonus-600-payment-for-the-self-employed-really-working Sat, 30 May 2020 11:53:43 +0200 how-well-is-italys-bonus-600-payment-for-the-self-employed-really-working Switzerland’s southern neighbour is opening its borders for tourists from the EU and Schengen zone countries on June 3rd. But should Switzerland's residents travel there? https://www.thelocal.it/20200529/swiss-officials-warn-against-premature-travel-to-italy Fri, 29 May 2020 12:37:21 +0200 swiss-officials-warn-against-premature-travel-to-italy Hospitals in the eastern German state of Saxony will take on at least six Italian coronavirus patients who are unable to receive treatment in their own country, state premier Michael Kretschmer said. https://www.thelocal.it/20200324/german-state-of-saxony-to-take-in-italian-coronavirus-patients Tue, 24 Mar 2020 09:43:36 +0100 german-state-of-saxony-to-take-in-italian-coronavirus-patients Five Italian Serie-A weekend matches including Sunday's clash between Juventus and Inter Milan have been postponed due to the coronavirus, the Italian football league said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.it/20200229/italy-cancels-five-serie-a-matches-on-virus-fears Sat, 29 Feb 2020 18:38:46 +0100 italy-cancels-five-serie-a-matches-on-virus-fears An elderly cancer patient became the third person known to be infected with the coronavirus to die in Italy, health officials said on Sunday, as the number of people contracting the virus continued to mount. https://www.thelocal.it/20200223/italy-announces-third-death-linked-to-coronavirus Sun, 23 Feb 2020 19:32:16 +0100 italy-announces-third-death-linked-to-coronavirus Luigi Di Maio, of the Five Star Movement, has called upon the general public to protest against his government due to tensions with his party’s coalition master. https://www.thelocal.it/20200215/italian-politician-urges-public-to-protest-against-his-own-party Sat, 15 Feb 2020 18:05:06 +0100 italian-politician-urges-public-to-protest-against-his-own-party Some 162 migrants rescued off the Libyan coast have disembarked in the southern Italian port of Taranto, the NGO SOS Mediterranee said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20191224/162-migrants-rescued-off-libya-land-in-italy Tue, 24 Dec 2019 15:41:55 +0100 162-migrants-rescued-off-libya-land-in-italy Italy's new Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese said in an interview published Friday that there was no migrant "invasion", countering statements by her hardline anti-immigration predecessor Matteo Salvini. https://www.thelocal.it/20191102/no-migrant-invasion-italys-new-interior-minister Sat, 02 Nov 2019 10:44:54 +0100 no-migrant-invasion-italys-new-interior-minister An Italian court on Wednesday rejected a last-minute bid to halt the loan of Leonardo Da Vinci's iconic Vitruvian Man drawing and other works to France's Louvre museum, ending a bitter cultural row. https://www.thelocal.it/20191016/should-italy-loan-da-vinci-vitruvian-man-to-france Wed, 16 Oct 2019 14:09:43 +0200 should-italy-loan-da-vinci-vitruvian-man-to-france France is hoping for more constructive relations with Italy's new pro-European government, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20190908/france-hopes-for-better-relations-with-new-italian-government Sun, 08 Sep 2019 18:06:05 +0200 france-hopes-for-better-relations-with-new-italian-government Italy has issued arrest warrants for 10 people, including an imam, suspected of financing terrorism, prosecutors said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.it/20190907/italy-pursues-ten-suspects-in-terrorist-financing-investigation Sat, 07 Sep 2019 14:20:29 +0200 italy-pursues-ten-suspects-in-terrorist-financing-investigation Pope Francis began a visit Saturday to Madagascar, one of the world's most impoverished nations with a unique and threatened environment. https://www.thelocal.it/20190907/pope-to-address-environmental-concerns-in-speech-to-800000 Sat, 07 Sep 2019 12:50:57 +0200 pope-to-address-environmental-concerns-in-speech-to-800000 Italy's far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Saturday reluctantly authorised 27 migrant children rescued at sea to disembark from a charity vessel anchored in limbo off Lampedusa island for days. https://www.thelocal.it/20190818/salvini-clears-27-more-migrants-to-leave-ship-in-lampedusa Sun, 18 Aug 2019 11:18:33 +0200 salvini-clears-27-more-migrants-to-leave-ship-in-lampedusa An Italian secret service agent was found dead in his apartment in the French capital on Monday with a wound on his chin, police said. https://www.thelocal.it/20190507/italian-secret-service-agent-found-dead-in-paris-apartment Tue, 07 May 2019 15:29:10 +0200 italian-secret-service-agent-found-dead-in-paris-apartment