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 Dozens of Italian journalists protested Friday to defend freedom of speech after a colleague was violently assaulted by the brother of a mafia boss. https://www.thelocal.it/20171110/mafioso-assault-sparks-italian-media-protest Fri, 10 Nov 2017 17:42:08 +0100 mafioso-assault-sparks-italian-media-protest A journalist and director from the Italian broadcaster Rai were attacked by the brother of a mafia boss while reporting on the outcome of local elections in Ostia, a coastal city close to Rome, on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20171109/rai-tv-crew-attacked-by-brother-of-ostia-mafia-boss Thu, 09 Nov 2017 11:44:15 +0100 rai-tv-crew-attacked-by-brother-of-ostia-mafia-boss An Italian, a Swiss and a Venezuelan journalist have been arrested as they prepared a report on a prison in northern Venezuela, human rights and press freedom groups said. https://www.thelocal.it/20171008/journalists-including-italian-swiss-arrested-over-venezuela-prison-report Sun, 08 Oct 2017 19:15:06 +0200 journalists-including-italian-swiss-arrested-over-venezuela-prison-report Two journalists and three Vatican officials go on trial Tuesday over the publication of classified documents in a case critics have attacked as having a whiff of the inquisition. https://www.thelocal.it/20151124/cries-of-inquisition-as-vatican-puts-journalists Tue, 24 Nov 2015 09:05:25 +0100 cries-of-inquisition-as-vatican-puts-journalists The Vatican should withdraw criminal charges against two journalists over a leaks scandal rocking the Catholic Church, an international organization dealing with media rights has said. https://www.thelocal.it/20151123/vatican-slammed-over-arrest-of-whistle-blowers Mon, 23 Nov 2015 14:38:44 +0100 vatican-slammed-over-arrest-of-whistle-blowers Journalists in parts of Italy are being forced to live in fear due to an increase in mafia intimidation of the press, with one journalist in Calabria telling The Local that he was recently given state protection due to “very violent threats” from the mafia. https://www.thelocal.it/20140807/italys-journalists-live-in-fear-of-mafia-threat Thu, 07 Aug 2014 14:25:00 +0200 italys-journalists-live-in-fear-of-mafia-threat