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 priest has been kidnapped by gunmen in southern Nigeria, church officials in both countries have said. https://www.thelocal.it/20171014/italian-priest-kidnapped-in-southern-nigeria-vatican Sat, 14 Oct 2017 14:32:54 +0200 italian-priest-kidnapped-in-southern-nigeria-vatican Libyan security forces searching for four Italians kidnapped west of the capital this week have so far made no progress in finding them, an official said Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150724/no-progress-in-search-for-kidnapped-italians Fri, 24 Jul 2015 17:24:19 +0200 no-progress-in-search-for-kidnapped-italians Italy’s Interior Ministry said on Wednesday that there would be no negotiations with human traffickers over the kidnapping of four Italian constructions workers in Libya. https://www.thelocal.it/20150723/no-talks-with-smugglers-over-abducted-italians Thu, 23 Jul 2015 11:02:29 +0200 no-talks-with-smugglers-over-abducted-italians UDATED: Four Italians working for a construction company have been kidnapped in conflict-torn Libya, the foreign ministry said in a statement on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150720/four-italians-kidnapped-in-libya Mon, 20 Jul 2015 12:01:18 +0200 four-italians-kidnapped-in-libya UPDATED: A 22-year-old Swedish model has been hospitalized after allegedly being kidnapped, raped and beaten over a six month period by an Italian man in a town near Milan. https://www.thelocal.it/20150323/swedish-model-kidnapped-and-raped-by-italian Mon, 23 Mar 2015 13:33:20 +0100 swedish-model-kidnapped-and-raped-by-italian An Italian engineer kidnapped in Libya in March has been freed and flew home overnight, the foreign ministry announced on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141117/second-italian-freed-in-libya Mon, 17 Nov 2014 09:20:00 +0100 second-italian-freed-in-libya An Italian construction engineer abducted in Libya four months ago has been freed and is on his way home, allegedly after kidnappers were paid a €1 million ransom. https://www.thelocal.it/20141113/kidnapped-italian-engineer-freed-in-libya Thu, 13 Nov 2014 12:55:00 +0100 kidnapped-italian-engineer-freed-in-libya Two Italian aid workers have been kidnapped in Syria, according to reports on Wednesday. The Italian foreign ministry has confirmed that two of its citizens are missing. https://www.thelocal.it/20140806/italian-women-kidnapped-in-syria-report Wed, 06 Aug 2014 21:04:00 +0200 italian-women-kidnapped-in-syria-report Two European engineers kidnapped in Libya at the weekend have been freed, while Rome is working for the release of their Italian colleague, officials said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140707/italian-engineer-kidnapped-in-libya Mon, 07 Jul 2014 17:25:00 +0200 italian-engineer-kidnapped-in-libya A Swiss-Italian aid worker landed in Rome on Tuesday morning after being held hostage in Syria for more than a year, the Italian foreign ministry said. https://www.thelocal.it/20140527/italian-aid-worker-freed-from-syria Tue, 27 May 2014 12:09:00 +0200 italian-aid-worker-freed-from-syria A Veneto couple who were against their daughter marrying a former boxer alleged to have taken drugs in the past, kidnapped and beat their new son-in-law and then forced him to sign an agreement to end the marriage. https://www.thelocal.it/20140523/italian-couple-kidnapped-and-beat-son-in-law Fri, 23 May 2014 16:06:00 +0200 italian-couple-kidnapped-and-beat-son-in-law Yemeni troops freed an Italian UN staffer and his driver on Tuesday, hours after they were abducted from a diplomatic district of the capital, the interior ministry said. https://www.thelocal.it/20140326/yemen-troops-free-italian-kidnapped-in-sanaa Wed, 26 Mar 2014 09:28:00 +0100 yemen-troops-free-italian-kidnapped-in-sanaa A woman in Rome has been freed after allegedly being imprisoned for 10 days and raped by a priest, Italian media reported on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20131007/woman-kidnapped-and-raped-by-priest Mon, 07 Oct 2013 13:16:00 +0200 woman-kidnapped-and-raped-by-priest Italian journalist Domenico Quirico on Tuesday said he and Belgian teacher Pierre Piccinin faced "daily humiliation" during their five months in captivity in Syria and were "treated like animals" by their captors. https://www.thelocal.it/20130910/even-children-and-old-people-tried-to-hurt-us Tue, 10 Sep 2013 17:37:00 +0200 even-children-and-old-people-tried-to-hurt-us An Italian journalist who had been missing in Syria since early April has made contact with his family, the editor of the newspaper he works for said Thursday in a message on Twitter, as the news was confirmed by the foreign ministry. https://www.thelocal.it/20130607/italian-journalist-missing-in-syria-is-alive Fri, 07 Jun 2013 10:38:00 +0200 italian-journalist-missing-in-syria-is-alive