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 UPDATED: One of the four people arrested in Italy on Thursday was allegedly given an order from Isis extremists to launch attacks in Rome during the Catholic Holy Year, including on the Israeli embassy. https://www.thelocal.it/20160428/alleged-jihadist-couple-arrested-in-italy-planned-to-take-kids-to-syria Thu, 28 Apr 2016 11:17:41 +0200 alleged-jihadist-couple-arrested-in-italy-planned-to-take-kids-to-syria Plans that could see children aged between six and 13 taught about Italian wine in schools across the country are being mulled by the government. https://www.thelocal.it/20160331/italy-mulls-making-wine-a-compulsory-subject-for-school-students Thu, 31 Mar 2016 18:21:34 +0200 italy-mulls-making-wine-a-compulsory-subject-for-school-students It’s an unspoiled island that has been at the centre of legal wrangling for years, but now that a rich foreign banker has renounced his dream of buying it, Italian schoolchildren are taking the matter into their own hands. https://www.thelocal.it/20160219/italian-school-kids-vie-to-keep-paradise-isle-out-of-foreigner-hands Fri, 19 Feb 2016 17:07:01 +0100 italian-school-kids-vie-to-keep-paradise-isle-out-of-foreigner-hands A group of students in Turin thought they had come up with the perfect way to bring drugs to school and consume them without getting caught. But they weren't fooling anybody. https://www.thelocal.it/20160218/turin-students-busted-transforming-pens-into-e-spliffs Thu, 18 Feb 2016 10:26:23 +0100 turin-students-busted-transforming-pens-into-e-spliffs UPDATED: A priest, a junior football coach and a HIV sufferer were among 11 people arrested in northern Italy on charges of paying for sex with minors, police said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160211/priest-arrested-in-italy-child-sex-ring-probe Thu, 11 Feb 2016 10:38:48 +0100 priest-arrested-in-italy-child-sex-ring-probe