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 At least eight foreigners, including three Britons, a Spanish national, a Canadian and a citizen from El Salvador, were among the 250 people killed when a powerful earthquake struck central Italy this week, officials said, as rescuers continued the grim search for corpses on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160826/three-britons-among-dead-in-italy-earthquake Fri, 26 Aug 2016 10:22:40 +0200 three-britons-among-dead-in-italy-earthquake Base jumper Uli Emanuele died while shooting a video for one of his stunts in the Swiss Alps. https://www.thelocal.it/20160819/italian-base-jumper-killed-while-filming-stunt Fri, 19 Aug 2016 09:32:28 +0200 italian-base-jumper-killed-while-filming-stunt Autopsy results reveal the nine Italian victims of last Saturday's terrorist attack in Dhaka, Bangladesh, suffered slow and agonizing deaths at the hands of their attackers. https://www.thelocal.it/20160707/autopsy-shows-italian-victims-of-dhaka-attacks-were-tortured-to-death Thu, 07 Jul 2016 12:06:47 +0200 autopsy-shows-italian-victims-of-dhaka-attacks-were-tortured-to-death A 57-year-old woman died after being crushed by a tree in the northern city of Mantua as violent storms swept through Lombardy on Wednesday night. https://www.thelocal.it/20160616/one-dead-and-two-injured-in-northern-italy-storms Thu, 16 Jun 2016 12:31:48 +0200 one-dead-and-two-injured-in-northern-italy-storms A 58-year-old-man was killed in front of his family near Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, after he was attacked by a swarm of bees. https://www.thelocal.it/20160517/man-killed-in-front-of-family-as-swarm-of-bees-attacks Tue, 17 May 2016 11:36:19 +0200 man-killed-in-front-of-family-as-swarm-of-bees-attacks An Italian restaurant owner was among the 413 people known to have been killed when a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador’s Pacific coast on Saturday night. https://www.thelocal.it/20160419/italian-businessman-among-413-dead-in-ecuador-earthquake Tue, 19 Apr 2016 16:56:31 +0200 italian-businessman-among-413-dead-in-ecuador-earthquake A 39-year-old man died after falling ten metres from his balcony when the railing he was leaning on suddenly gave way. https://www.thelocal.it/20160411/man-killed-in-balcony-fall-after-railing-breaks-during-cigarette-break Mon, 11 Apr 2016 12:05:05 +0200 man-killed-in-balcony-fall-after-railing-breaks-during-cigarette-break UPDATED: Seven Italians and two Germans were among the 13 young female students killed in a weekend coach crash in northeastern Spain, a regional official said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160321/seven-italians-feared-dead-in-spain-coach-crash Mon, 21 Mar 2016 09:19:10 +0100 seven-italians-feared-dead-in-spain-coach-crash A 37-year-old woman was hit by a car and killed after being abandoned by her husband on a motorway in northern Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20160314/woman-killed-after-husband-abandons-her-on-italy-motorway Mon, 14 Mar 2016 15:51:21 +0100 woman-killed-after-husband-abandons-her-on-italy-motorway Five people were killed and many more rescued from perilous circumstances late on Sunday when storms and heavy rainfall battered much of the Italian peninsular. https://www.thelocal.it/20160229/five-people-dead-as-storms-batter-italy Mon, 29 Feb 2016 10:50:10 +0100 five-people-dead-as-storms-batter-italy A nine-year-old Italian boy was among the 28 people killed when extremists attacked a hotel and café in Burkina Faso on Friday, according to Italian media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20160118/nine-year-old-italian-boy-killed-among Mon, 18 Jan 2016 09:35:12 +0100 nine-year-old-italian-boy-killed-among A 43-year-old German was killed by a train on Thursday while trying to save his dog that had run out onto the track in Masotti, Tuscany. https://www.thelocal.it/20150918/dog-owner-killed-by-train-trying-to-save-dog Fri, 18 Sep 2015 11:03:41 +0200 dog-owner-killed-by-train-trying-to-save-dog Two workers from an engineering firm died on Wednesday after falling into an industrial sewage vat at a petrochemicals plant owned by Eni subsidiary, Versalis. https://www.thelocal.it/20150910/two-killed-after-falling-into-sewage-vat-at-eni-plant Thu, 10 Sep 2015 13:40:41 +0200 two-killed-after-falling-into-sewage-vat-at-eni-plant Egyptian police killed two alleged jihadists suspected of involvement in the recent bombing of the Italian consulate in Cairo in a raid Monday on an apartment in the capital, security officials said. https://www.thelocal.it/20150728/italian-consulate-bomb-suspects-killed-in-cairo Tue, 28 Jul 2015 09:58:10 +0200 italian-consulate-bomb-suspects-killed-in-cairo UPDATED: Three people have been detained for manslaughter after a five-year-old boy died on Thursday when he fell into the lift shaft at a metro stop in Rome. https://www.thelocal.it/20150710/boy-5-killed-after-falling-into-rome-metro-lift-shaft Fri, 10 Jul 2015 10:32:49 +0200 boy-5-killed-after-falling-into-rome-metro-lift-shaft One person was killed and more than thirty were injured when a tornado swept through the outskirts of Venice on Wednesday night, destroying dozens of homes and other buildings. https://www.thelocal.it/20150709/one-killed-as-tornado-sweeps-through-venice Thu, 09 Jul 2015 11:13:57 +0200 one-killed-as-tornado-sweeps-through-venice UPDATED: A 23-year-old man was shot dead at a market near Naples on Tuesday after having an argument with someone who urinated near his fruit and vegetable stand. https://www.thelocal.it/20150708/one-killed-in-naples-market-shooting Wed, 08 Jul 2015 10:30:48 +0200 one-killed-in-naples-market-shooting UPDATED: A 48-year-old Italian from Lombardy was among those killed in an overnight attack at a Kabul hotel, Italy's Foreign Ministry confirmed on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150514/italian-among-victims-in-kabul-hotel-attack Thu, 14 May 2015 11:09:54 +0200 italian-among-victims-in-kabul-hotel-attack UPDATED: A boat transporting migrants has capsized off Sicily, killing at least ten people, while hundreds have been rescued in various incidents over the past day, the Italian coast guard said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150304/ten-dead-after-migrant-boat-capsizes-off-sicily Wed, 04 Mar 2015 10:53:00 +0100 ten-dead-after-migrant-boat-capsizes-off-sicily A 50-year-old Swiss man has become the latest victim of an avalanche in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20150212/swiss-skier-dies-in-italian-avalanche Thu, 12 Feb 2015 12:06:00 +0100 swiss-skier-dies-in-italian-avalanche