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 House Speaker Laura Boldrini has demanded an apology from the far-right Northern League after a regional youth wing of the far-right party burned a model of her in a public bonfire. https://www.thelocal.it/20180126/northern-league-youth-burns-laura-boldrini-busto-arsizio Fri, 26 Jan 2018 17:57:01 +0100 northern-league-youth-burns-laura-boldrini-busto-arsizio Football superstar Francesco Totti has joined 8,000 other Italians in signing a petition against fake news launched this week by Laura Boldrini, the speaker of the Chamber of Deputies. https://www.thelocal.it/20170210/italians-joing-fight-against-fake-news-francesco-totti-laura-boldrini Fri, 10 Feb 2017 12:51:36 +0100 italians-joing-fight-against-fake-news-francesco-totti-laura-boldrini Italy's politicians reacted to the news on Wednesday morning that businessman Donald Trump had been elected US president. https://www.thelocal.it/20161109/italys-politicians-react-to-president-trump Wed, 09 Nov 2016 11:54:47 +0100 italys-politicians-react-to-president-trump A powerful poster campaign - featuring peoples’ heads being shattered by imaginary bullets - was launched on Thursday in a bid to tackle a multitude of prejudices in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20141023/italys-bullet-campaign-targets-prejudice Thu, 23 Oct 2014 17:59:00 +0200 italys-bullet-campaign-targets-prejudice The number of migrants drowning in the Mediterranean amounts to “a war”, the president of Italy’s lower house of parliament, Laura Boldrini, said on Friday as this year’s death toll topped 2,500. https://www.thelocal.it/20140926/migrant-boat-deaths-amount-to-war-boldrini Fri, 26 Sep 2014 17:17:00 +0200 migrant-boat-deaths-amount-to-war-boldrini Parliamentary staff saw their salaries capped at €240,000 on Thursday, a move met with rowdy protest by a number of workers. https://www.thelocal.it/20140725/parliament-staff-fury-as-wages-capped-at-240k Fri, 25 Jul 2014 11:25:00 +0200 parliament-staff-fury-as-wages-capped-at-240k Laura Boldrini was one of seven women elected to Italy's new government last year. But she has been the victim of a number of verbal attacks, simply for being a woman. The Local finds out why she was in the news this week. https://www.thelocal.it/20140206/the-politician-fighting-to-stop-violence-against-women Thu, 06 Feb 2014 18:14:00 +0100 the-politician-fighting-to-stop-violence-against-women Italy's postal service on Wednesday intercepted a threatening letter containing a bullet addressed to the lower house speaker after a fierce fall-out in parliament over a controversial financial decree. https://www.thelocal.it/20140206/top-italian-mp-threatened-with-bullet-and-acid Thu, 06 Feb 2014 09:11:00 +0100 top-italian-mp-threatened-with-bullet-and-acid Italy's lower house speaker has accused the anti-establishment Five Star Movement of instigating violence and slammed bloggers on the party website as "potential rapists" following a flurry of sexist abuse online. https://www.thelocal.it/20140203/italian-politician-slams-m5s-bloggers-as-potential-rapists Mon, 03 Feb 2014 15:22:00 +0100 italian-politician-slams-m5s-bloggers-as-potential-rapists Politicians and gay rights groups are calling for toughter punishments for those involved in hate crimes against homosexuals after a 14-year-old boy in Rome committed suicide after being bullied for being gay. https://www.thelocal.it/20130812/italian-boy-kills-himself-over-anti-gay-bullying Mon, 12 Aug 2013 11:26:00 +0200 italian-boy-kills-himself-over-anti-gay-bullying Italy's speaker of the lower house of parliament Laura Boldrini on Friday denounced threats made against her since her election to the post in March and called for a law to defend Italian women from misogynist and violent acts. https://www.thelocal.it/20130505/italy-speaker-wants-law-to-stop-violence-against-women Sun, 05 May 2013 18:31:00 +0200 italy-speaker-wants-law-to-stop-violence-against-women