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 Authorities in Rome and the surrounding Lazio region have ordered that masks must be worn at all times when in public following a sharp rise in new coronavirus cases locally. https://www.thelocal.it/20201002/covid-19-rome-makes-face-masks-compulsory-in-public-at-all-times Fri, 02 Oct 2020 13:35:38 +0200 covid-19-rome-makes-face-masks-compulsory-in-public-at-all-times What happens when you make your dream of buying a house in rural Italy a reality? For two couples, it took ten years and hundreds of thousands of euros. Rome-based writer John Henderson heard their story, and shares their advice. https://www.thelocal.it/20181025/how-to-find-a-home-in-the-italian-countryside-survivors-guide Thu, 25 Oct 2018 14:22:36 +0200 how-to-find-a-home-in-the-italian-countryside-survivors-guide Italian Serie A football club Lazio has ordered 16 fans caught making fascist salutes at a home game to contribute to paying a fine imposed by UEFA over the incident. https://www.thelocal.it/20200121/lazio-football-club-tells-fans-to-pay-fine-over-fascist-salutes Tue, 21 Jan 2020 15:01:44 +0100 lazio-football-club-tells-fans-to-pay-fine-over-fascist-salutes Lazio were fined 20,000 euros on Wednesday for the racist abuse some of their fans aimed at Mario Balotelli during their 2-1 Serie A win at Brescia at the weekend. https://www.thelocal.it/20200108/lazio-football-club-fined-20000-over-balotelli-racist-abuse Wed, 08 Jan 2020 16:33:05 +0100 lazio-football-club-fined-20000-over-balotelli-racist-abuse Two Celtic fans have been stabbed in Rome ahead of their team's Europa League fixture with Lazio, the Scottish team said https://www.thelocal.it/20191107/celtic-fans-stabbed-in-rome-ahead-of-europa-league-match-with-lazio Thu, 07 Nov 2019 18:22:38 +0100 celtic-fans-stabbed-in-rome-ahead-of-europa-league-match-with-lazio A new "anti-fascist" group of Lazio club fans aims to "destroy the stereotype" of the club's supporters https://www.thelocal.it/20191107/love-lazio-fight-fascism-new-fan-group-aims-to-change-lazio-clubs-image Thu, 07 Nov 2019 10:06:10 +0100 love-lazio-fight-fascism-new-fan-group-aims-to-change-lazio-clubs-image We’re sitting on picnic benches cluttered with carafes, stomachs full of cheese and chicory, cheers-ing with strangers and singing along with two senior gents on guitar: in other words, it’s Tuesday night in the Castelli Romani. https://www.thelocal.it/20190830/weekend-wanderlust-picnicking-roman-style-in-the-castelli-romani Fri, 30 Aug 2019 20:13:20 +0200 weekend-wanderlust-picnicking-roman-style-in-the-castelli-romani The leader of Lazio's Ultra fans was shot in the head and killed in a Rome park in broad daylight on Wednesday, Italian media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20190808/lazio-ultra-leader-diabolik-shot-dead-in-rome Thu, 08 Aug 2019 11:59:59 +0200 lazio-ultra-leader-diabolik-shot-dead-in-rome Neo-fascists believed to be hardcore fans of Serie A side Lazio held a far-right flash mob ahead of Wednesday's Coppa Italia semi-final second leg against AC Milan, according to reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20190424/italian-football-fans-lazio-mussolini-banner-milan Wed, 24 Apr 2019 21:59:04 +0200 italian-football-fans-lazio-mussolini-banner-milan This long weekend, take an exceptional opportunity to explore scores of historic villas and palazzos within a day trip from Rome. https://www.thelocal.it/20190424/lazio-opens-up-80-historic-homes-for-free Wed, 24 Apr 2019 20:28:09 +0200 lazio-opens-up-80-historic-homes-for-free An American was among several people injured in a street fight between Italian and Spanish football fans in Rome on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20190214/three-stabbed-in-mass-brawl-before-lazio-sevilla-match Thu, 14 Feb 2019 09:59:53 +0100 three-stabbed-in-mass-brawl-before-lazio-sevilla-match Italian police are investigating after AS Roma supporters allegedly distributed anti-Semitic leaflets in the north of the city on Wednesday to coincide with the anniversary of bitter city rivals Lazio. https://www.thelocal.it/20190110/italy-anti-semitic-posters-lazio-napoli-roma Thu, 10 Jan 2019 10:24:22 +0100 italy-anti-semitic-posters-lazio-napoli-roma Eight police officers were injured after celebrations to mark Lazio's 119th anniversary in the centre of Rome turned violent. https://www.thelocal.it/20190109/police-injured-as-lazios-119th-anniversary-celebrations-turn-violent Wed, 09 Jan 2019 13:14:35 +0100 police-injured-as-lazios-119th-anniversary-celebrations-turn-violent Italian police on Thursday arrested five Eintracht Frankfurt fans after clashes near the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, where their team beat Lazio in the Europa League. https://www.thelocal.it/20181214/italian-police-arrest-rowdy-german-football-fans-after-clashes-in-rome Fri, 14 Dec 2018 12:21:14 +0100 italian-police-arrest-rowdy-german-football-fans-after-clashes-in-rome Often bypassed in favour of its northern neighbours Tuscany and Umbria, Lazio is brimming with treasures of its own. https://www.thelocal.it/20180925/14-reasons-why-lazio-should-be-your-next-italian-holiday-destination Tue, 25 Sep 2018 18:10:00 +0200 14-reasons-why-lazio-should-be-your-next-italian-holiday-destination On August 24th, 2016, an earthquake nearly wiped out the town of Amatrice in central Italy. On the second anniversary of that tragic event, we revisit the thoughts of The Local Italy's former editor Angela Giuffrida, who visited the crisis-struck area soon after and found a town in mourning. https://www.thelocal.it/20180824/why-quake-hit-amatrice-will-never-be-the-same-again Fri, 24 Aug 2018 11:13:42 +0200 why-quake-hit-amatrice-will-never-be-the-same-again Italy's football federation chief on Monday slammed as a "bad joke" the call by die-hard Lazio ultra fans to ban women to the back rows of the Olympic Stadium in Rome. https://www.thelocal.it/20180820/lazio-football-stadium-women Mon, 20 Aug 2018 15:24:38 +0200 lazio-football-stadium-women Lazio have reportedly fallen for an email scam and paid €2 million of the final instalment for defender Stefan de Vrij's transfer from Dutch club Feyenoord to fraudsters. https://www.thelocal.it/20180328/serie-a-club-lazio-email-scam Wed, 28 Mar 2018 19:07:16 +0200 serie-a-club-lazio-email-scam The island of Ponza is all set for a white Christmas, for the first time in 18 years. https://www.thelocal.it/20171220/ponza-italy-island-snow Wed, 20 Dec 2017 09:30:38 +0100 ponza-italy-island-snow The scandal that rocked Italian football where Lazio fans posted anti-Semitic photos of Holocaust victim Anne Frank in a Roma shirt is just the latest in a long list of outrages by the club's supporters. https://www.thelocal.it/20171027/football-anne-frank-scandal-part-of-lazio-fans-dark-past Fri, 27 Oct 2017 18:15:47 +0200 football-anne-frank-scandal-part-of-lazio-fans-dark-past