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 In a further sign of divisions within Italy’s populist coalition government, politicians from the far-right League blasted Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi for comparing the mass migration of Italians in the past to the foreigners landing on the country’s shores today. https://www.thelocal.it/20180809/league-blasts-comparison-of-italian-diaspora-with-todays-migrants Thu, 09 Aug 2018 12:05:04 +0200 league-blasts-comparison-of-italian-diaspora-with-todays-migrants Italy's prime ministerial nominee Giuseppe Conte was locked in consultations to form a cabinet on Thursday after being endorsed to lead a populist coalition government. https://www.thelocal.it/20180524/giuseppe-conte-pm-cabinet Thu, 24 May 2018 10:51:48 +0200 giuseppe-conte-pm-cabinet Italy's president on Wednesday approved the nomination as prime minister of little-known lawyer Giuseppe Conte, who said that he wanted his government to "confirm Italy's place" in Europe and the rest of the world. https://www.thelocal.it/20180524/giuseppe-conte-approved-italian-prime-minister Thu, 24 May 2018 10:13:00 +0200 giuseppe-conte-approved-italian-prime-minister Giuseppe Conte arrived for a meeting with Italy's president on Wednesday evening, with an announcement expected shortly afterwards on whether he will appoint the little-known lawyer to lead a government formed by far-right and anti-establishment groups. https://www.thelocal.it/20180523/italy-president-new-prime-minister Wed, 23 May 2018 10:56:46 +0200 italy-president-new-prime-minister Once despised in the south for its staunch support for richer northern regions, Italy's League party hit the campaign trail on Thursday in former enemy territory as a self-styled bulwark against unchecked immigration. https://www.thelocal.it/20180216/italy-former-northern-league-south Fri, 16 Feb 2018 09:31:10 +0100 italy-former-northern-league-south Two northern Italian regions, Lombardy and Veneto, vote this Sunday on whether they favour taking powers back from Rome. https://www.thelocal.it/20171020/italy-autonomy-referendum-guide-lombardy-veneto Fri, 20 Oct 2017 10:03:32 +0200 italy-autonomy-referendum-guide-lombardy-veneto A man whose house was destroyed in the central Italy earthquake last August was jailed for two nights after refusing to leave his hometown. https://www.thelocal.it/20170202/resident-of-earthquake-hit-town-arrested-for-refusing-to-leave-his-home Thu, 02 Feb 2017 11:08:02 +0100 resident-of-earthquake-hit-town-arrested-for-refusing-to-leave-his-home When the Italian government finally voted in a bill approving civil unions back in May, it was hailed as a historic achievement. https://www.thelocal.it/20160913/italians-who-get-a-civil-union-face-bureacratic-woe Tue, 13 Sep 2016 11:26:19 +0200 italians-who-get-a-civil-union-face-bureacratic-woe Animal rights group Peta said on Thursday it has acquired shares in Prada to pursue its protest over ostrich leather handbags from inside the luxury fashion group. https://www.thelocal.it/20160429/animal-rights-group-becomes-prada-shareholder Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:41:25 +0200 animal-rights-group-becomes-prada-shareholder Italy eased up slightly on cannabis growers on Friday, decriminalizing those who violate agreed terms on cultivating the plants for therapeutic purposes. https://www.thelocal.it/20160115/italy-chills-out-over-medical-cannabis-cultivators Fri, 15 Jan 2016 18:57:03 +0100 italy-chills-out-over-medical-cannabis-cultivators Marine Le Pen, always so careful not to associate with the wrong kind of folk, had some explaining to do on Friday after sending a video message to a Rome rally where neo-fascists and anti-Islam campaigners Pegida were present. https://www.thelocal.it/20150306/le-pen-red-faced-after-backing-rome-neo-fascist-rally Fri, 06 Mar 2015 15:58:02 +0100 le-pen-red-faced-after-backing-rome-neo-fascist-rally President Barack Obama will hold a secure video conference with European leaders to discuss the crisis in Ukraine on Tuesday, as Russia faces possible further sanctions for its role in the conflict. https://www.thelocal.it/20150303/italy-to-join-ukraine-crisis-call-with-obama Tue, 03 Mar 2015 15:42:00 +0100 italy-to-join-ukraine-crisis-call-with-obama The bodies of a grandfather and his five-year-old grandson, sick with a rare genetic disorder, were discovered on Sunday in a hugging embrace afloat in a river in northeast Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20141013/grandfather-and-sick-boy-in-murder-suicide Mon, 13 Oct 2014 10:13:00 +0200 grandfather-and-sick-boy-in-murder-suicide An Italian TV show managed to coax Pope Francis into handing over his white skull cap and has already raised over €100,000 in less than 24 hours by putting it on eBay. https://www.thelocal.it/20140919/popes-skull-cap-raises-over-100000-on-ebay Fri, 19 Sep 2014 10:25:00 +0200 popes-skull-cap-raises-over-100000-on-ebay