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 Italy's far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said Thursday night he has filed a complaint for defamation against the anti-mafia writer Roberto Saviano, one of his most virulent critics. https://www.thelocal.it/20180720/matteo-salvini-sues-anti-mafia-writer-roberto-saviano Fri, 20 Jul 2018 10:49:33 +0200 matteo-salvini-sues-anti-mafia-writer-roberto-saviano Former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi will in November face charges for allegedly bribing witnesses in the notorious "Rubygate" scandal after being ordered to stand trial by a Rome judge on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180516/berlusconi-new-charges-rubygate-bribery Wed, 16 May 2018 17:47:19 +0200 berlusconi-new-charges-rubygate-bribery An Italian newspaper editor has been acquitted of wrongdoing over a headline printed after the 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris, which labelled the killers 'Islamic bastards'. https://www.thelocal.it/20171219/italian-newspaper-libero-quotidiano-maurizio-belpietro-acquitted-headline Tue, 19 Dec 2017 15:48:29 +0100 italian-newspaper-libero-quotidiano-maurizio-belpietro-acquitted-headline Clicking 'like' on a terrorist video on Facebook counts as evidence of apology for terrorism, Italy's top court has ruled. https://www.thelocal.it/20171213/a-facebook-like-can-constitute-apology-for-terrorism-rules-italys-top-court Wed, 13 Dec 2017 11:29:24 +0100 a-facebook-like-can-constitute-apology-for-terrorism-rules-italys-top-court A contested wire-tapping bill in Italy risks landing journalists in jail for up to three years and could see mafia-related crimes go undetected, critics said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20171106/italy-wiretaps-bill-could-aid-mafia-and-harm-press-freedom-critics-say Mon, 06 Nov 2017 12:39:45 +0100 italy-wiretaps-bill-could-aid-mafia-and-harm-press-freedom-critics-say Italy's highest court has ruled that a man who fatally stabbed his son will not receive a life sentence - because the son was adopted. https://www.thelocal.it/20170928/italian-fathers-life-sentence-overturned-because-the-son-he-killed-was-adopted Thu, 28 Sep 2017 16:17:50 +0200 italian-fathers-life-sentence-overturned-because-the-son-he-killed-was-adopted In Italy's popular tourist resorts, it's common to see waiters standing outside restaurants, chatting to potential customers and beckoning them in. https://www.thelocal.it/20170922/sicily-town-bans-pushy-waiters-from-the-pavement Fri, 22 Sep 2017 12:15:41 +0200 sicily-town-bans-pushy-waiters-from-the-pavement Rome's mayor Virginia Raggi on Tuesday called for tougher laws against rape, after a spate of reported sexual assaults in the capital and across Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20170920/raggi-calls-for-anti-rape-laws-after-black-month-sexual-assaults Wed, 20 Sep 2017 17:20:26 +0200 raggi-calls-for-anti-rape-laws-after-black-month-sexual-assaults A luxury penthouse occupied by a top cardinal was given a costly renovation so it could hold fundraising dinners, a Vatican corruption trial heard on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170920/cardinals-luxury-penthouse-probed-in-vatican-corruption-trial Wed, 20 Sep 2017 10:52:16 +0200 cardinals-luxury-penthouse-probed-in-vatican-corruption-trial Italy's top court has ruled that a homeless man should not be punished for spending the night in a private residence. https://www.thelocal.it/20170908/italys-top-court-absolves-homeless-man-who-spent-night-at-private-property Fri, 08 Sep 2017 14:00:13 +0200 italys-top-court-absolves-homeless-man-who-spent-night-at-private-property Five people are facing charges including manslaughter in connection with building collapses after the deadly earthquakes which hit Italy last year. https://www.thelocal.it/20170719/five-investigated-manslaughter-amatrice-earthquake-building-collapses Wed, 19 Jul 2017 14:41:00 +0200 five-investigated-manslaughter-amatrice-earthquake-building-collapses Serving frozen food at a restaurant without explicitly labelling it as such is a crime, Italy's top court said in a ruling published on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170719/serving-frozen-food-without-telling-customers-menu-fraud-rules-top-italian-cassation-court Wed, 19 Jul 2017 11:31:57 +0200 serving-frozen-food-without-telling-customers-menu-fraud-rules-top-italian-cassation-court An Italian woman is suing a hospital for over 200,000 euros after undergoing an unsuccessful abortion. https://www.thelocal.it/20170718/italian-woman-sues-milan-san-paolo-hospital-after-unsuccessful-abortion Tue, 18 Jul 2017 15:57:38 +0200 italian-woman-sues-milan-san-paolo-hospital-after-unsuccessful-abortion Italy's government has delayed a parliamentary vote on a citizenship rights bill as tensions rise over the number of migrants arriving on the country's shores. https://www.thelocal.it/20170717/italy-delays-ius-soli-parliament-vote-italian-children-migrants-citizenship-rights Mon, 17 Jul 2017 14:50:24 +0200 italy-delays-ius-soli-parliament-vote-italian-children-migrants-citizenship-rights With a flood of migrants arriving on Italy's shores, a bitter debate has erupted over whether children born on Italian soil to foreign parents should have citizenship rights at birth. https://www.thelocal.it/20170714/italians-debate-whether-italy-born-children-of-migrants-should-get-citizenship Fri, 14 Jul 2017 18:50:19 +0200 italians-debate-whether-italy-born-children-of-migrants-should-get-citizenship An Italian court on Monday jailed Umberto Bossi, founder and former chief of the anti-immigrant and anti-EU Northern League, for over two years after finding him guilty of fraud while he led the party. https://www.thelocal.it/20170711/founder-former-leader-italys-northern-league-political-party-umberto-bossi-convicted-fraud-embezzlement Tue, 11 Jul 2017 11:01:49 +0200 founder-former-leader-italys-northern-league-political-party-umberto-bossi-convicted-fraud-embezzlement Italian lawmakers on Wednesday finally passed a bill making torture a crime under national law, after years of parliamentary back-and-forth. https://www.thelocal.it/20170706/torture-has-finally-been-criminalized-crime-legal-in-italy-parliament-un Thu, 06 Jul 2017 10:50:26 +0200 torture-has-finally-been-criminalized-crime-legal-in-italy-parliament-un Italy's Lower House of Parliament on Thursday voted in favour of a bill which would see celebrity selfies regulated by law. https://www.thelocal.it/20170630/italys-lower-house-parliament-votes-regulating-celebrity-selfies Fri, 30 Jun 2017 14:09:06 +0200 italys-lower-house-parliament-votes-regulating-celebrity-selfies A former CIA agent who was found guilty of kidnapping an Egyptian imam by an Italian court more than a decade ago said on Thursday she intended to return to Italy to face her sentence, but hopes to avoid prison. https://www.thelocal.it/20170630/ex-cia-agent-to-return-to-italy-to-face-sentence-for-imam-kidnap Fri, 30 Jun 2017 10:44:47 +0200 ex-cia-agent-to-return-to-italy-to-face-sentence-for-imam-kidnap A man who deliberately caused a gas explosion in his home, killing his wife and two neighbours, was sentenced on Monday to life imprisonment. https://www.thelocal.it/20170620/life-sentence-for-man-behind-deadly-apartment-block-explosion-in-milan Tue, 20 Jun 2017 15:34:59 +0200 life-sentence-for-man-behind-deadly-apartment-block-explosion-in-milan