The Local Italy 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 Shares in Leonardo, Italy's largest defence group, tumble after 'disappointing' recovery plan Shares in Italy's Leonardo, one of world's top ten defence companies, went into free fall on Tuesday after the company presented a recovery plan that worried analysts said was too vague for comfort. https://www.thelocal.it/20180131/shahres-in-italys-largest-defence-group-go-into-free-fall-over-disappointing-recovery-plan Wed, 31 Jan 2018 09:49:47 +0100 shahres-in-italys-largest-defence-group-go-into-free-fall-over-disappointing-recovery-plan Mona Lisa's smile decoded: science says she's happy The subject of centuries of scrutiny and debate, Mona Lisa's famous smile is routinely described as ambiguous. But is it really that hard to read? https://www.thelocal.it/20170311/mona-lisas-smile-decoded-science-says-shes-happy Sat, 11 Mar 2017 11:46:20 +0100 mona-lisas-smile-decoded-science-says-shes-happy Early Leonardo piece to be shown in artist’s home town A landscape drawing by the Italian master artist, Leonardo da Vinci, will go on display in his native Tuscan town in commemoration of the 500th year since his death. https://www.thelocal.it/20160804/early-leonardo-piece-to-be-shown-in-artists-home-town Thu, 04 Aug 2016 17:18:24 +0200 early-leonardo-piece-to-be-shown-in-artists-home-town Italian defence firm looks to Leonardo for renaissance Italian aerospace and defence giant Finmeccanica on Wednesday said it planned to change its name to Leonardo, after celebrated Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci, as part of a major restructuring. https://www.thelocal.it/20160317/italian-arm-dealers-looks-to-leonardo-for-renaissance Thu, 17 Mar 2016 11:07:23 +0100 italian-arm-dealers-looks-to-leonardo-for-renaissance DiCaprio gets Papal audience in Rome Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio had an audience with Pope Francis in Rome on Thursday morning. https://www.thelocal.it/20160128/dicaprio-gets-papal-audience-in-rome Thu, 28 Jan 2016 15:25:53 +0100 dicaprio-gets-papal-audience-in-rome Forger claims he painted Da Vinci masterpiece An English art forger claims to have painted a Renaissance portrait of a courtier often attributed to the Italian master, Leonardo Da Vinci. https://www.thelocal.it/20151201/art-forger-claims-he-painted-da-vinci-classic Tue, 01 Dec 2015 11:30:01 +0100 art-forger-claims-he-painted-da-vinci-classic Italian killed trying to stop Florida mall gunman A 36-year-old pizzeria owner, who was shot dead while trying to protect a woman from her armed husband in a shopping mall in Florida, the US, was from a town near Naples. https://www.thelocal.it/20150120/italian-killed-trying-to-stop-florida-mall-gunman Tue, 20 Jan 2015 10:35:00 +0100 italian-killed-trying-to-stop-florida-mall-gunman 'Mona Lisa was a slave from China': historian An Italian historian's theory that Mona Lisa might be a Chinese slave and Leonardo da Vinci's mother - making the 15th-century polymath half-Chinese - sent online commentators into a frenzy on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141203/mona-lisa-was-a-chinese-slave-italian-historian Wed, 03 Dec 2014 09:17:00 +0100 mona-lisa-was-a-chinese-slave-italian-historian