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 Both Wednesday's series of earthquakes and the disasters in August and October 2016 hit the mountainous central Italian region, an area well known for tremors and tectonic movement. But in fact, almost all of Italy is prone to seismic activity of some kind. So where is the risk greatest, and why? https://www.thelocal.it/20161028/which-areas-of-italy-have-the-highest-risk-of-earthquakes Fri, 28 Oct 2016 12:44:12 +0200 which-areas-of-italy-have-the-highest-risk-of-earthquakes The Italian Court of Audit is investigating how 12 families came to be living in the grounds of a Bourbon palace in southern Italy for a peppercorn rent. https://www.thelocal.it/20160307/italian-families-live-for-15-a-month-in-grounds-of-italian-versailles Mon, 07 Mar 2016 17:51:25 +0100 italian-families-live-for-15-a-month-in-grounds-of-italian-versailles While Europeans can move to Italy with relative ease, staying in the country is for Americans a greater challenge. The Local speaks to Coral Sisk, from the US, about how she turned her Italian heritage into citizenship. https://www.thelocal.it/20150121/how-can-an-american-get-italian-citizenship Wed, 21 Jan 2015 09:40:00 +0100 how-can-an-american-get-italian-citizenship