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 What do you do when you find yourself in the kind of infuriating situation that could only ever happen in Italy? https://www.thelocal.it/20190724/italian-problems-driving-seven-hours-in-a-heatwave-to-sign-a-form Wed, 24 Jul 2019 18:27:52 +0200 italian-problems-driving-seven-hours-in-a-heatwave-to-sign-a-form Five years after the worst migrant shipwreck in its history, Lampedusa is counting on tourism for a fresh start, despite signs its golden sands may become a gateway to Europe once more. https://www.thelocal.it/20181002/italy-lampedusa-tourism-migrants Tue, 02 Oct 2018 18:20:55 +0200 italy-lampedusa-tourism-migrants Italy doubled down on its new tough stance against migrants on Friday, insisting it could not take "one more" refugee and warning the migration crisis could put the bloc's survival at stake. https://www.thelocal.it/20180622/italy-doubles-down-on-anti-migrant-stance-ahead-of-eu-summit Fri, 22 Jun 2018 16:48:28 +0200 italy-doubles-down-on-anti-migrant-stance-ahead-of-eu-summit Emmanuel Macron is not a welcome guest in the Italian border town of Ventimiglia, a flashpoint in Europe's migration crisis. https://www.thelocal.it/20180616/in-calais-of-italy-tension-soars-over-migrant-crisis Sat, 16 Jun 2018 02:06:27 +0200 in-calais-of-italy-tension-soars-over-migrant-crisis Spain said on Monday it will take in a boat stranded in the Mediterranean with 629 migrants aboard after Italy and Malta refused to let the vessel dock in their ports. https://www.thelocal.it/20180611/spain-not-italy-will-take-in-stranded-migrants-to-avoid-catastrophe Mon, 11 Jun 2018 17:12:23 +0200 spain-not-italy-will-take-in-stranded-migrants-to-avoid-catastrophe The UN refugee agency on Monday called on Italy and Malta to immediately allow a boat carrying hundreds of migrants to dock, describing the situation as "an urgent humanitarian imperative". https://www.thelocal.it/20180611/italy-or-malta-must-let-stranded-migrants-land-immediately-un Mon, 11 Jun 2018 14:54:43 +0200 italy-or-malta-must-let-stranded-migrants-land-immediately-un EU countries on Tuesday remained deadlocked over reforming the bloc's asylum rules by an end-of-June deadline, with Sweden saying a deal was "very difficult to reach". https://www.thelocal.it/20180605/italy-eu-reform-dublin-rules-asylum Tue, 05 Jun 2018 14:31:37 +0200 italy-eu-reform-dublin-rules-asylum An Italian journalist arrested in Turkey while researching refugees near the Syrian border has been freed after two weeks in detention, Italy's foreign ministry said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170424/italian-journalist-arrested-in-turkey-has-been-freed Mon, 24 Apr 2017 11:14:41 +0200 italian-journalist-arrested-in-turkey-has-been-freed Italy on Wednesday called on Turkey to release a journalist arrested this month near the Syrian border while he was researching refugees. https://www.thelocal.it/20170419/italy-asks-turkey-to-release-reporter-jailed-while-reporting-on-refugee-crisis Wed, 19 Apr 2017 15:58:45 +0200 italy-asks-turkey-to-release-reporter-jailed-while-reporting-on-refugee-crisis Italy's Griko dialects are classed as endangered by the European Union and Unesco. But could folk music be the secret to keeping them alive? Greece-born Italian student Constantinos Orphanos investigates the languages' past and perilous future. https://www.thelocal.it/20170418/how-music-is-keeping-one-southern-italian-dialect-alive Tue, 18 Apr 2017 15:30:52 +0200 how-music-is-keeping-one-southern-italian-dialect-alive Italy's Muslim community signed a pact with the government on Wednesday pledging to "reject all forms of violence and terrorism", with prayers in mosques to be held in Italian. https://www.thelocal.it/20170202/italian-muslims-sign-anti-extremism-pact Thu, 02 Feb 2017 09:44:34 +0100 italian-muslims-sign-anti-extremism-pact The Women's Marches on Saturday are thought to have brought up to four million people together from across the globe to demonstrate for civil rights. One of the organizers of the Milan event, Rachael Martin, explains why women marched - and need to keep marching - in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20170125/why-women-need-to-keep-marching-in-italy Wed, 25 Jan 2017 11:35:00 +0100 why-women-need-to-keep-marching-in-italy Italian police on Tuesday announced the arrest of a London-resident nuclear engineer and his sister on suspicion of running a cyber snooping operation targeting politicians, public bodies and companies. https://www.thelocal.it/20170110/london-based-italians-arrested-for-cyber-spying-on-top-politicians Tue, 10 Jan 2017 17:58:32 +0100 london-based-italians-arrested-for-cyber-spying-on-top-politicians Italy on Wednesday pledged to step up deportations of migrants whose asylum applications have been rejected, following a riot in a northern Italian reception centre which ignited political debate. https://www.thelocal.it/20170104/migrant-centre-riot-reignites-political-debate-over-immigration Wed, 04 Jan 2017 11:43:45 +0100 migrant-centre-riot-reignites-political-debate-over-immigration President Sergio Mattarella on Thursday began consultations aimed at averting a political crisis in Italy triggered by the resignation of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. https://www.thelocal.it/20161209/italys-president-starts-quest-to-form-new-government Fri, 09 Dec 2016 10:15:57 +0100 italys-president-starts-quest-to-form-new-government The Imam of Florence, Izzedin Elzir, waded into the controversial burqini debate on Thursday by posting a photo on Facebook of habit-wearing nuns splashing around on the edge of the shore – only for the social network to block his account. https://www.thelocal.it/20160819/italy-imam-defends-burqinis-with-beach-going-nuns-photo Fri, 19 Aug 2016 20:09:18 +0200 italy-imam-defends-burqinis-with-beach-going-nuns-photo The 500th anniversary of the creation of the Venice ghetto is to be marked by an unprecedented performance of Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice", in the neighbourhood to which the city's Jews were confined for centuries, organisers said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160310/shakespeare-first-to-mark-500-years-of-venice-ghetto Thu, 10 Mar 2016 09:05:20 +0100 shakespeare-first-to-mark-500-years-of-venice-ghetto The general public may soon be able to get a peek at the paintings lining the mysterious Vasari Corridor, which connects Florence’s famed Uffizi gallery to the Pitti Palace via Ponte Vecchio. https://www.thelocal.it/20160308/florences-mysterious-vasari-corridor-may-soon-be-open-to-all Tue, 08 Mar 2016 09:50:07 +0100 florences-mysterious-vasari-corridor-may-soon-be-open-to-all The EU said on Wednesday it had agreed on how to finance a €3 billion ($3.3 billion) deal to aid Syrian refugees in Turkey, in exchange for Ankara's help stemming the flow of migrants, after resolving a dispute with Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20160204/eu-approves-turkey-refugee-fund-after-italy-row-solved Thu, 04 Feb 2016 09:27:26 +0100 eu-approves-turkey-refugee-fund-after-italy-row-solved Austrian skier Marcel Hirscher was furious on Tuesday after a camera drone dropped from the sky mid-race, missing him by centimeters. https://www.thelocal.it/20151223/falling-drone-almost-kills-champion-skier Wed, 23 Dec 2015 11:12:31 +0100 falling-drone-almost-kills-champion-skier