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 An unemployed man from a town near Rome fended off competition from over 300 rivals to be hired as Father Christmas at a shopping centre in the east of the capital. But the job isn't always a barrel of laughs, or so professional Santas say. https://www.thelocal.it/20151124/over-300-line-up-for-rome-father-christmas-job Tue, 24 Nov 2015 13:03:22 +0100 over-300-line-up-for-rome-father-christmas-job 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 Ten Italians have escaped from a Nairobi shopping mall siege where Somali militants killed at least 68 people, an embassy spokeswoman told The Local. https://www.thelocal.it/20130923/italians-hide-in-stairwell-to-escape-kenya-siege Mon, 23 Sep 2013 11:29:00 +0200 italians-hide-in-stairwell-to-escape-kenya-siege Mafia bosses are notorious for being able to evade capture with their extensive underground networks. But one didn't bank on his excited girlfriend posting a Facebook post telling the police where they could find the wanted criminal. https://www.thelocal.it/20130827/mafiosos-holiday-ruined-by-facebook-blunder Tue, 27 Aug 2013 11:54:00 +0200 mafiosos-holiday-ruined-by-facebook-blunder