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 African migrants hired as extras in an Italian film were subjected to ill treatment allegedly in order to create more realistic scenes, according to local media. https://www.thelocal.it/20190808/italys-checco-zalone-accused-of-abusing-migrants-on-film-set Thu, 08 Aug 2019 17:59:53 +0200 italys-checco-zalone-accused-of-abusing-migrants-on-film-set The Italian navy rescued 100 migrants stranded in the Mediterranean on Thursday, as 75 other migrants found clinging to a tuna pen were taken to Malta, officials said. https://www.thelocal.it/20190530/italian-navy-rescues-100-people-stranded-in-the-med Thu, 30 May 2019 15:26:11 +0200 italian-navy-rescues-100-people-stranded-in-the-med Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on Thursday launched an appeal to world governments to give migrant rescue boat Aquarius a flag after Panama removed it from its register, preventing it working legally. https://www.thelocal.it/20180927/msf-wants-new-flag-for-migrant-rescue-ship-aquarius Thu, 27 Sep 2018 18:25:00 +0200 msf-wants-new-flag-for-migrant-rescue-ship-aquarius Italy's far-right interior minister threatened on Sunday to send "back to Libya" nearly 180 people stranded for three days on an Italian coastguard ship if the EU did not step in to resolve another migrant row with Malta. https://www.thelocal.it/20180819/italy-threatens-to-send-stranded-migrants-back-to-libya Sun, 19 Aug 2018 20:15:09 +0200 italy-threatens-to-send-stranded-migrants-back-to-libya Italy and Malta appeared to be heading for another spat over migrant arrivals after the Italian interior minister on Friday said he would not allow a ship carrying over 400 people to dock. https://www.thelocal.it/20180714/new-row-brewing-between-italy-and-malta-over-migrant-arrivals Sat, 14 Jul 2018 12:47:06 +0200 new-row-brewing-between-italy-and-malta-over-migrant-arrivals A rescue ship stranded in the Mediterranean with more than 200 migrants on board will finally dock in Malta, Italy said on Tuesday, as EU states remained at loggerheads over how to handle the influx of people trying to reach the continent. https://www.thelocal.it/20180626/migrant-rescue-ship-lifeline-to-go-to-malta-italy-pm Tue, 26 Jun 2018 16:32:09 +0200 migrant-rescue-ship-lifeline-to-go-to-malta-italy-pm Italy's new hardline interior minister Matteo Salvini engaged in a war of words with the Maltese government on Friday after accusing the Mediterranean island of not doing its fair share to take in migrants. https://www.thelocal.it/20180609/italy-malta-in-diplomatic-spat-over-migrant-arrivals Sat, 09 Jun 2018 11:44:44 +0200 italy-malta-in-diplomatic-spat-over-migrant-arrivals Pope Francis on Saturday named the Holy See's number three as his special delegate to the Knights of Malta, sidelining a conservative cardinal involved in a bitter dispute between the order and the Vatican. https://www.thelocal.it/20170205/after-dispute-pope-names-new-knights-of-malta-liaison Sun, 05 Feb 2017 14:38:08 +0100 after-dispute-pope-names-new-knights-of-malta-liaison The Knights of Malta's sovereign council has officially accepted its chief's resignation, the Order said Saturday, following a month-long bitter power battle linked to a row over condoms. https://www.thelocal.it/20170129/knights-of-malta-accept-chief-resignation-over-condom-row Sun, 29 Jan 2017 10:57:38 +0100 knights-of-malta-accept-chief-resignation-over-condom-row Italy faces a 'moderate' risk of a Zika virus outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160518/italy-has-moderate-risk-of-zika-outbreak Wed, 18 May 2016 18:07:10 +0200 italy-has-moderate-risk-of-zika-outbreak Southampton striker Graziano Pelle scored off Antonio Candreva's pinpoint cross to hand Italy a precious 1-0 win over Malta in Florence on Thursday that sent the hosts top of their Euro 2016 qualifying table. https://www.thelocal.it/20150904/pelle-fires-italy-top-of-group-with-malta-win Fri, 04 Sep 2015 10:35:34 +0200 pelle-fires-italy-top-of-group-with-malta-win Malta prepared on Thursday to say goodbye to power cuts thanks to an underwater cable linking it to mainland Europe, which will serve as back up if the country's power stations overload. https://www.thelocal.it/20150410/malta-ends-power-cuts-with-link-to-italy Fri, 10 Apr 2015 10:19:04 +0200 malta-ends-power-cuts-with-link-to-italy Italy, which is staggering under a massive inflow of would-be refugees, took in another 800 on Friday after they were rescued by its navy off Malta. https://www.thelocal.it/20140704/italy-takes-in-800-migrants-saved-by-malta Fri, 04 Jul 2014 11:37:00 +0200 italy-takes-in-800-migrants-saved-by-malta Italy and Malta on Sunday said they had been "forgotten" by Europe amid a massive influx of migrants - an accusation rejected by Brussels which admitted, however, that other countries could do more to help. https://www.thelocal.it/20140609/the-migrant-situation-is-becoming-untenable Mon, 09 Jun 2014 10:31:00 +0200 the-migrant-situation-is-becoming-untenable Italy and Malta said on Monday they are working together not only to rescue boat migrants floundering in the Mediterranean but also to crack down on human traffickers. https://www.thelocal.it/20131111/italy-vows-to-crack-down-on-traffickers Mon, 11 Nov 2013 17:40:04 +0100 italy-vows-to-crack-down-on-traffickers Italy on Monday planned a large-scale deployment of forces in the Mediterranean to manage the influx of asylum seekers as the latest boatload carrying 137 migrants arrived on its shores. https://www.thelocal.it/20131014/italy-plans-refugee-sea-operation Mon, 14 Oct 2013 11:38:00 +0200 italy-plans-refugee-sea-operation The parents of a 23-year-old holidaymaker, killed in Sicily, were shocked to hear their son was buried in the southern Italian island without their knowledge, and after police assumed he was a "homeless African immigrant". https://www.thelocal.it/20130814/shock-as-tourist-buried-without-family-knowing Wed, 14 Aug 2013 15:34:00 +0200 shock-as-tourist-buried-without-family-knowing