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 Italian who doused a homeless man in petrol and set him alight as he slept has confessed to the killing, telling police he acted out of jealousy. https://www.thelocal.it/20170312/jealous-italian-admits-burning-homeless-man-alive Sun, 12 Mar 2017 13:32:02 +0100 jealous-italian-admits-burning-homeless-man-alive Italian police launched a manhunt on Saturday for a killer who doused a homeless man in flammable liquid and set him alight as he slept in Palermo, Sicily. https://www.thelocal.it/20170311/italy-manhunt-for-killer-of-homeless-man-burned-alive Sat, 11 Mar 2017 15:17:15 +0100 italy-manhunt-for-killer-of-homeless-man-burned-alive An Italian man carried Zika in his sperm for six months after showing the first symptoms of the virus, twice as long as in any previously reported case, according to a new study. https://www.thelocal.it/20160812/italian-carries-zika-in-sperm-for-record-six-months Fri, 12 Aug 2016 15:09:36 +0200 italian-carries-zika-in-sperm-for-record-six-months A 23-year-old was arrested in Genoa on Wednesday on terrorism charges. https://www.thelocal.it/20160803/man-who-planned-to-join-syrian-jihadists-arrested-in-italy Wed, 03 Aug 2016 12:59:31 +0200 man-who-planned-to-join-syrian-jihadists-arrested-in-italy A nine-year-old Italian boy gave the €50 he saved to a homeless man in a town near Modena – only for the man to give it back. https://www.thelocal.it/20160719/italian-boy-gives-his-pocket-money-to-a-homeless-man Tue, 19 Jul 2016 10:00:18 +0200 italian-boy-gives-his-pocket-money-to-a-homeless-man A 40-year-old homeless man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering 19-year-old American student, Beau Solomon, Italian police said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160705/homeless-man-arrested-over-american-students-murder Tue, 05 Jul 2016 12:06:22 +0200 homeless-man-arrested-over-american-students-murder A sneaky afternoon tryst left a 36-year-old man in hospital after he fell from a balcony while trying to hide from his lover’s husband, who returned home unexpected. https://www.thelocal.it/20160601/man-falls-from-balcony-while-trying-to-hide-from-lovers-husband Wed, 01 Jun 2016 13:47:32 +0200 man-falls-from-balcony-while-trying-to-hide-from-lovers-husband The body of a man who died five years ago was found on Thursday in his home in Sardinia. https://www.thelocal.it/20160526/italian-man-lay-dead-in-his-flat-for-five-years-before-being-found Thu, 26 May 2016 17:54:23 +0200 italian-man-lay-dead-in-his-flat-for-five-years-before-being-found A 58-year-old-man was killed in front of his family near Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, after he was attacked by a swarm of bees. https://www.thelocal.it/20160517/man-killed-in-front-of-family-as-swarm-of-bees-attacks Tue, 17 May 2016 11:36:19 +0200 man-killed-in-front-of-family-as-swarm-of-bees-attacks A 39-year-old man died after falling ten metres from his balcony when the railing he was leaning on suddenly gave way. https://www.thelocal.it/20160411/man-killed-in-balcony-fall-after-railing-breaks-during-cigarette-break Mon, 11 Apr 2016 12:05:05 +0200 man-killed-in-balcony-fall-after-railing-breaks-during-cigarette-break An Iraqi man identified by French and Belgian authorities as having terrorist links to the Isis extremist group was arrested in Sorrento hours after the attacks in Brussels on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160323/italy-arrests-iraqi-identified-as-having-terrorist-links Wed, 23 Mar 2016 10:01:14 +0100 italy-arrests-iraqi-identified-as-having-terrorist-links A 54-year-old man from Palermo committed a horrific suicide on Wednesday by setting himself on fire in his car at a busy fruit and vegetable market. https://www.thelocal.it/20160211/unemployed-italian-burns-himself-to-death-at-sicily-market Thu, 11 Feb 2016 12:59:24 +0100 unemployed-italian-burns-himself-to-death-at-sicily-market A small town in Italy’s Aosta region is in shock after a man fell to his death while shaking crumbs off a tablecloth. https://www.thelocal.it/20160120/aosta-man-falls-to-his-death-while-shaking-crumbs-off-tablecloth Wed, 20 Jan 2016 12:06:48 +0100 aosta-man-falls-to-his-death-while-shaking-crumbs-off-tablecloth UPDATED: Ashley Olsen, the American found strangled and naked in her Florence flat, was killed by an illegal immigrant from Senegal she met in a nightclub, the prosecutor in charge of the case said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160114/man-arrested-over-american-womans-murder-in-florence-report Thu, 14 Jan 2016 12:01:54 +0100 man-arrested-over-american-womans-murder-in-florence-report A 31-year-old man from Rome allegedly passed on the HIV virus to 29 women after having unprotected sex without telling them he had the disease. https://www.thelocal.it/20160111/rome-hiv-man-infected-29-women Mon, 11 Jan 2016 14:04:35 +0100 rome-hiv-man-infected-29-women An Italian set himself on fire on Monday in front of the house of former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi and was rushed to hospital in a serious but stable condition, Italian media said. https://www.thelocal.it/20151214/man-sets-himself-alight-outside-berlusconis-house Mon, 14 Dec 2015 16:37:58 +0100 man-sets-himself-alight-outside-berlusconis-house A 30-year-old man from Rome has been arrested for allegedly passing on the HIV virus to six women after having unprotected sex without telling them he had the disease. https://www.thelocal.it/20151203/italian-man-with-hiv-arrested-for-infecting-lovers Thu, 03 Dec 2015 13:00:29 +0100 italian-man-with-hiv-arrested-for-infecting-lovers A man is in a critical condition after jumping from the second floor of the Indonesian embassy building in Rome when a fire broke out on Wednesday morning. https://www.thelocal.it/20151202/man-jumps-from-romes-indonesian-embassy-amid-blaze Wed, 02 Dec 2015 13:47:52 +0100 man-jumps-from-romes-indonesian-embassy-amid-blaze UPDATED: Italian authorities said on Friday that security would be increased at “sensitive” sites across the country after a Jewish man was repeatedly stabbed on a street in Milan on Thursday night. https://www.thelocal.it/20151113/jewish-man-stabbed-in-milan-street-attack Fri, 13 Nov 2015 10:56:25 +0100 jewish-man-stabbed-in-milan-street-attack An Egyptian man with two wives in Monza, northern Italy, was keeping his second wife and three children in a garage under the home of his first wife, who had no idea her husband was a bigamist. https://www.thelocal.it/20151102/italy-bigamist-hides-second-family-in-garage Mon, 02 Nov 2015 13:37:48 +0100 italy-bigamist-hides-second-family-in-garage