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 The former mayor of Rome, Ignazio Marino, will stand a fast-track trial in September over the expenses scandal which saw him toppled from city hall last October. https://www.thelocal.it/20160621/ex-rome-mayor-to-face-fast-track-expenses-trial-in-september Tue, 21 Jun 2016 13:00:25 +0200 ex-rome-mayor-to-face-fast-track-expenses-trial-in-september Rome's unpopular mayor Ignazio Marino on Thursday withdrew his resignation, which he had announced earlier this month in the midst of an expenses row, even though his own party has demanded he quit. https://www.thelocal.it/20151029/rome-mayor-withdraws-resignation Thu, 29 Oct 2015 18:03:23 +0100 rome-mayor-withdraws-resignation Italy's anti-corruption chief warned Wednesday that Rome lacks the "antibodies" necessary to fight crime, after a series of scandals including the infiltration of city hall by mafia gangsters. https://www.thelocal.it/20151029/anti-corruption-chief-says-rome-cant-fight-crime Thu, 29 Oct 2015 09:16:25 +0100 anti-corruption-chief-says-rome-cant-fight-crime Ignazio Marino, who resigned as Rome mayor earlier this month, is still threatening to cling to power – a situation which could prove highly embarrassing for his Democratic Party (PD). https://www.thelocal.it/20151027/rebel-rome-mayor-threatens-comeback Tue, 27 Oct 2015 10:47:29 +0100 rebel-rome-mayor-threatens-comeback Ignazio Marino has hinted that he might rescind his resignation as mayor of Rome after convincing prosecutors of his innocence in an expenses scandal that forced him to quit earlier this month. https://www.thelocal.it/20151021/rome-mayor-threatens-to-cling-to-power Wed, 21 Oct 2015 18:31:15 +0200 rome-mayor-threatens-to-cling-to-power Rome's mayor cried foul on Friday after being forced to resign over an expenses row and warned the Italian capital could succumb once more to organized crime. https://www.thelocal.it/20151009/ousted-rome-mayor-warns-of-mafia-return Fri, 09 Oct 2015 15:16:18 +0200 ousted-rome-mayor-warns-of-mafia-return UPDATED: Rome's embattled mayor resigned on Thursday over an expenses row after months of attacks by opponents determined to make him a scapegoat for the sorry state of the Italian capital. https://www.thelocal.it/20151008/rome-mayor-resigns-after-expenses-row Thu, 08 Oct 2015 22:24:00 +0200 rome-mayor-resigns-after-expenses-row UPDATED: Rome’s embattled mayor Ignazio Marino faced calls to quit from a member of his own Democratic Party on Thursday after he agreed to pay back €20,000 of restaurant bills settled with a city hall credit card. https://www.thelocal.it/20151008/dinnergate-rocks-rome-leaving-mayor-on-the-brink Thu, 08 Oct 2015 13:53:50 +0200 dinnergate-rocks-rome-leaving-mayor-on-the-brink Pope Francis raised eyebrows in Italy on Tuesday by slapping down the left-leaning mayor of Rome as someone who "pretends to be Catholic". https://www.thelocal.it/20150930/pope-blasts-rome-mayor-as-a-pretend-catholic Wed, 30 Sep 2015 10:34:55 +0200 pope-blasts-rome-mayor-as-a-pretend-catholic The embattled mayor of Rome, Ignazio Marino, turned hero on Wednesday, coming to the aid of two passengers experiencing medical problems on board his flight to the US. https://www.thelocal.it/20150924/rome-mayor-turns-hero-on-controversial-us-trip Thu, 24 Sep 2015 15:07:03 +0200 rome-mayor-turns-hero-on-controversial-us-trip Rome Mayor Ignazio Marino has slammed the state-run broadcaster Rai for inviting the family of mafia boss Vittorio Casamonica, whose lavish funeral sparked outrage last month, to appear on one of its shows. https://www.thelocal.it/20150909/rome-mayor-slams-rai-mafia-family-interview Wed, 09 Sep 2015 18:48:08 +0200 rome-mayor-slams-rai-mafia-family-interview Matteo Vitaioli blasted home a free kick on Tuesday evening in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius to score San Marino's first competitive away goal in fourteen years. https://www.thelocal.it/20150909/screamer-breaks-san-marinos-14-year-drought Wed, 09 Sep 2015 18:05:49 +0200 screamer-breaks-san-marinos-14-year-drought Italian financial police said on Thursday they were looking into the movement of around €33 billion over a five year period between the country and the small republic of San Marino, a former tax haven in the middle of Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20150807/italy-probing-transfers-of-33bn-euros-with-san-marino Fri, 07 Aug 2015 09:52:57 +0200 italy-probing-transfers-of-33bn-euros-with-san-marino Rome Mayor Ignazio Marino is considering increasing fines for those caught jumping into the city’s fountains as part of a plan that will also see €50,000 injected into sprucing the treasured monuments up. https://www.thelocal.it/20150805/rome-mulls-hiking-fines-for-fountain-dips Wed, 05 Aug 2015 12:23:09 +0200 rome-mulls-hiking-fines-for-fountain-dips Rome receives the second-largest number of refugees among Italian cities, but Mayor Ignazio Marino has warned that the Italian capital is reaching saturation point. https://www.thelocal.it/20150804/rome-too-overcrowded-for-more-migrants-mayor Tue, 04 Aug 2015 16:05:33 +0200 rome-too-overcrowded-for-more-migrants-mayor It boasts some of the most prized archaeological sites in the world, but modern-day Rome, plagued by the mafia, has descended into a grimy and dishevelled chaos where its beleaguered mayor is fighting for his political life. https://www.thelocal.it/20150728/rome-mayor-fights-for-survival-amid-eternal-city-chaos Tue, 28 Jul 2015 17:41:03 +0200 rome-mayor-fights-for-survival-amid-eternal-city-chaos Rome Mayor Ignazio Marino said he would reshuffle his council executive amid mounting pressure - from home and abroad - over the Italian capital's decay. https://www.thelocal.it/20150727/rome-degradation-prompts-council-reshuffle Mon, 27 Jul 2015 17:59:57 +0200 rome-degradation-prompts-council-reshuffle UPDATED: Three people have been detained for manslaughter after a five-year-old boy died on Thursday when he fell into the lift shaft at a metro stop in Rome. https://www.thelocal.it/20150710/boy-5-killed-after-falling-into-rome-metro-lift-shaft Fri, 10 Jul 2015 10:32:49 +0200 boy-5-killed-after-falling-into-rome-metro-lift-shaft Serie A club Roma unveiled proposals on Monday for a new state-of-the-art stadium that is part of their ambition to "become one of the most successful football clubs in the world". https://www.thelocal.it/20150615/rome-unveil-ambitious-new-stadium-project Mon, 15 Jun 2015 16:23:10 +0200 rome-unveil-ambitious-new-stadium-project Rome Mayor Ignazio Marino on Friday said he was considering adopting a security escort, just days after police announced a widespread operation into a mafia organization at city hall. https://www.thelocal.it/20141205/rome-mayor-mulls-bodyguards-after-mafia-probe Fri, 05 Dec 2014 17:41:00 +0100 rome-mayor-mulls-bodyguards-after-mafia-probe