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 Almost 84 percent of people in Italy say they feel prepared for a new health emergency, while 80 percent overall support the new rules making masks mandatory at all times in public. https://www.thelocal.it/20201016/most-people-in-italy-ready-to-face-a-second-wave-study-finds Fri, 16 Oct 2020 14:54:56 +0200 most-people-in-italy-ready-to-face-a-second-wave-study-finds Children 6 and over and all adults will have to wear face masks on all European flights after EU transport ministers agreed new security measures to battle the spread of coronavirus. https://www.thelocal.it/20200724/eu-to-make-face-masks-compulsory-on-all-european-flights Fri, 24 Jul 2020 11:52:37 +0200 eu-to-make-face-masks-compulsory-on-all-european-flights Face masks became mandatory in Germany at the end of April, but how effective are they? A new study highlighting the eastern city of Jena sheds some light on the controversial measure. https://www.thelocal.it/20200709/how-face-masks-have-helped-slow-down-the-spread-of-coronavirus-in-germany Thu, 09 Jul 2020 17:26:31 +0200 how-face-masks-have-helped-slow-down-the-spread-of-coronavirus-in-germany Two brothers were arrested on Monday on suspicion of robbing around 20 cash machines near the northern Italian city of Turin while donning masks of US President Donald Trump. https://www.thelocal.it/20170725/italian-brothers-don-trump-masks-for-cash-machine-heists Tue, 25 Jul 2017 11:46:02 +0200 italian-brothers-don-trump-masks-for-cash-machine-heists More than two million carnival masks and costumes which put people’s health at risk have been seized in Rome, the city’s financial police said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140224/carnival-costumes-a-health-threat-in-rome Mon, 24 Feb 2014 11:41:00 +0100 carnival-costumes-a-health-threat-in-rome