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 UPDATED: Italy's President Sergio Mattarella began talks with political leaders on Wednesday in a bid to form a new coalition, after the country's prime minister resigned, plunging the country into political limbo. https://www.thelocal.it/20190821/italy-in-limbo-president-mattarella-starts-government-talks-after-pm-resignation Wed, 21 Aug 2019 11:20:44 +0200 italy-in-limbo-president-mattarella-starts-government-talks-after-pm-resignation A contested high-speed train line between Italy and France must go ahead, Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said on Thursday, setting his party on a collision course with its governing partner. https://www.thelocal.it/20190125/high-speed-turin-to-lyon-train-line-tav-salvini Fri, 25 Jan 2019 09:49:22 +0100 high-speed-turin-to-lyon-train-line-tav-salvini Italy's far-right Northern League party signed a deal with Russia this week, as the Kremlin continues to forge links with Europe's populist parties. https://www.thelocal.it/20170308/italys-northern-league-cosying-up-to-russia Wed, 08 Mar 2017 11:47:29 +0100 italys-northern-league-cosying-up-to-russia Paolo Gentiloni, the man named on Sunday as Italy's new prime minister, is a trusted ally of his predecessor Matteo Renzi, to whom he owes his rise to the summit of national politics. https://www.thelocal.it/20161212/paolo-gentiloni-a-renzi-ally-plucked-from-obscurity Mon, 12 Dec 2016 10:39:18 +0100 paolo-gentiloni-a-renzi-ally-plucked-from-obscurity Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has pledged general elections in 2018 regardless of the outcome of the upcoming referendum on constitutional reform. https://www.thelocal.it/20160822/renzi-vows-2018-elections-regardless-of-vote-outcome Mon, 22 Aug 2016 12:32:12 +0200 renzi-vows-2018-elections-regardless-of-vote-outcome Hardline Napoli supporters have pledged to get revenge against the “Roman bastard” who shot Ciro Esposito, who remains critically ill in hospital, ahead of a football game in Rome last Saturday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140507/napoli-fans-want-revenge-over-football-shooting Wed, 07 May 2014 13:47:00 +0200 napoli-fans-want-revenge-over-football-shooting A 30-year-old Napoli fan, who was shot outside Rome’s Olympic Stadium ahead of a football match on Saturday night, was arrested shortly after having a life-saving operation. https://www.thelocal.it/20140505/napoli-fan-arrested-after-life-saving-operation Mon, 05 May 2014 13:11:00 +0200 napoli-fan-arrested-after-life-saving-operation The Italian Cup final between Fiorentina and Napoli was delayed on Saturday following pre-match shootings, with reports suggesting four men had been injured, one seriously. https://www.thelocal.it/20140503/four-men-shot-ahead-of-rome-football-game-reports Sun, 04 May 2014 00:17:00 +0200 four-men-shot-ahead-of-rome-football-game-reports