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 Italy's highest court has upheld a ruling to confiscate 49 million euros from Italy's ruling League party, ordered after the far-right movement was convicted of fraud. https://www.thelocal.it/20190807/italys-top-court-upholds-order-to-seize-49-million-from-league-party Wed, 07 Aug 2019 17:15:35 +0200 italys-top-court-upholds-order-to-seize-49-million-from-league-party Italy's League on Tuesday reached an agreement with prosecutors in Genoa that would allow the party to pay back millions of euros in illegally obtained funds over many decades. https://www.thelocal.it/20180919/italy-league-agrees-to-pay-back-missing-millions-slowly Wed, 19 Sep 2018 10:56:53 +0200 italy-league-agrees-to-pay-back-missing-millions-slowly The leader of Italy's far-right party, Matteo Salvini, repeated the slogan 'Italians first' in a TV interview in which he laid out plans to expel hundreds of thousands of illegal migrants. https://www.thelocal.it/20180124/italians-first-far-right-northern-league-matteo-salvini-donald-trump-2018-election Wed, 24 Jan 2018 14:12:55 +0100 italians-first-far-right-northern-league-matteo-salvini-donald-trump-2018-election UPDATED: Italy's government vowed on Sunday to defend far-right Northern League leader Matteo Salvini's right to free speech after violent clashes marred his first rally in Naples, proud capital of the country's poor south. https://www.thelocal.it/20170312/anti-far-right-clashes-in-naples-trigger-political-storm Sun, 12 Mar 2017 12:34:27 +0100 anti-far-right-clashes-in-naples-trigger-political-storm An Italian restaurant owner who shot a burglar dead is being investigated for voluntary manslaughter, sparking calls on Saturday for changes to the country's law covering self-defence killings. https://www.thelocal.it/20170311/italy-row-over-self-defence-after-burglar-shot-dead Sat, 11 Mar 2017 16:33:03 +0100 italy-row-over-self-defence-after-burglar-shot-dead Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Tuesday vowed to rebuild the entire region flattened by Sunday's earthquake as the country's main farming union called for help. https://www.thelocal.it/20161102/italys-pm-vows-to-rebuild-devastated-quake-region Wed, 02 Nov 2016 10:02:14 +0100 italys-pm-vows-to-rebuild-devastated-quake-region Italy has vowed to rebuild every single home destroyed in Wednesday's powerful earthquake, but for the inhabitants of the central Italian towns and villages affected by the disaster, it will be a long time before life can return to normal. https://www.thelocal.it/20161028/over-100-aftershocks-felt-in-central-italy-overnight-after-quake Fri, 28 Oct 2016 10:53:37 +0200 over-100-aftershocks-felt-in-central-italy-overnight-after-quake Italy is not ready to pretend everything is alright when Europe is not functioning properly, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said Saturday, the day after a key EU gathering. https://www.thelocal.it/20160917/italy-pm-not-satisfied-over-eu-summit Sat, 17 Sep 2016 23:35:36 +0200 italy-pm-not-satisfied-over-eu-summit With Britain soon out of the way, Italy is looking like a bigger European player. But will Europe's daunting problems overwhelm the 'big three'? Angela Giuffrida reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20160901/eu-italy-big-league-germany-france-brexit Thu, 01 Sep 2016 19:19:17 +0200 eu-italy-big-league-germany-france-brexit Britain's exit from the European Union will not lead to the demise of the bloc, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi vowed on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160822/italian-pm-says-eu-not-finished-after-brexit Mon, 22 Aug 2016 20:55:43 +0200 italian-pm-says-eu-not-finished-after-brexit Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi will meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande on an Italian island on Monday to discuss the EU's way forward after Britain's shock vote to quit the bloc. https://www.thelocal.it/20160818/eu-leaders-to-meet-on-italian-island-for-brexit-talks Thu, 18 Aug 2016 10:24:00 +0200 eu-leaders-to-meet-on-italian-island-for-brexit-talks Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has admitted he was wrong to stake his leadership on the pivotal referendum on constitutional reform, while adding that the changes would save the government €500 million. https://www.thelocal.it/20160810/renzi-admits-mistake-to-stake-leadership-on-crucial-vote Wed, 10 Aug 2016 17:01:56 +0200 renzi-admits-mistake-to-stake-leadership-on-crucial-vote Prime Minister Matteo Renzi now has 60 days to set a date for a public vote on constitutional reform after it was given the go-ahead by the Court of Cassation on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160808/italys-top-court-approves-public-vote-on-political-revamp Mon, 08 Aug 2016 17:29:29 +0200 italys-top-court-approves-public-vote-on-political-revamp Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is convinced his government will win an upcoming referendum on constitutional reform, the outcome of which could have a more destabilizing impact on Europe than Brexit if it doesn’t go his way, experts say. https://www.thelocal.it/20160803/renzi-vows-to-win-vote-on-which-he-staked-his-leadership-italian-prime-minister-referendum Wed, 03 Aug 2016 11:57:42 +0200 renzi-vows-to-win-vote-on-which-he-staked-his-leadership-italian-prime-minister-referendum Italian Prime Minister says Europe must react to Brexit's "wake-up" call by ending austerity. https://www.thelocal.it/20160627/italy-heed-brexit-wake-up-call-and-end-austerity Mon, 27 Jun 2016 12:31:00 +0200 italy-heed-brexit-wake-up-call-and-end-austerity Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Friday that a British exit from the EU would be more harmful to Britons than the 28-nation bloc. https://www.thelocal.it/20160617/brexit-would-be-a-bigger-problem-for-britain-than-the-eu-renzi Fri, 17 Jun 2016 15:21:29 +0200 brexit-would-be-a-bigger-problem-for-britain-than-the-eu-renzi Prime Minister Matteo Renzi declared on Wednesday that the “good times are over” for time clock cheats after the cabinet passed a law that will make it easier to sack work-shy public sector staff. https://www.thelocal.it/20160616/italy-finally-calls-time-on-work-shy-public-workers Thu, 16 Jun 2016 09:55:04 +0200 italy-finally-calls-time-on-work-shy-public-workers Matteo Salvini, the leader of Italy’s far-right Northern League, has for months trumpeted a flourishing friendship with Donald Trump, the man hoping to become the next US President. But Salvini has been snubbed by his American idol. https://www.thelocal.it/20160601/donald-trump-denies-even-knowing-his-number-one-italian-fan-matteo-salvini-northern-league-far-right Wed, 01 Jun 2016 15:47:08 +0200 donald-trump-denies-even-knowing-his-number-one-italian-fan-matteo-salvini-northern-league-far-right Protesters opposing Italy's far-right Northern League party stormed a bookshop in Bologna on Thursday, destroying copies of a new autobiography by party leader, Matteo Salvini. https://www.thelocal.it/20160506/protesters-destroy-far-right-leaders-new-tome-in-bookshop-raid Fri, 06 May 2016 11:21:15 +0200 protesters-destroy-far-right-leaders-new-tome-in-bookshop-raid Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has taken another swipe at Austria over its plans to reinstate border controls at the Brenner pass, saying its position towards the refugee crisis is “anachronistic”. https://www.thelocal.it/20160506/renzi-lashes-out-at-anachronistic-austria-over-border-plan Fri, 06 May 2016 10:36:15 +0200 renzi-lashes-out-at-anachronistic-austria-over-border-plan