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 Just as traffic got moving again in Italy on Monday, May 4th, many city roads across the country ground to a standstill again due to tailbacks as people rushed to pick up a McDonald's for the first time in months. https://www.thelocal.it/20200507/traffic-jams-across-italian-cities-as-mcdonalds-reopens-under-phase-two Thu, 07 May 2020 13:22:06 +0200 traffic-jams-across-italian-cities-as-mcdonalds-reopens-under-phase-two Italy's culture minister has put the kibosh on plans to build a mega McDonald's next to Rome's ancient Baths of Caracalla. https://www.thelocal.it/20190731/italy-rome-mcdonalds-terme-di-caracalla-cancelled Wed, 31 Jul 2019 14:42:28 +0200 italy-rome-mcdonalds-terme-di-caracalla-cancelled Rome's mayor has called for a halt to the construction of a new McDonald's next to the Baths of Caracalla after saying she only learned about the project after reading about it in local media. https://www.thelocal.it/20190726/rome-vs-mcdonalds-city-fights-latest-opening-in-historic-centre Fri, 26 Jul 2019 14:46:26 +0200 rome-vs-mcdonalds-city-fights-latest-opening-in-historic-centre A photo of former Italian premier and billionaire businessman Silvio Berlusconi eating at a McDonald's restaurant has gone viral in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20170309/this-picture-of-berlusconi-in-mcdonalds-has-gone-viral-in-italy Thu, 09 Mar 2017 10:44:59 +0100 this-picture-of-berlusconi-in-mcdonalds-has-gone-viral-in-italy On Tuesday, a new McDonald's restaurant opened in Italy with one added extra that wasn't on the menu: an ancient Roman road, complete with three skeletons. https://www.thelocal.it/20170223/mcdonalds-opens-restaurant-museum-over-ancient-roman-road Thu, 23 Feb 2017 11:33:54 +0100 mcdonalds-opens-restaurant-museum-over-ancient-roman-road A McDonald's restaurant which was labelled "perverse" for opening in a Vatican-owned property, has revealed that it will give out thousands of free meals to the local homeless community. https://www.thelocal.it/20170112/controversial-vatican-mcdonalds-hands-out-free-meals-to-the-homeless Thu, 12 Jan 2017 10:52:05 +0100 controversial-vatican-mcdonalds-hands-out-free-meals-to-the-homeless A controversial McDonald's restaurant has opened just metres from Rome's Vatican, despite fierce protests from locals and cardinals. https://www.thelocal.it/20170103/mcdonalds-opens-by-the-vatican-despite-protests Tue, 03 Jan 2017 17:51:14 +0100 mcdonalds-opens-by-the-vatican-despite-protests Hard on the heels of stoking anger over plans to open a restaurant in the Vatican, McDonald's has filed a $20-million lawsuit against Florence for blocking a proposed outlet in the city's most revered square. https://www.thelocal.it/20161108/mcdonalds-sues-florence-for-20-mn-over-site-refusal Tue, 08 Nov 2016 09:47:50 +0100 mcdonalds-sues-florence-for-20-mn-over-site-refusal The new McVatican comes with a side order of outrage. https://www.thelocal.it/20161015/cardinals-up-in-arms-over-st-peters-square-mcdonalds Sat, 15 Oct 2016 13:49:30 +0200 cardinals-up-in-arms-over-st-peters-square-mcdonalds Florence's Piazza del Duomo is one of the most visited squares in Europe, famed for its Renaissance architecture and impressive cathedral. And a plan to add the McDonald's golden arches to the skyline has not gone down well with locals. https://www.thelocal.it/20160623/florence-not-lovin-the-idea-of-mcdonalds-in-historic-city-centre Thu, 23 Jun 2016 14:00:44 +0200 florence-not-lovin-the-idea-of-mcdonalds-in-historic-city-centre Love them or loathe them, fast food chains are spreading their wings across Italy, and the thousands of new jobs they bring are likely to be fiercely contested by young Italians. https://www.thelocal.it/20160420/are-young-italians-stuck-in-the-fast-food-job-trap-mcdonalds-burger-king-starbucks Wed, 20 Apr 2016 15:30:01 +0200 are-young-italians-stuck-in-the-fast-food-job-trap-mcdonalds-burger-king-starbucks Consumer associations in Italy have accused US fast food giant McDonald's of tax evasion. https://www.thelocal.it/20151001/italy-consumers-accuse-mcdonalds-of-tax-evasion Thu, 01 Oct 2015 16:37:37 +0200 italy-consumers-accuse-mcdonalds-of-tax-evasion 1,749 people have so far applied for 30 jobs at a fourth McDonald's fastfood outlet set to open in the Venice suburb of Mestre. https://www.thelocal.it/20141028/1749-apply-for-30-jobs-at-mcdonalds-in-venice Tue, 28 Oct 2014 15:08:00 +0100 1749-apply-for-30-jobs-at-mcdonalds-in-venice With a turnover of €53 billion in 2013, the 'Ndrangheta mafia from southern Italy made more money last year than Deutsche Bank and McDonald's put together, a new study said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140327/mafia-earns-more-than-mcdonalds-study Thu, 27 Mar 2014 09:49:00 +0100 mafia-earns-more-than-mcdonalds-study