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 Rescue vessels in the Mediterranean worked flat out on Friday to rescue over 2,000 people from flimsy dinghies as exhausted saviours accused the EU of turning a blind eye to the crisis. https://www.thelocal.it/20170415/frenzied-rescues-in-med-save-over-2000-migrants Sat, 15 Apr 2017 12:03:13 +0200 frenzied-rescues-in-med-save-over-2000-migrants About 146 migrants are feared missing after their boat capsized after leaving Libya, according to a Gambian man who was rescued following the disaster, the United Nations' refugee agency said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170329/146-migrants-feared-missing-after-boat-capsizes-in-med-un-agency Wed, 29 Mar 2017 16:27:24 +0200 146-migrants-feared-missing-after-boat-capsizes-in-med-un-agency About 730 migrants were rescued off the Libyan coast on Wednesday after seven rescue operations mounted by the Italian coast guard and the SOS Mediterranee aid group. https://www.thelocal.it/20170223/italys-coastguard-rescues-another-700-people-off-libyan-coast Thu, 23 Feb 2017 10:13:55 +0100 italys-coastguard-rescues-another-700-people-off-libyan-coast Italy's coast guard has rescued about 630 migrants off the coast of Libya who were trying to cross the Mediterranean. https://www.thelocal.it/20170222/italy-rescued-hundreds-of-people-off-the-libyan-coast-last-night Wed, 22 Feb 2017 09:55:48 +0100 italy-rescued-hundreds-of-people-off-the-libyan-coast-last-night The Italian coastguard said that 1,725 migrants were rescued off the Libyan coast on Thursday, bringing the total number saved since Sunday to at least 14,000. https://www.thelocal.it/20160902/14000-migrants-saved-in-med-in-five-days Fri, 02 Sep 2016 10:39:40 +0200 14000-migrants-saved-in-med-in-five-days Rescue teams who pulled over 550 migrants to safety from rickety vessels in the Mediterranean on Wednesday said they had recovered 22 bodies from a dinghy. https://www.thelocal.it/20160721/over-20-migrant-bodies-found-on-dinghy-in-med Thu, 21 Jul 2016 10:21:14 +0200 over-20-migrant-bodies-found-on-dinghy-in-med The Italian manufacturer of pacemakers Sorin on Thursday announced it plans to merge with US medical device firm Cyberonics, creating a new company valued at around €2.4 billion. https://www.thelocal.it/20150226/italy-us-medical-merger-to-create-24bn-firm Thu, 26 Feb 2015 14:24:00 +0100 italy-us-medical-merger-to-create-24bn-firm A Chinese conglomerate, Fosun, has sweetened its bid to win control of French holiday group Club Med, coming in higher than a rival offer from an Italian businessmen, market and corporate sources told AFP on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141201/chinese-eclipse-italian-bid-for-club-med Mon, 01 Dec 2014 14:00:37 +0100 chinese-eclipse-italian-bid-for-club-med The number of migrants drowning in the Mediterranean amounts to “a war”, the president of Italy’s lower house of parliament, Laura Boldrini, said on Friday as this year’s death toll topped 2,500. https://www.thelocal.it/20140926/migrant-boat-deaths-amount-to-war-boldrini Fri, 26 Sep 2014 17:17:00 +0200 migrant-boat-deaths-amount-to-war-boldrini Egyptian and Syrian drug traffickers set fire to their own ship carrying 30 tons of hashish after being intercepted by Italian maritime patrols, the Italian police said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.it/20130908/traffickers-set-30-tonne-drug-cargo-ablaze-in-med Sun, 08 Sep 2013 12:14:52 +0200 traffickers-set-30-tonne-drug-cargo-ablaze-in-med So a sentence has been upheld in Silvio Berlusconi's tax fraud case. But what will it mean for him exactly? https://www.thelocal.it/20130802/berlusconi-could-find-himself-stacking-shelves Fri, 02 Aug 2013 14:59:00 +0200 berlusconi-could-find-himself-stacking-shelves