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 may be a fascinating place, but why isn't the country's media more interested in international stories and perspectives too? Silvia Marchetti explains. https://www.thelocal.it/20211020/analysis-why-doesnt-italys-media-look-beyond-the-countrys-borders Wed, 20 Oct 2021 20:52:20 +0200 analysis-why-doesnt-italys-media-look-beyond-the-countrys-borders Italy's state broadcaster Rai has been on the defensive after accusations of censorship and homophobia from a popular tattooed rapper made front-page news on Monday.  https://www.thelocal.it/20210503/explained-what-is-italys-public-tv-censorship-row-all-about Mon, 03 May 2021 20:57:24 +0200 explained-what-is-italys-public-tv-censorship-row-all-about Italian state broadcaster Rai has opened an investigation into why one of its shows on Tuesday offered female viewers advice on how to look sexy while shopping in the supermarket. https://www.thelocal.it/20201125/italian-tv-show-investigated-after-outrage-over-sexy-shopping-tutorial Wed, 25 Nov 2020 18:53:57 +0100 italian-tv-show-investigated-after-outrage-over-sexy-shopping-tutorial An 85-year-old Italian press magnate says there's a gap in the market for a "progressive, liberal" newspaper in Italy - and he plans to launch one in the middle of the country's worst economic crisis since World War Two. https://www.thelocal.it/20200616/italian-businessman-to-launch-new-pro-europe-newspaper-amid-financial-crisis Tue, 16 Jun 2020 18:02:47 +0200 italian-businessman-to-launch-new-pro-europe-newspaper-amid-financial-crisis Every morning, the instantly recognisable whirr of Andrea Carbini's three-wheeler fills this Milan square, where he throws open his mobile newsagent's doors for a news-hungry and largely elderly clientele. https://www.thelocal.it/20200206/how-a-three-wheeled-newsagent-hopes-to-help-keep-italians-reading Thu, 06 Feb 2020 14:19:52 +0100 how-a-three-wheeled-newsagent-hopes-to-help-keep-italians-reading The Italian newspaper Corriere dello Sport has been widely condemned over a front page story headlined “Black Friday” about the football players Romelu Lukaku and Chris Smalling. https://www.thelocal.it/20191205/italian-newspaper-defends-black-friday-headline-on-footballers-lukaku-and-smalling Thu, 05 Dec 2019 15:11:56 +0100 italian-newspaper-defends-black-friday-headline-on-footballers-lukaku-and-smalling Freedom of the press is not something you can take for granted in Italy. On World Press Freedom Day, The Local takes a look at the main issues affecting Italian media. https://www.thelocal.it/20190503/what-you-need-to-know-about-press-freedom-in-italy-in-2019 Fri, 03 May 2019 18:36:35 +0200 what-you-need-to-know-about-press-freedom-in-italy-in-2019 Press freedom in Italy "clearly deterioriated" in 2018 and the country now has the highest number of threats to journalists in Europe, a new report said today. https://www.thelocal.it/20190212/government-to-blame-for-decline-in-italian-press-freedom-eu-report Tue, 12 Feb 2019 16:00:57 +0100 government-to-blame-for-decline-in-italian-press-freedom-eu-report The conspiracy theorist journalist nominated to head Italian state broadcaster RAI said on Thursday he will take the post for now, despite a parliamentary commission rejecting him. https://www.thelocal.it/20180803/controversial-conspiracy-theorist-journalist-to-head-italys-state-broadcaster-despite-political-dispute Fri, 03 Aug 2018 13:27:41 +0200 controversial-conspiracy-theorist-journalist-to-head-italys-state-broadcaster-despite-political-dispute The nomination of a far-right conspiracy theorist as the new head of Italy’s publicly-funded state broadcaster RAI was rejected today after parliamentary opposition led by Silvio Berlusconi. https://www.thelocal.it/20180801/salvini-backs-conspiracy-theorist-as-head-of-italian-state-broadcaster Wed, 01 Aug 2018 18:12:06 +0200 salvini-backs-conspiracy-theorist-as-head-of-italian-state-broadcaster Pope Francis has appointed an Italian television journalist as the Vatican's first ever lay communications officer, the Holy See said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180705/the-vatican-gets-its-first-ever-lay-communications-officer Thu, 05 Jul 2018 18:58:10 +0200 the-vatican-gets-its-first-ever-lay-communications-officer A notorious Italian mobster, Roberto Spada, was sentenced on Monday to six years in jail for violently assaulting a journalist during an interview in 2017, the video of which immediately went viral. https://www.thelocal.it/20180619/italy-mafia-roberto-spada-jailed-attack-on-journalist-daniele-piervincenzi Tue, 19 Jun 2018 10:45:14 +0200 italy-mafia-roberto-spada-jailed-attack-on-journalist-daniele-piervincenzi Political uncertainty is nothing new in Italy, but the latest developments are dramatic even by Italian standards. https://www.thelocal.it/20180529/how-italian-and-international-press-reacted-to-unprecedented-political-crisis Tue, 29 May 2018 13:00:26 +0200 how-italian-and-international-press-reacted-to-unprecedented-political-crisis Freedom of press has been enshrined in Italian law for over 150 years, but it's not something we should take for granted. On World Press Freedom Day, The Local takes a look at some of the main issues affecting freedom of the media in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20180503/press-freedom-in-italy-six-key-things-to-know Thu, 03 May 2018 15:04:10 +0200 press-freedom-in-italy-six-key-things-to-know There were many factors behind the rise in support for Italy's populist parties in the election on Sunday -- but could fake news have played a part in influencing the result? Filippo Trevisan studies the impact of the internet and social media on politics, and explains how changes in the media landscape affected the vote. https://www.thelocal.it/20180307/impact-fake-news-social-media-russia-italian-election-result Wed, 07 Mar 2018 10:57:57 +0100 impact-fake-news-social-media-russia-italian-election-result Italy's governing centre-left Democratic Party has seen disappointing losses in the election result, while the populist League and Five Star Movement have had remarkable gains. Here's how the world's press reacted to the vote. https://www.thelocal.it/20180305/italian-election-results-how-international-press-reacted Mon, 05 Mar 2018 09:41:09 +0100 italian-election-results-how-international-press-reacted Italy's communications regulator warned of a rise in fake news and disinformation in the country in a new report, less than two weeks before a general election. https://www.thelocal.it/20180220/fake-news-spread-italy-agcom-election Tue, 20 Feb 2018 11:25:39 +0100 fake-news-spread-italy-agcom-election Pope Francis warned on Wednesday against the temptation of fake news, drawing a parallel between ethically compromised journalism and the biblical tale of Adam, Eve, the snake and the forbidden fruit. https://www.thelocal.it/20180125/pope-francis-rails-against-virus-of-fake-news-calls-for-a-journalism-of-peace Thu, 25 Jan 2018 09:29:58 +0100 pope-francis-rails-against-virus-of-fake-news-calls-for-a-journalism-of-peace An Italian newspaper editor has been acquitted of wrongdoing over a headline printed after the 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris, which labelled the killers 'Islamic bastards'. https://www.thelocal.it/20171219/italian-newspaper-libero-quotidiano-maurizio-belpietro-acquitted-headline Tue, 19 Dec 2017 15:48:29 +0100 italian-newspaper-libero-quotidiano-maurizio-belpietro-acquitted-headline Journalists at La Repubblica and L’Espresso saw their offices targeted by supporters of Italy’s Forza Nuova on Wednesday evening in what the far-right party called the start of a “war” against the left. https://www.thelocal.it/20171207/italy-newspaper-repubblica-espresso-forza-nuova Thu, 07 Dec 2017 14:42:22 +0100 italy-newspaper-repubblica-espresso-forza-nuova