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 A banner with an anti-Semitic slur daubed on it was hung outside a park in Rome, on the night before Holocaust Memorial Day. https://www.thelocal.it/20150127/rome-anti-semitism-mars-holocaust-memorial-day Tue, 27 Jan 2015 11:59:00 +0100 rome-anti-semitism-mars-holocaust-memorial-day A man whose son died aged 20 has had his remains exhumed and cremated, so that his ashes could be transformed into a diamond. The case is thought to be the first of its kind in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20131220/italian-man-turns-sons-remains-into-diamond Fri, 20 Dec 2013 13:26:00 +0100 italian-man-turns-sons-remains-into-diamond Italy held a ceremony in honour of the victims of an asylum shipwreck on Monday, amid protests from survivors and relatives who slammed the government for keeping them away. https://www.thelocal.it/20131022/protests-mar-ceremony-for-shipwreck-dead Tue, 22 Oct 2013 10:59:00 +0200 protests-mar-ceremony-for-shipwreck-dead