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 Was William Shakespeare really a Sicilian linguist called John Florio? That's what one team of specialist researchers believes, and their theory is now the basis for a new television show being made by Italian filmmaker Stefano Reali. https://www.thelocal.it/20190326/shakespeare-was-from-sicily-claims-new-italian-tv-show Tue, 26 Mar 2019 13:38:27 +0100 shakespeare-was-from-sicily-claims-new-italian-tv-show A 4.2 magnitude earthquake hit the southern Italian region of Calabria, the “toe” of Italy’s boot, at 7.24am local time Friday morning. https://www.thelocal.it/20180928/42-magnitude-earthquake-hits-calabria-none-harmed Fri, 28 Sep 2018 16:35:00 +0200 42-magnitude-earthquake-hits-calabria-none-harmed An Italian appeals court has convicted two prosecutors for failing to recognize the danger posed by a man who went on to kill his wife. https://www.thelocal.it/20170614/italian-prosecutors-sentenced-over-death-of-domestic-abuse-victim-who-reported-abuser-12-times Wed, 14 Jun 2017 13:20:37 +0200 italian-prosecutors-sentenced-over-death-of-domestic-abuse-victim-who-reported-abuser-12-times Italian premier Matteo Renzi on Tuesday revived a controversial idea of a bridge connecting Sicily to mainland Italy, saying it would "take Calabria out of isolation". https://www.thelocal.it/20160927/renzi-revives-idea-of-a-bridge-to-sicily Tue, 27 Sep 2016 16:58:27 +0200 renzi-revives-idea-of-a-bridge-to-sicily Italy has never realized its 2000 year-old dream of linking Sicily with the mainland, but a team of architects and engineers might have found the answer: a giant cable car. https://www.thelocal.it/20160609/italy-mulls-building-cable-car-to-sicily-after-doomed-bridge-plans Thu, 09 Jun 2016 12:07:00 +0200 italy-mulls-building-cable-car-to-sicily-after-doomed-bridge-plans Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has vowed to revive the oft-mooted ambitious plans to connect Sicily to mainland Italy via a bridge over the Strait of Messina. https://www.thelocal.it/20151106/renzi-revives-controversial-sicily-bridge-plans Fri, 06 Nov 2015 15:47:03 +0100 renzi-revives-controversial-sicily-bridge-plans An Italian prosecutor who has been hunting the fugitive head of the Sicilian mafia for the past 10 years says he has eluded capture because he is "protected at a very high level". https://www.thelocal.it/20150805/fugitive-mafia-godfather-protected-at-high-level Wed, 05 Aug 2015 10:11:57 +0200 fugitive-mafia-godfather-protected-at-high-level The caretaker of a school in Messina, Sicily's third-largest city, was arrested over the weekend for allegedly abusing a six-year-old girl. https://www.thelocal.it/20140317/school-caretaker-abused-girl-in-toilet Mon, 17 Mar 2014 12:12:00 +0100 school-caretaker-abused-girl-in-toilet A pair of thieves got a shock when they tried to rob a jewellery shop in Sicily, CCTV footage has shown. https://www.thelocal.it/20130923/video-jeweller-saves-shop-from-robbers-heist Mon, 23 Sep 2013 19:23:00 +0200 video-jeweller-saves-shop-from-robbers-heist The funeral of an Italian man killed in a rail crash in Spain, which left 79 people dead, will be held in Sicily on Tuesday evening. https://www.thelocal.it/20130730/italian-killed-in-spanish-rail-crash-buried-in-sicily Tue, 30 Jul 2013 14:02:00 +0200 italian-killed-in-spanish-rail-crash-buried-in-sicily