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 They say entrepreneurial spirit flourishes in the face of great adversity and Barikamà, an organic yoghurt business which employs six former asylum seekers in Rome, is the perfect example. https://www.thelocal.it/20160708/from-asylum-seeker-in-italy-to-organic-yoghurt-entrepreneur Fri, 08 Jul 2016 11:47:33 +0200 from-asylum-seeker-in-italy-to-organic-yoghurt-entrepreneur Germany's interior minister on Friday put the onus on Italy to halt a new mass influx of migrants to northern Europe, lending backing to Austria in a row with Rome. https://www.thelocal.it/20160429/germany-joins-austria-to-press-italy-on-migrant-influx Fri, 29 Apr 2016 16:49:12 +0200 germany-joins-austria-to-press-italy-on-migrant-influx The Italian region of Puglia fears as many as 150,000 migrants could arrive from Greece after Serbia and Macedonia closed their borders on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160310/italy-fears-up-to-140k-migrants-could-arrive-as-balkan-route-closes Thu, 10 Mar 2016 13:53:06 +0100 italy-fears-up-to-140k-migrants-could-arrive-as-balkan-route-closes An Italian court Tuesday ruled that marriages of gay couples who wed abroad can't be registered in Italy, sparking an angry reaction from cities which had defied the government to recognize the unions. https://www.thelocal.it/20151028/gay-marriages-cannot-be-registered-in-italy-court Wed, 28 Oct 2015 09:15:25 +0100 gay-marriages-cannot-be-registered-in-italy-court Calls have mounted for a military response to the Mediterranean migrant crisis, but experts say such plans are totally unworkable and mark an attempt to militarize what should be a purely humanitarian problem. https://www.thelocal.it/20150423/experts-warn-against-military-response-in-med Thu, 23 Apr 2015 10:42:08 +0200 experts-warn-against-military-response-in-med Italy is enforcing smoking bans in public places well, while in Germany compliance is limited and there are still “massive violations”, a report found this week. https://www.thelocal.it/20150416/italians-obey-smoking-ban-more-than-germans Thu, 16 Apr 2015 13:00:00 +0200 italians-obey-smoking-ban-more-than-germans UPDATED: The Italian navy took control of a drifting cargo ship filled with 450 migrants drifting off the coast of Calabria on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150102/italy-mounts-rescue-for-drifting-migrant-ship Fri, 02 Jan 2015 10:06:00 +0100 italy-mounts-rescue-for-drifting-migrant-ship An Italian MEP this week called for brothels to be reopened, suggesting a red light district should be created in Milan. https://www.thelocal.it/20140313/mep-calls-for-milan-red-light-district Thu, 13 Mar 2014 15:50:00 +0100 mep-calls-for-milan-red-light-district Versace is seeking a minority investor, a spokesman at the Italian fashion house still 100-percent by the Versace family confirmed on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20130918/versace-in-search-of-minority-shareholder Wed, 18 Sep 2013 20:05:00 +0200 versace-in-search-of-minority-shareholder