The Local Italy 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 threatens to stop paying into EU unless bloc takes in stranded migrants Italy's deputy prime minister has threatened to pull the country's EU funding if the bloc does not come to the aid of 150 people stranded aboard an Italian coastguard ship, drawing a rebuke from Brussels. https://www.thelocal.it/20180824/italy-will-stop-paying-into-eu-unless-bloc-takes-in-stranded-migrants-deputy-pm Fri, 24 Aug 2018 16:45:25 +0200 italy-will-stop-paying-into-eu-unless-bloc-takes-in-stranded-migrants-deputy-pm Nearly 200 rescued migrants held aboard Italian coastguard ship docked in Sicily Close to 200 people rescued from the Mediterranean remained onboard the Italian coastguard ship Diciotti on Tuesday, despite the government permitting the vessel to dock in Sicily. https://www.thelocal.it/20180821/diciotti-italian-coastguard-ship-rescued-migrants-sicily Tue, 21 Aug 2018 17:20:48 +0200 diciotti-italian-coastguard-ship-rescued-migrants-sicily Musicians flee Libya for 'right to rap' A group of rappers who say they had to flee Libya for their art were on their way to Italy on Wednesday after being rescued by a charity boat. https://www.thelocal.it/20170802/musicians-flee-libya-for-right-to-rap Wed, 02 Aug 2017 17:39:56 +0200 musicians-flee-libya-for-right-to-rap Nearly 1,500 migrants rescued off Libya: Italian coastguard Nearly 1,500 migrants, including many women and children, have been rescued in the Mediterranean off the coast of Libya over the past two days, the Italian coastguard said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160329/nearly-1500-migrants-rescued-off-libya-italian-coastguard Tue, 29 Mar 2016 10:25:22 +0200 nearly-1500-migrants-rescued-off-libya-italian-coastguard Asylum-seekers banned from playing football A group of asylum-seekers in northern Italy has been banned from their local football fields, after the town mayor said it would be an affront to families. https://www.thelocal.it/20150922/asylum-seekers-banned-from-playing-football Tue, 22 Sep 2015 14:26:27 +0200 asylum-seekers-banned-from-playing-football At least 20 dead in new migrant disaster: IOM The International Organization for Migration said on Monday it had received a distress call from a sinking boat in the Mediterranean carrying more than 300 people, with at least 20 people reported dead. https://www.thelocal.it/20150420/distress-call-from-sinking-boat-300-on-board-iom Mon, 20 Apr 2015 15:22:22 +0200 distress-call-from-sinking-boat-300-on-board-iom 'Mafia of smugglers' bring migrants to Italy Egypt on Wednesday blamed organized criminal gangs of people traffickers operating on its territory after a boat carrying 500 illegal migrants was intentionally capsized off Malta. https://www.thelocal.it/20140917/mafia-of-smugglers-behind-italys-migrants-surge Wed, 17 Sep 2014 17:01:00 +0200 mafia-of-smugglers-behind-italys-migrants-surge