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 Diciotti migrants sue Italian leaders for damages Dozens of people held aboard an Italian coastguard ship for more than a week before being granted permission to land are claiming tens of thousands of euros in damages from Interior Minister Matteo Salvini and Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. https://www.thelocal.it/20190221/diciotti-migrants-sue-italy-matteo-salvini-for-damages Thu, 21 Feb 2019 16:48:13 +0100 diciotti-migrants-sue-italy-matteo-salvini-for-damages Lombardy candidate backtracks over claim that migration threatens Italy’s ‘white race’ Attilio Fontana, the leading candidate to govern Italy’s most populous region, says he made a slip of the tongue when he claimed that migration threatened to wipe out “our white race”. https://www.thelocal.it/20180115/attilio-fontana-lombardy-white-race Mon, 15 Jan 2018 19:02:39 +0100 attilio-fontana-lombardy-white-race This is what Italy's population will look like in 50 years The population of Italy will decrease by seven million over the next 50 years, according to national statistics agency Istat. https://www.thelocal.it/20170426/this-is-how-italys-population-will-look-in-50-years-time Wed, 26 Apr 2017 13:41:02 +0200 this-is-how-italys-population-will-look-in-50-years-time