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 Over 500,000 new jobs were created in the third quarter of this year compared to the previous year, according to figures released on Wednesday by Italy's labour ministry. https://www.thelocal.it/20161228/over-half-a-million-jobs-created-in-q3 Wed, 28 Dec 2016 13:30:12 +0100 over-half-a-million-jobs-created-in-q3 Five Italians were among the 84 people killed in an attack in the southern French city of Nice on Thursday night, the Foreign Ministry confirmed on Tuesday morning. https://www.thelocal.it/20160719/five-italians-confirmed-dead-in-nice-attack Tue, 19 Jul 2016 10:36:48 +0200 five-italians-confirmed-dead-in-nice-attack Italy has urged Egypt to track down an Italian student who "mysteriously disappeared" in Cairo in January, the foreign ministry said on Sunday in a statement. https://www.thelocal.it/20160201/italy-urges-egypt-to-track-down-missing-student Mon, 01 Feb 2016 09:22:52 +0100 italy-urges-egypt-to-track-down-missing-student Online sales of rip-off parmesan cheese alone cost Italy €60 million last year, an employee at the Ministry of Food, Forestry and Agricuture told The Local. https://www.thelocal.it/20150616/how-the-grate-online-parmesan-scam-cost-italy-m Tue, 16 Jun 2015 16:09:51 +0200 how-the-grate-online-parmesan-scam-cost-italy-m Ever dreamt of running Florence’s Uffizi Gallery, or how about Rome’s Borghese Gallery? For the first-time ever, Italy is searching internationally for museum directors, with the deadline for applications set for February 15th. https://www.thelocal.it/20150121/italy-in-global-search-for-museum-directors Wed, 21 Jan 2015 11:58:00 +0100 italy-in-global-search-for-museum-directors Italy has denied a report by Libyan authorities that Rome was to send seven fire-fighting planes to combat an inferno that has been blazing since Sunday at an oil depot in the outskirts of Tripoli. https://www.thelocal.it/20140730/italy-denies-sending-fire-fighting-jets-to-libya Wed, 30 Jul 2014 11:42:00 +0200 italy-denies-sending-fire-fighting-jets-to-libya Italy's health ministry is seeking €1.2 billion in compensation from Swiss pharma giants Novartis and Roche for the manipulation of sales of a cheap drug used to treat eye problems, Italian media reported on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140529/italy-seeks-bn-in-damages-from-swiss-pharma-giants Thu, 29 May 2014 10:24:00 +0200 italy-seeks-bn-in-damages-from-swiss-pharma-giants