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 An Italian alpine resort remained on high alert on Friday over fears a vast chunk of a glacier on the slopes of the Mont Blanc massif could plummet in high temperatures. https://www.thelocal.it/20200807/high-alert-as-mont-blanc-glacier-threatens-to-dump-ice-on-italian-resort-town Fri, 07 Aug 2020 20:47:12 +0200 high-alert-as-mont-blanc-glacier-threatens-to-dump-ice-on-italian-resort-town A documentary film about the migrant arrivals on the Italian island of Lampedusa has been selected to represent Italy in the Foreign Language category at next year's Oscars, the selection committee announced on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160926/migrant-documentary-to-represent-italy-at-oscars Mon, 26 Sep 2016 15:49:46 +0200 migrant-documentary-to-represent-italy-at-oscars Italian police said on Wednesday they had busted a major credit and bank card forgery ring, which also ran a prostitution racket. https://www.thelocal.it/20160907/italy-police-nab-gang-of-bank-card-fraudsters Wed, 07 Sep 2016 16:43:16 +0200 italy-police-nab-gang-of-bank-card-fraudsters Italy has been in the throes of an economic crisis since 2008, but that hasn’t stopped the state spending €900,000 a year on lavish first-class travel and chauffeur-driven cars for its MPs, as well as continuing to pay the travel expenses of former ones. https://www.thelocal.it/20150806/italys-mps-to-lose-lavish-travel-perks Thu, 06 Aug 2015 13:44:00 +0200 italys-mps-to-lose-lavish-travel-perks An attempted cattle raid at a farm in the Campania region was sabotaged…by grunting pigs. https://www.thelocal.it/20141217/grunting-pigs-avert-cattle-raid-in-campania Wed, 17 Dec 2014 11:58:00 +0100 grunting-pigs-avert-cattle-raid-in-campania UPDATED: The number of small businesses owned by immigrants surged 44 percent between April and June as they snapped up failed Italian firms at bargain prices, the head of a Rome business group told The Local. https://www.thelocal.it/20140916/immigrants-drive-italys-economy Tue, 16 Sep 2014 10:47:00 +0200 immigrants-drive-italys-economy The deadly Cleopatra Cyclone, which hit Sardinia last November, has caused almost €600 million worth of damage, according to the first estimate from the Special Commissioner for the flood emergencies. https://www.thelocal.it/20140110/sardinia-flood-costs-reach-600million Fri, 10 Jan 2014 12:09:00 +0100 sardinia-flood-costs-reach-600million Over five million Italians, particularly young people, are dedicating their free time to voluntary work, according to the World Giving Index for 2013. https://www.thelocal.it/20131206/italians-are-giving-more-than-ever Fri, 06 Dec 2013 14:16:00 +0100 italians-are-giving-more-than-ever A young couple who succombed to their passion in the gardens of Rome's Castel Sant'Angelo have been sentenced to three months in prison after being spotted by an elderly woman from the balcony of her home. https://www.thelocal.it/20131122/amorous-couple-get-jail-term-for-sex-at-rome-monument Fri, 22 Nov 2013 16:56:00 +0100 amorous-couple-get-jail-term-for-sex-at-rome-monument