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 A Spanish navy patrol boat sent to Lampedusa to pick up 15 migrants from the charity rescue ship Open Arms arrived Friday off the southern Italian island, the Spanish government said. https://www.thelocal.it/20190823/spanish-naval-ship-arrives-in-italy-to-take-in-15-rescued-migrants Fri, 23 Aug 2019 17:13:05 +0200 spanish-naval-ship-arrives-in-italy-to-take-in-15-rescued-migrants Spain was Tuesday set to deploy a naval patrol boat to Italy's Lampedusa island to take migrants off a charity rescue vessel that has been stuck at sea for days as Italy refuses it access. https://www.thelocal.it/20190820/spanish-armada-sets-sail-to-save-migrants-stuck-off-italy Tue, 20 Aug 2019 19:20:02 +0200 spanish-armada-sets-sail-to-save-migrants-stuck-off-italy An Italian Navy helicopter crashed in the Mediterranean during a night-time training exercise, killing one, the navy said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180406/one-dead-in-italian-navy-helicopter-crash Fri, 06 Apr 2018 15:17:10 +0200 one-dead-in-italian-navy-helicopter-crash Divers from the Italian navy have recovered two American aerial bombs found in a river in the north-east of the country, in what the navy called a "delicate and complex operation". https://www.thelocal.it/20170918/italian-navy-divers-have-found-and-detonated-two-american-second-world-war-bombs Mon, 18 Sep 2017 12:34:02 +0200 italian-navy-divers-have-found-and-detonated-two-american-second-world-war-bombs An Italian frigate has held manoeuvres with two Iranian warships in the Strait of Hormuz after making a rare Western port call in the Islamic Republic, an Iranian commander said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160928/italy-held-naval-manoeuvres-with-iran-in-strategic-strait Wed, 28 Sep 2016 18:58:19 +0200 italy-held-naval-manoeuvres-with-iran-in-strategic-strait Dramatic images released by the Italian navy on Wednesday captured the moment a heavily overcrowded boat overturned in a shipwreck off Libya which left at least five people dead. https://www.thelocal.it/20160526/striking-pictures-capture-moment-of-migrant-shipwreck Thu, 26 May 2016 10:22:29 +0200 striking-pictures-capture-moment-of-migrant-shipwreck An operation to remove tonnes of Second World War-era explosives from the seabed off the coast of Liguria got underway on Monday, after an amateur diver discovered two sunken gunboats last month. https://www.thelocal.it/20160314/tonnes-of-wwii-era-explosives-removed-from-sea-under-busy-italian-port Mon, 14 Mar 2016 16:49:39 +0100 tonnes-of-wwii-era-explosives-removed-from-sea-under-busy-italian-port UPDATED: Nearly 2,000 migrants have been rescued off the Libyan coast in 11 separate operations, the Italian navy said on Thursday, after a break in bad weather sparked fresh attempts at the perilous Mediterranean crossing. https://www.thelocal.it/20151204/over-1500-boat-migrants-rescued-off-libya Fri, 04 Dec 2015 08:56:24 +0100 over-1500-boat-migrants-rescued-off-libya A British navy ship on Thursday came to the rescue of around 100 migrants adrift on a dinghy in the Mediterranean, Italy's coastguard said. https://www.thelocal.it/20150508/british-navy-ship-in-migrant-rescue Fri, 08 May 2015 09:41:26 +0200 british-navy-ship-in-migrant-rescue An Italian navy chief on Tuesday poured cold water on suggestions Europe should adopt Australia's policy of turning back migrant boats to end the current crisis in the Mediterranean. https://www.thelocal.it/20150506/italian-navy-chief-shuns-australian-solution-to-migrants Wed, 06 May 2015 10:43:18 +0200 italian-navy-chief-shuns-australian-solution-to-migrants The Italian navy said it has taken control of a Sicilian fishing boat that was seized by armed men off Libya in the early hours of Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150417/navy-takes-control-of-boat-seized-off-libya Fri, 17 Apr 2015 15:55:36 +0200 navy-takes-control-of-boat-seized-off-libya An Italian fishing boat was seized off Libya's coast in what is believed to have been an act of piracy, according to news reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20150417/italian-fishing-boat-seized-off-libyas-coast Fri, 17 Apr 2015 14:40:25 +0200 italian-fishing-boat-seized-off-libyas-coast UPDATED: Ten passengers and two seamen are dead, dozens are unaccounted for, and no-one is able to say with any certainty how many people were on board the Norman Atlantic when it burst into flames. https://www.thelocal.it/20141230/two-seamen-die-in-ferry-rescue-operation Tue, 30 Dec 2014 12:50:00 +0100 two-seamen-die-in-ferry-rescue-operation UPDATED: The death toll from a ferry fire in the Adriatic rose to ten on Monday as the search for survivors went on into the night in seas off Albania. https://www.thelocal.it/20141230/ten-dead-and-dozens-missing-from-ferry Tue, 30 Dec 2014 08:13:00 +0100 ten-dead-and-dozens-missing-from-ferry He was everything that Captain Coward was not. In keeping with centuries of maritime tradition, the captain of the blaze-hit ferry Norman Atlantic was the last man off his stricken ship on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141229/italy-salutes-ferrys-captain-courageous Mon, 29 Dec 2014 18:00:00 +0100 italy-salutes-ferrys-captain-courageous A British man rescued from a burning ferry in the Mediterranean on Monday, his face covered in soot and grease, said he felt "terrified" and "helpless" as flames engulfed the ship. https://www.thelocal.it/20141229/i-was-absolutely-terrified-ferry-survivor Mon, 29 Dec 2014 16:47:00 +0100 i-was-absolutely-terrified-ferry-survivor Italy's navy said on Monday it had completed the evacuation of all passengers and most of the crew from the blaze-hit ferry Norman Atlantic. https://www.thelocal.it/20141229/all-passengers-off-stricken-ferry-italian-navy Mon, 29 Dec 2014 14:53:00 +0100 all-passengers-off-stricken-ferry-italian-navy The Italian Navy rescued some 1,300 migrants in several operations late on Christmas Day, among them a Nigerian woman who gave birth on board one of the rescue vessels, local media said Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141227/italian-navy-rescues-1300-migrants Sat, 27 Dec 2014 10:12:00 +0100 italian-navy-rescues-1300-migrants The Italian navy and merchant ships picked up more than 2,500 migrants from the Mediterranean over the weekend as the flow of refugees seeking to reach Europe rose again. https://www.thelocal.it/20141117/italy-boat-migrants-top-2500-in-one-weekend Mon, 17 Nov 2014 09:25:00 +0100 italy-boat-migrants-top-2500-in-one-weekend Italy's navy said on Thursday it had arrested 16 suspected people smugglers in the Mediterranean thanks to surveillance by a submarine during an operation which saved 300 immigrants. https://www.thelocal.it/20141003/italian-navy-arrests-16-people-smugglers Fri, 03 Oct 2014 10:14:00 +0200 italian-navy-arrests-16-people-smugglers