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 The world's eight billion people ushered in 2023 on Saturday, bidding farewell to a turbulent 12 months marked by war in Europe, stinging price rises, Lionel Messi's World Cup glory and the deaths of Queen Elizabeth, Pele and former pope Benedict. https://www.thelocal.it/20230101/in-pictures-europe-steps-into-2023-after-turbulent-year Sun, 01 Jan 2023 10:49:56 +0100 in-pictures-europe-steps-into-2023-after-turbulent-year A 13-year-old boy was killed, 79 people injured, and huge numbers of birds left dead by New Year’s Eve fireworks in Italy, despite local bans on personal firework displays. https://www.thelocal.it/20210102/firework-kills-13-year-old-boy-in-italy-on-new-years-eve Sat, 02 Jan 2021 14:05:05 +0100 firework-kills-13-year-old-boy-in-italy-on-new-years-eve However your 2017 was, Italy is a great place to see it out. You can expect everything from fireworks to feasts, music until dawn and more than one midnight kiss. https://www.thelocal.it/20171225/new-years-eve-2018-in-italy Mon, 25 Dec 2017 11:18:53 +0100 new-years-eve-2018-in-italy It was meant to be a “sort of” joke by four friends, but an invitation to spend New Year’s Eve at the motorway diner, Autogrill, attracted almost 13,000 revellers, forcing the restaurant to disconnect its phone line after a surge in calls from people eager to get on the party list. https://www.thelocal.it/20151230/nye-party-at-autogrill-prank-lures-thousands Wed, 30 Dec 2015 14:56:27 +0100 nye-party-at-autogrill-prank-lures-thousands Rome investigators are checking up on 600 doctors over their signing sick notes for hundreds of police on New Year’s Eve, a night in which over 80 percent of the force failed to show up to work. https://www.thelocal.it/20150211/600-rome-doctors-get-check-up-over-mass-sickie Wed, 11 Feb 2015 10:49:00 +0100 600-rome-doctors-get-check-up-over-mass-sickie Rome's public prosecutor is to investigate how the vast majority of municipal police officers fell "sick" on New Year’s Eve, leaving the Italian capital seriously under-policed on one of the busiest nights of the year. https://www.thelocal.it/20150108/rome-probes-mass-police-sickie-on-nye Thu, 08 Jan 2015 09:19:00 +0100 rome-probes-mass-police-sickie-on-nye Police in Rome have seized 900kg of fireworks in a blitz ahead of New Year's Eve, as authorities aim to limit the number of injuries at the city’s annual celebration. https://www.thelocal.it/20141230/rome-fireworks-seized-in-new-year-blitz Tue, 30 Dec 2014 10:52:00 +0100 rome-fireworks-seized-in-new-year-blitz The toll from exploding fireworks in Italy fell sharply this New Year following a stepped-up public information campaign, with revellers from Milan to Naples toning down their once famously riotous celebrations. https://www.thelocal.it/20140101/injury-toll-from-italy-fireworks-falls-sharply Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:25:00 +0100 injury-toll-from-italy-fireworks-falls-sharply