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 total of 154 airlines are banned in the European Union due to safety concerns, after the 2026 update of the ‘EU air safety list’ announced by the European Commission this week. https://www.thelocal.it/20260612/which-airlines-are-banned-in-the-european-union-and-why Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:20:05 +0200 which-airlines-are-banned-in-the-european-union-and-why Schools are out in Italy for the next three months, and for many families it raises the same question every year: how do you cover weeks of childcare when working life doesn’t pause with the school calendar? https://www.thelocal.it/20260609/tell-us-how-do-working-parents-in-italy-cover-the-long-summer-holidays Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:20:48 +0200 tell-us-how-do-working-parents-in-italy-cover-the-long-summer-holidays More than 200,000 lives have been lost to the "silent killer" of extreme heat in Europe since 2022, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, after a heatwave saw some countries record their highest-ever May temperatures. https://www.thelocal.it/20260611/silent-killer-extreme-heat-claims-more-than-200000-lives-in-europe Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:08:53 +0200 silent-killer-extreme-heat-claims-more-than-200000-lives-in-europe A beach in south-east Sardinia this week banned most visitors from putting up a sun umbrella or tent, in the most striking example yet of a growing system of paid and rule-heavy access across the island. https://www.thelocal.it/20260611/sardinian-beach-brings-in-umbrella-ban-and-e10-fee-to-limit-crowds Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:56:53 +0200 sardinian-beach-brings-in-umbrella-ban-and-e10-fee-to-limit-crowds Only three countries have passed into national legislation new EU pay transparency rules by the June 7th deadline, MEPs and trade unions have denounced. https://www.thelocal.it/20260610/only-3-countries-met-deadline-for-new-eu-pay-transparency-rules Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:12:09 +0200 only-3-countries-met-deadline-for-new-eu-pay-transparency-rules Growing numbers of Europeans no longer see the US as an ally, with a significant minority viewing the superpower as an adversary, a new survey has revealed. https://www.thelocal.it/20260610/a-new-low-europeans-no-longer-see-the-us-as-an-ally-and-blame-trump Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:00:30 +0200 a-new-low-europeans-no-longer-see-the-us-as-an-ally-and-blame-trump European ferry ports have sounded the alarm about the impact of the EU's new EES checks this summer at the same time as global tourism chiefs say travellers from around the world are being put off by the prospect of long border delays in Europe. https://www.thelocal.it/20260609/tourism-chiefs-and-european-ferry-ports-sound-alarm-over-summer-border-chaos Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:24:20 +0200 tourism-chiefs-and-european-ferry-ports-sound-alarm-over-summer-border-chaos A blaze at a waste processing plant near Pisa on Monday morning forced the evacuation of a nearby school and businesses as it sent up thick smoke that officials said "blotted out the sun". https://www.thelocal.it/20260608/fire-at-plastics-plant-sends-cloud-of-black-smoke-over-pisa Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:31:27 +0200 fire-at-plastics-plant-sends-cloud-of-black-smoke-over-pisa A new, radical right-wing party aiming to challenge Italy’s government on its own turf is rapidly gaining support ahead of next year’s election, doubling its numbers of MPs to eight. https://www.thelocal.it/20260608/a-salvini-error-what-is-italys-national-future-party Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:58:41 +0200 a-salvini-error-what-is-italys-national-future-party The law, passed on Thursday, requires schools to get written parental consent before giving sex or relationship education. https://www.thelocal.it/20260605/parents-consent-required-as-italy-brings-in-first-law-on-sex-education Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:44:29 +0200 parents-consent-required-as-italy-brings-in-first-law-on-sex-education Concerns are mounting at a controversial revision of Europe's air passenger rights, as crunch talks between European Parliament and Council negotiators are expected to continue next week ahead of a June 15th deadline. https://www.thelocal.it/20260605/concerns-raised-over-air-passenger-rights-in-europe-as-crunch-talks-continue Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:20:57 +0200 concerns-raised-over-air-passenger-rights-in-europe-as-crunch-talks-continue The EU urged Italy to raise inheritance taxes after data showed wealth inequality had risen again  - and some of the names topping the rich list haven't changed since the Renaissance. https://www.thelocal.it/20260604/why-ten-percent-of-italys-families-own-more-than-half-its-wealth Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:55:36 +0200 why-ten-percent-of-italys-families-own-more-than-half-its-wealth Almost half of European small and medium companies struggle to find workers with the skills they need but recruitment outside the EU remains “limited” and “too difficult”, a recent Eurobarometer survey published by the European Commission had shown. https://www.thelocal.it/20260603/how-companies-in-europe-are-struggling-to-recruit-workers-from-outside-the-eu Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:49:22 +0200 how-companies-in-europe-are-struggling-to-recruit-workers-from-outside-the-eu The European Commission on Tuesday asked nine countries in the Schengen area, including France, Germany, Sweden, Austria, Italy, Denmark and Norway to phase out internal border checks, which have been reinstated in some cases for years. https://www.thelocal.it/20260602/eu-calls-on-nine-european-countries-to-scrap-internal-schengen-border-checks Tue, 02 Jun 2026 15:10:21 +0200 eu-calls-on-nine-european-countries-to-scrap-internal-schengen-border-checks Italian police have arrested two Pakistani nationals for the murder of four Pakistani farm workers found dead in a burnt-out minivan in southern Italy, Corriere della Sera daily reported Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20260602/four-pakistani-farm-workers-murdered-in-italy Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:44:44 +0200 four-pakistani-farm-workers-murdered-in-italy A concert by the US rapper Kanye West, who was supposed to perform on July 18 in Reggio Emilia in northern Italy, has been banned on public safety grounds, the authorities said. https://www.thelocal.it/20260602/italy-bans-kanye-west-concert-over-security-concerns Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:41:28 +0200 italy-bans-kanye-west-concert-over-security-concerns The finance ministers of the European Union's six biggest economies said Friday they had agreed on steps to better integrate financial markets and make investments flow seamlessly across the bloc. https://www.thelocal.it/20260530/biggest-eu-economies-agree-on-steps-for-financial-integration Sat, 30 May 2026 16:00:27 +0200 biggest-eu-economies-agree-on-steps-for-financial-integration Italian prosecutors have accused a contractor building a new US consulate in Milan of paying Indian workers well below the national poverty line for 60 hours of "harsh" work weekly. https://www.thelocal.it/20260530/us-consulate-contractor-accused-of-exploiting-indian-workers-in-italy Sat, 30 May 2026 09:57:41 +0200 us-consulate-contractor-accused-of-exploiting-indian-workers-in-italy Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has asked the EU for stricter border controls because of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, her office said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20260529/italy-pushes-for-tighter-eu-border-controls-amid-ebola-outbreak Fri, 29 May 2026 13:04:49 +0200 italy-pushes-for-tighter-eu-border-controls-amid-ebola-outbreak Italy said on Thursday it was seizing assets worth more than 200 million euros ($232 million) belonging to late mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro in an operation involving a string of offshore territories. https://www.thelocal.it/20260528/messina-denaro-italy-to-seize-hundreds-of-millions-from-late-sicilian-mafia-boss Thu, 28 May 2026 12:08:11 +0200 messina-denaro-italy-to-seize-hundreds-of-millions-from-late-sicilian-mafia-boss