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 Umbrian town of Norcia on Monday commemorated the year anniversary of a 6.5-magnitude earthquake which left much of its centre destroyed. https://www.thelocal.it/20171030/one-year-on-norcia-remembers-powerful-earthquake Mon, 30 Oct 2017 14:48:54 +0100 one-year-on-norcia-remembers-powerful-earthquake A combination of quake damage, inaccessible roads, and - above all - bureaucracy, put harvests in Italy's central region at risk this year. Lorenzo Holt speaks to local farmers about how they're fighting to save agriculture in the quake-hit region. https://www.thelocal.it/20170420/lentils-from-the-earthquake-zone-how-italian-farmers-are-coping-with-disaster Thu, 20 Apr 2017 12:04:28 +0200 lentils-from-the-earthquake-zone-how-italian-farmers-are-coping-with-disaster Italy will be putting forward two bids for Unesco World Heritage status from the central Italian region devastated by recent earthquakes, the national Unesco committee said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170328/italys-quake-towns-campaigning-for-unesco-status-truffle-norcia Tue, 28 Mar 2017 11:40:23 +0200 italys-quake-towns-campaigning-for-unesco-status-truffle-norcia The biggest fear for many residents in earthquake-struck central Italy is that their villages - farming communities with rich culture and centuries of history - will become ghost towns after deadly tremors left huge areas uninhabitable. https://www.thelocal.it/20161223/life-goes-on-christmas-in-italys-earthquake-hit-towns Fri, 23 Dec 2016 18:14:47 +0100 life-goes-on-christmas-in-italys-earthquake-hit-towns Firefighters made a macabre discovery during routine structural checks on a building damaged by the recent earthquakes in central Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20161201/firefighters-uncover-mystery-human-skulls-in-italy-quake-rubble Thu, 01 Dec 2016 15:30:51 +0100 firefighters-uncover-mystery-human-skulls-in-italy-quake-rubble Italy's earthquakes would not leave the Fausti family alone. The first of this year's devastating tremors, on August 24th, left their farmhouse on the outskirts of Norcia looking like a bombed-out shell. https://www.thelocal.it/20161201/the-farmers-their-little-pigs-and-the-wolves-an-italy-quake-survival-tale Thu, 01 Dec 2016 10:18:25 +0100 the-farmers-their-little-pigs-and-the-wolves-an-italy-quake-survival-tale A young girl has brought some early Christmas cheer to an earthquake-damaged town in central Italy by donating her pocket money and writing a touching note to its mayor. https://www.thelocal.it/20161123/girl-donates-pocket-money-to-earthquake-town Wed, 23 Nov 2016 10:30:42 +0100 girl-donates-pocket-money-to-earthquake-town A puppy who was saved from the rubble in earthquake-hit Norcia will soon be able to assist the firefighters that saved him, after being adopted by the fire service. https://www.thelocal.it/20161108/dog-saved-from-quake-rubble-will-become-a-firefighting-dog Tue, 08 Nov 2016 14:15:16 +0100 dog-saved-from-quake-rubble-will-become-a-firefighting-dog The number of people living in temporary shelter due to a series of earthquakes in Italy has risen to 26,000, officials said on Thursday as fears mount for the economic future of the worst-hit areas. https://www.thelocal.it/20161103/italys-quake-hit-region-fears-tourism-collapse Thu, 03 Nov 2016 15:49:44 +0100 italys-quake-hit-region-fears-tourism-collapse A 4.8 magnitude earthquake was felt in central Italy, including Rome, in the early hours of Wednesday morning - just one of over 100 aftershocks following the recent tremblors. https://www.thelocal.it/20161103/central-italy-trembles-again-in-new-48-earthquake Thu, 03 Nov 2016 10:30:29 +0100 central-italy-trembles-again-in-new-48-earthquake Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Tuesday vowed to rebuild the entire region flattened by Sunday's earthquake as the country's main farming union called for help. https://www.thelocal.it/20161102/italys-pm-vows-to-rebuild-devastated-quake-region Wed, 02 Nov 2016 10:02:14 +0100 italys-pm-vows-to-rebuild-devastated-quake-region Areas hit by Italy's 6.5-magnitude quake displaced the ground by up to 70 centimetres (27.5 inches), Italian scientists reported on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20161101/italy-earthquakes-made-ground-move-by-70cm-say-scientists Tue, 01 Nov 2016 15:12:53 +0100 italy-earthquakes-made-ground-move-by-70cm-say-scientists Some 3,000 farms in the earthquake-hit region of central Italy are in danger of being abandoned and need urgent help, the main Italian farming union said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20161101/after-the-earthquake-3000-italian-farms-need-urgent-help Tue, 01 Nov 2016 15:08:33 +0100 after-the-earthquake-3000-italian-farms-need-urgent-help As well as the thousands of human victims of Italy's recent earthquakes, there are plenty of animals who have been injured, traumatized or even trapped under the rubble of the quake. https://www.thelocal.it/20161101/video-firefighters-save-cats-and-dogs-from-earthquake-rubble Tue, 01 Nov 2016 11:34:53 +0100 video-firefighters-save-cats-and-dogs-from-earthquake-rubble Italian authorities said on Monday they were taking care of more than 15,000 people left homeless by the country's most powerful earthquake in nearly 40 years. https://www.thelocal.it/20161031/italy-quakes-leave-15000-homeless Mon, 31 Oct 2016 12:42:10 +0100 italy-quakes-leave-15000-homeless Italy's most powerful earthquake in 36 years stuck the country's mountainous centre Sunday, panicking shell-shocked residents for the third time in two months and flattening a world famous 600-year-old basilica. https://www.thelocal.it/20161030/central-italy-hit-by-new-powerful-quake Sun, 30 Oct 2016 10:50:22 +0100 central-italy-hit-by-new-powerful-quake Data collected by Italy's volcanology institute shows the permanent changes caused to the earth's crust by the devastating earthquake in central Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20160907/italy-earthquake-made-the-appennines-grow-by-4cm Wed, 07 Sep 2016 13:35:51 +0200 italy-earthquake-made-the-appennines-grow-by-4cm