The Local Italy 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 Germany tells Italy to stem migrant flow to north Europe Germany's interior minister on Friday put the onus on Italy to halt a new mass influx of migrants to northern Europe, lending backing to Austria in a row with Rome. https://www.thelocal.it/20160429/germany-joins-austria-to-press-italy-on-migrant-influx Fri, 29 Apr 2016 16:49:12 +0200 germany-joins-austria-to-press-italy-on-migrant-influx More informants needed to break mafia's grip on north An anti-mafia prosecutor has called on Italians to denounce mobsters after police arrested 26 people Thursday in a drug sting that revealed the grip southern crime groups have on the country's rich north. https://www.thelocal.it/20160219/italians-urged-to-snitch-on-mobsters Fri, 19 Feb 2016 09:39:03 +0100 italians-urged-to-snitch-on-mobsters Falling meteorite lights up skies over northern Italy A streaking fireball brighter than the full moon lit up skies over northern Italy on Wednesday evening. https://www.thelocal.it/20160218/falling-meteorite-lights-up-northern-italian-sky Thu, 18 Feb 2016 15:55:35 +0100 falling-meteorite-lights-up-northern-italian-sky Lombardy bans the burqa and niqab Italy's northeastern region of Lombardy has amended legislation in order to outlaw the burqa and niqab from public offices and hospitals. https://www.thelocal.it/20151210/lombardy-bans-the-burqa-and-niqab Thu, 10 Dec 2015 17:12:55 +0100 lombardy-bans-the-burqa-and-niqab Why are the Dutch taller than Italians? Genetic differences, painstakingly crafted by thousands of years of natural selection, explain why Europeans from the north tower over their southern cousins, researchers said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150915/why-are-the-dutch-taller-than-italians Tue, 15 Sep 2015 10:55:47 +0200 why-are-the-dutch-taller-than-italians Italy's south is worse off than Greece Italy's impoverished south has the lowest growth rate in the eurozone, lagging far behind even the sick man of Europe, Greece. https://www.thelocal.it/20150731/italys-south-is-worse-off-than-greece Fri, 31 Jul 2015 11:49:25 +0200 italys-south-is-worse-off-than-greece Italy slams rebel north as migrant crisis deepens Italy's government on Monday slammed the country's powerful northern regions for their "unjust" refusal to accommodate more migrants, begging the question of where thousands of incoming refugees will find shelter. https://www.thelocal.it/20150609/italy-slams-anti-immigrant-north-as-crisis-deepens Tue, 09 Jun 2015 10:25:23 +0200 italy-slams-anti-immigrant-north-as-crisis-deepens Child dead after Sicily mud geyser eruption The sudden eruption of a mud geyser at a nature reserve in southern Sicily killed a seven-year-old girl on Saturday, Italian media reported, adding that her nine-year-old brother was missing. https://www.thelocal.it/20140927/sicily-mud-geyser-eruption-kills-girl-brother-missing Sat, 27 Sep 2014 21:59:00 +0200 sicily-mud-geyser-eruption-kills-girl-brother-missing 'Racism does not reflect what most Italians think' Cécile Kyenge's first term as integration minister has been blighted by racial attacks. On Tuesday she said the attacks not only hurt her but "the civil conscience of the majority of this country". The Local took to the streets of Rome to find out if Italians agree. https://www.thelocal.it/20130731/were-not-racist Wed, 31 Jul 2013 19:32:00 +0200 were-not-racist