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 It's curtains for police’s 'porn' blinds as locals spot gaffe Police officers in Venaria Reale, a town in Turin province, are in a spot of bother after the "curtains" of the changing room at their station turned out to be pictures of naked women. https://www.thelocal.it/20160420/italian-police-red-faced-over-naked-nude-women-office-venaria-turin-gaffe Wed, 20 Apr 2016 12:31:43 +0200 italian-police-red-faced-over-naked-nude-women-office-venaria-turin-gaffe Why will nobody fess up to nude statue cover-up? As the Italian media on Wednesday raged against a decision to cover up nude statues during a visit to a Rome museum by the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, mystery mounted over who actually endorsed it. https://www.thelocal.it/20160127/italy-baffled-over-who-endorsed-nude-statue-cover-up Wed, 27 Jan 2016 18:13:36 +0100 italy-baffled-over-who-endorsed-nude-statue-cover-up Rouhani 'didn’t ask for nude statues to be covered up' Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said there had been no prior discussion between Italy and Iran over Italy’s decision to obscure nude sculptors during a visit to Rome’s Capitoline Museums on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160127/rouhani-didnt-ask-for-nude-statues-to-be-covered-up Wed, 27 Jan 2016 12:30:33 +0100 rouhani-didnt-ask-for-nude-statues-to-be-covered-up Italian police on lookout for naked 3am jogger A nude jogger has not let the cold December nights deter him from his nightly run - and it's caused quite a stir among local residents. https://www.thelocal.it/20151222/police-on-lookout-for-naked-3am-jogger Tue, 22 Dec 2015 14:43:39 +0100 police-on-lookout-for-naked-3am-jogger Modigliani nude sells for record-breaking $170.4m A sumptuous nude by Amedeo Modigliani broke a world record at auction for the Italian artist, selling for $170.4 million (€154.60 million) at Christie's in New York on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20151110/modigliani-sells-for-1704m-in-new-york Tue, 10 Nov 2015 09:08:17 +0100 modigliani-sells-for-1704m-in-new-york Sicilians pose nude for animal rights calendar A group of Sicilians have posed naked for a calendar in a bid to raise money for a dog shelter in Palermo. https://www.thelocal.it/20140117/sicilians-pose-nude-for-animal-rights-calendar Fri, 17 Jan 2014 17:33:00 +0100 sicilians-pose-nude-for-animal-rights-calendar