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 Italian oil and gas company Eni said on Friday the recovery in global crude prices along with record production helped it swing back into profit in 2017. https://www.thelocal.it/20180216/eni-2017-profits-oil-prices Fri, 16 Feb 2018 12:19:09 +0100 eni-2017-profits-oil-prices Italian giant Eni and fellow petroleum company Shell will stand trial in Italy over allegations of bribery and corruption in the 2011 purchase of an offshore oil block in Nigeria. https://www.thelocal.it/20171220/eni-shell-trial-italy-nigeria-kickback-scandal Wed, 20 Dec 2017 15:03:12 +0100 eni-shell-trial-italy-nigeria-kickback-scandal Italian energy giant Eni will start exploring for oil off Alaska after the United States authorized it to start drilling, despite environmental concerns. https://www.thelocal.it/20171129/alaska-italy-eni-drill-offshore-oil-arctic Wed, 29 Nov 2017 14:14:31 +0100 alaska-italy-eni-drill-offshore-oil-arctic Refining facilities at the major Syracuse complex have been closed after a two-year investigation found they contributed to air pollution. https://www.thelocal.it/20170721/prosecutor-orders-closure-of-petrochemical-facilities-in-sicily-one-of-eus-largest Fri, 21 Jul 2017 17:42:49 +0200 prosecutor-orders-closure-of-petrochemical-facilities-in-sicily-one-of-eus-largest Italian prosecutors have alleged that Nigeria's former president Goodluck Jonathan and his oil minister received kickbacks as part of a $1.3 billion deal involving oil giants ENI and Shell. https://www.thelocal.it/20170110/nigerias-ex-president-named-in-italian-oil-kickback-probe Tue, 10 Jan 2017 11:38:43 +0100 nigerias-ex-president-named-in-italian-oil-kickback-probe Mini oil slicks spotted off the Italian Riviera have largely dissolved and no longer pose a threat to the region's beaches, the official overseeing the clean-up operation said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160425/riviera-beaches-spared-as-italy-oil-slick-dissolves Mon, 25 Apr 2016 12:47:25 +0200 riviera-beaches-spared-as-italy-oil-slick-dissolves A closely-watched Italian referendum on oil and gas drilling concessions failed to reach the required turnout threshold on Sunday, in a win for Prime Minister Matteo Renzi who had urged voters to stay home. https://www.thelocal.it/20160418/italy-oil-and-gas-vote-flops-because-of-low-turnout Mon, 18 Apr 2016 10:55:04 +0200 italy-oil-and-gas-vote-flops-because-of-low-turnout An offshore platform a stone's throw from Dante's beach on Italy's Adriatic coast has become the focus of a politically charged national referendum on the country's oil and gas drilling concessions. https://www.thelocal.it/20160413/high-stakes-oil-and-gas-vote-has-italy-in-a-tizz Wed, 13 Apr 2016 10:38:51 +0200 high-stakes-oil-and-gas-vote-has-italy-in-a-tizz Italy's main opposition parties threw down the gauntlet to Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's government on Saturday, with a no-confidence motion over a sleaze scandal which has already seen a top minister resign. https://www.thelocal.it/20160403/italy-parties-seek-to-bring-down-govt-over-graft Sun, 03 Apr 2016 10:27:11 +0200 italy-parties-seek-to-bring-down-govt-over-graft Italian producers have attacked an EU decision to remove customs duty on Tunisian olive oil, saying it threatens their livelihood and risks flooding Europe with fake oils. https://www.thelocal.it/20160310/tunisian-olive-oil-ruling-pits-italian-producers-against-eu Thu, 10 Mar 2016 16:42:24 +0100 tunisian-olive-oil-ruling-pits-italian-producers-against-eu Italy's cash-strapped southern region of Basilicata is set to launch a public works scheme funded by oil profits to try and get people back to work. https://www.thelocal.it/20151217/basilicata-to-pay-poorest-families-with-oil-money Thu, 17 Dec 2015 14:13:43 +0100 basilicata-to-pay-poorest-families-with-oil-money Italy’s forestry police have uncovered a massive olive oil scam in Puglia, which involved the import of oils from Syria, Turkey, Morocco and Tunisia, which were tampered with before being sold as authentic Italian extra virgin olive oil. https://www.thelocal.it/20151203/italy-busts-syria-linked-olive-oil-scam Thu, 03 Dec 2015 18:00:43 +0100 italy-busts-syria-linked-olive-oil-scam Olive oil has been a staple part of the Italian diet since time immemorial. But how do you tell the real deal apart from the cheap copies flooding the market? https://www.thelocal.it/20151112/how-to-spot-fake-italian-extra-virgin-olive-oil Thu, 12 Nov 2015 18:55:28 +0100 how-to-spot-fake-italian-extra-virgin-olive-oil Seven Italian olive oil producers, including Bertolli, Sasso and Carapelli, are being investigated over allegations that the firms falsely sold olive oil products a “extra virgin”. https://www.thelocal.it/20151111/seven-italian-firms-probed-in-olive-oil-scam Wed, 11 Nov 2015 12:46:18 +0100 seven-italian-firms-probed-in-olive-oil-scam Italian oil giant Eni International on Wednesday won a bid from Mexico to extract oil from three fields in the country's gulf. https://www.thelocal.it/20151001/italys-eni-wins-mexican-bid-to-drill-for-offshore-oil Thu, 01 Oct 2015 10:42:49 +0200 italys-eni-wins-mexican-bid-to-drill-for-offshore-oil Saipem, Italy’s largest oil and gas contractor, plans to shed 8,800 jobs over the next two years as part of a restructuring plan, the company said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150729/italys-saipem-to-cut-8800-jobs-by-2017 Wed, 29 Jul 2015 10:20:42 +0200 italys-saipem-to-cut-8800-jobs-by-2017 UPDATED: An accidental explosion on an oil pipeline in Nigeria operated by Italian energy giant Eni left 12 people dead and three injured, the company said in a statement Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150710/12-dead-in-nigeria-pipeline-explosion-eni Fri, 10 Jul 2015 16:07:59 +0200 12-dead-in-nigeria-pipeline-explosion-eni Italy's oil producers are urging consumers to give olive oil as Christmas gifts and help the industry hard hit by this year's disastrous harvest. https://www.thelocal.it/20141222/buy-olive-oil-for-christmas-to-help-italy Mon, 22 Dec 2014 11:52:00 +0100 buy-olive-oil-for-christmas-to-help-italy New research from Harvard University suggests it could put years on your life. But a Mediterranean diet rich in pungent olive oil does not come cheap, and it is just about to get a lot more expensive. https://www.thelocal.it/20141208/disastrous-olive-oil-harvests-sends-prices-shooting-up Mon, 08 Dec 2014 10:47:44 +0100 disastrous-olive-oil-harvests-sends-prices-shooting-up Bad weather and pests have devastated much of Italy's olive harvest this year, meaning the much sought-after oil is only going to get pricier. But Pamela Sheldon Johns, an olive oil producer, says there is some room for optimism. https://www.thelocal.it/20141126/bad-weather-and-pests-ruin-italys-olive-harvest Wed, 26 Nov 2014 13:56:00 +0100 bad-weather-and-pests-ruin-italys-olive-harvest