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 Italy has Europe's oldest population: Eurostat Italy is the European country with the highest percentage of the population aged 80 or over, the latest report from Eurostat shows. https://www.thelocal.it/20160929/italy-has-europes-oldest-population-eurostat Thu, 29 Sep 2016 17:07:28 +0200 italy-has-europes-oldest-population-eurostat Bologna's cats inherit plush apartment Stray cats in the northern Italian city of Bologna got some good news this week when they inherited a city-centre apartment worth €230,000. https://www.thelocal.it/20151203/bologna-cats-inherit-plush-apartment Thu, 03 Dec 2015 17:33:08 +0100 bologna-cats-inherit-plush-apartment Italy's first Neanderthal dates back 250,000 years Neanderthal man arrived on the Italian peninsular some 100,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to a study set to be published this month. https://www.thelocal.it/20151104/italy-dates-its-first-neanderthal-to-250k-years-ago Wed, 04 Nov 2015 15:45:10 +0100 italy-dates-its-first-neanderthal-to-250k-years-ago 92-year-old Italian gran survives well tumble A 92-year-old grandmother miraculously escaped without serious injury after falling down a 15-metre deep well near her home in northern Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20150929/92-year-old-italian-woman-survives-well-tumble Tue, 29 Sep 2015 15:41:36 +0200 92-year-old-italian-woman-survives-well-tumble A glimpse of old world wine near Rome With its acclaimed shiraz and other experimental varietals, the Casale del Giglio estate near Rome is at the cutting edge of Italian winemaking. https://www.thelocal.it/20141013/a-glimpse-of-old-world-wine-near-rome Mon, 13 Oct 2014 10:27:00 +0200 a-glimpse-of-old-world-wine-near-rome Is Italy really a bad place to grow old? Italy has long had an allure as a place to retire, with thousands of expat retirees choosing to settle here. But a study published on Wednesday said pensioners have better lives in the UK and US. The Local finds out if this is true. https://www.thelocal.it/20141002/is-italy-really-a-bad-place-to-grow-old Thu, 02 Oct 2014 18:04:00 +0200 is-italy-really-a-bad-place-to-grow-old 80-year-old grandmother 'sold cocaine and meth' A grandmother has been arrested in Rome after allegedly selling cocaine and methadone through the window of her home in Rome. https://www.thelocal.it/20131115/year-old-grandmother-sold-cocaine-and-meth Fri, 15 Nov 2013 10:50:00 +0100 year-old-grandmother-sold-cocaine-and-meth