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 Aged 116, Emma Morano, who attributes her extraordinarily long life to staying single and eating two raw eggs a day, has become the oldest person in the world. https://www.thelocal.it/20160513/italian-woman-becomes-worlds-oldest-thanks-to-raw-eggs-and-staying-single Fri, 13 May 2016 12:37:44 +0200 italian-woman-becomes-worlds-oldest-thanks-to-raw-eggs-and-staying-single Emma Morano became the longest living Italian ever on Sunday when she celebrated her 116th birthday. Her secret? Staying single, apparently. https://www.thelocal.it/20151130/oldest-ever-italian-turns-116-due-to-staying-single Mon, 30 Nov 2015 11:00:41 +0100 oldest-ever-italian-turns-116-due-to-staying-single With an average age of 65.1 years, the Italian town of Gorreto in Liguria has the oldest population in Europe. https://www.thelocal.it/20151030/welcome-to-gorreto-europes-oldest-town Fri, 30 Oct 2015 14:09:07 +0100 welcome-to-gorreto-europes-oldest-town A high rate of survival coupled with a low birth rate makes Italy's population the second-oldest in Europe and one of the oldest in the world, according to figures from Istat, the national statistical agency. https://www.thelocal.it/20131220/italy-has-the-second-oldest-population-in-europe Fri, 20 Dec 2013 11:27:00 +0100 italy-has-the-second-oldest-population-in-europe Carmelo Puglisi will become Italy's second-oldest graduate on Tuesday when he completes his three-year diploma at the University of Messina in Sicily. https://www.thelocal.it/20130715/85-year-old-sicilian-set-to-graduate Mon, 15 Jul 2013 18:08:00 +0200 85-year-old-sicilian-set-to-graduate It's been a year since Consolata Melis, who turns 106 on August 22nd, and her eight brothers and sisters made it into the Guinness Book of Records as the world's oldest siblings, with a combined aged of 818. https://www.thelocal.it/20130701/worlds-oldest-siblings-in-sardegna-set-new-record Mon, 01 Jul 2013 12:20:00 +0200 worlds-oldest-siblings-in-sardegna-set-new-record