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 If you've dreamt of snapping up one of the €1 houses advertised for sale in Italy, these towns are trying to make the process easier. https://www.thelocal.it/20190410/how-italian-villages-are-making-it-easier-for-foreign-buyers-to-find-their-dream Wed, 10 Apr 2019 15:09:59 +0200 how-italian-villages-are-making-it-easier-for-foreign-buyers-to-find-their-dream A 57-year-old woman died after being crushed by a tree in the northern city of Mantua as violent storms swept through Lombardy on Wednesday night. https://www.thelocal.it/20160616/one-dead-and-two-injured-in-northern-italy-storms Thu, 16 Jun 2016 12:31:48 +0200 one-dead-and-two-injured-in-northern-italy-storms One person was killed Saturday in a powerful explosion that partly damaged the Italian consulate in central Cairo, health ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said. https://www.thelocal.it/20150711/one-dead-in-blast-at-italy-consulate-in-cairo Sat, 11 Jul 2015 10:23:40 +0200 one-dead-in-blast-at-italy-consulate-in-cairo One person was killed and more than thirty were injured when a tornado swept through the outskirts of Venice on Wednesday night, destroying dozens of homes and other buildings. https://www.thelocal.it/20150709/one-killed-as-tornado-sweeps-through-venice Thu, 09 Jul 2015 11:13:57 +0200 one-killed-as-tornado-sweeps-through-venice UPDATED: A 23-year-old man was shot dead at a market near Naples on Tuesday after having an argument with someone who urinated near his fruit and vegetable stand. https://www.thelocal.it/20150708/one-killed-in-naples-market-shooting Wed, 08 Jul 2015 10:30:48 +0200 one-killed-in-naples-market-shooting Italy has the fourth largest share in Europe of the world’s richest 47 million people, according to a report from the British charity Oxfam. https://www.thelocal.it/20150126/million-people-in-italy-are-in-the-rich-one-percent-club Mon, 26 Jan 2015 12:13:00 +0100 million-people-in-italy-are-in-the-rich-one-percent-club Four bodies have been recovered from icy seas during an operation to rescue hundreds of passengers stuck on a blaze-hit car ferry crossing from Greece to Italy, a Greek minister said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141229/four-bodies-recovered-in-blaze-hit-italy-ferry-disaster Mon, 29 Dec 2014 13:01:00 +0100 four-bodies-recovered-in-blaze-hit-italy-ferry-disaster UPDATED: More than 140 shivering, exhausted and terrified passengers and crew remained stranded Monday on a stricken car ferry that caught fire in the Adriatic Sea 30 hours earlier. https://www.thelocal.it/20141229/140-people-still-stranded-on-blaze-hit-ferry Mon, 29 Dec 2014 11:32:00 +0100 140-people-still-stranded-on-blaze-hit-ferry Rescuers battled in the dark to save hundreds of passengers still trapped on a burning Italian ferry in the early hours of Monday, as coastguards reported one man had died in the high-seas drama. https://www.thelocal.it/20141229/hundreds-still-trapped-on-burning-ferry Mon, 29 Dec 2014 09:19:00 +0100 hundreds-still-trapped-on-burning-ferry Italy's coastguard said Sunday it had recovered the body of a man from water around a burning ferry in the Adriatic, confirming the first casualty of the high-seas disaster. https://www.thelocal.it/20141228/one-man-dead-in-burning-ferry-disaster Sun, 28 Dec 2014 19:28:00 +0100 one-man-dead-in-burning-ferry-disaster Italy brought the world musical greats such as Pavarotti and Mina. But others (if you’re old enough to remember them) are probably best forgotten. Here, The Local lists ten of Italy's greatest one-hit wonders - mostly from the 1980s and 90s. https://www.thelocal.it/20141204/top-ten-global-one-hit-wonders-from-italy Thu, 04 Dec 2014 13:21:00 +0100 top-ten-global-one-hit-wonders-from-italy UPDATED: A 57-year-old man drowned after torrential rain hit the port city of Genoa late on Thursday night, causing the banks of the river Bisagno to break, while a train travelling from Turin to the city was derailed by a mudslide on Friday morning. https://www.thelocal.it/20141010/one-man-dead-in-genoa-floods Fri, 10 Oct 2014 10:42:00 +0200 one-man-dead-in-genoa-floods One in every two Italians is failing to pay monthly rent as the economic crisis continues to bite, according to a survey. https://www.thelocal.it/20141007/one-in-two-italians-fail-to-pay-the-rent Tue, 07 Oct 2014 13:03:00 +0200 one-in-two-italians-fail-to-pay-the-rent Ex-Formula One driver Andrea De Cesaris was killed in a motorcycle accident in Rome on Sunday after crashing into a concrete barrier, local media reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20141006/ex-f1-star-de-cesaris-killed-in-motorcycle-accident Mon, 06 Oct 2014 10:09:00 +0200 ex-f1-star-de-cesaris-killed-in-motorcycle-accident Italian police have launched a stinging attack on the Camorra crime syndicate, issuing 90 arrest warrants and seizing dozens of businesses including bars and restaurants in the heart of Rome. https://www.thelocal.it/20140122/one-dead-after-italy-police-launch-mafia-sting Wed, 22 Jan 2014 14:27:00 +0100 one-dead-after-italy-police-launch-mafia-sting