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 Stir-crazy Italians are free to stroll and visit relatives for the first time in nine weeks on Monday as Europe's hardest-hit country eases back the world's longest nationwide coronavirus lockdown. https://www.thelocal.it/20200504/italy-takes-its-first-steps-out-of-lockdown Mon, 04 May 2020 12:04:37 +0200 italy-takes-its-first-steps-out-of-lockdown Directors of an Italian museum are optimistic that a painting found hidden in a wall this week is a Gustav Klimt work stolen two decades ago, a director said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20191213/painting-found-in-bin-bag-outside-italian-museum-could-be-missing-klimt Fri, 13 Dec 2019 11:38:47 +0100 painting-found-in-bin-bag-outside-italian-museum-could-be-missing-klimt Dozens of Italian journalists protested Friday to defend freedom of speech after a colleague was violently assaulted by the brother of a mafia boss. https://www.thelocal.it/20171110/mafioso-assault-sparks-italian-media-protest Fri, 10 Nov 2017 17:42:08 +0100 mafioso-assault-sparks-italian-media-protest Pope Francis is an ardent football fan, but a Vatican cricket team comprised of priests and seminarians will take centre stage in an interfaith tournament in Portugal this week. https://www.thelocal.it/20170420/vatican-cricket-team-goes-on-tour-for-an-interfaith-tournament Thu, 20 Apr 2017 11:41:08 +0200 vatican-cricket-team-goes-on-tour-for-an-interfaith-tournament The expected resignation of Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi marks the start of a new period of uncertainty in Italian politics. It will be the job of President Sergio Mattarella to decide what happens next. https://www.thelocal.it/20161205/italian-referendum-what-happens-now Mon, 05 Dec 2016 09:19:04 +0100 italian-referendum-what-happens-now Schoolchildren may not usually pay attention to local politics, but you can bet the children in this Sardinian town will be pleased with their mayor's latest decree, which declared "obligatory holidays for children". https://www.thelocal.it/20160610/mayor-tells-children-no-homework-for-summer Fri, 10 Jun 2016 12:18:48 +0200 mayor-tells-children-no-homework-for-summer Some 2.2 million families were without an employment income in 2015, Istat, the national statistics agency said on Friday, as it slammed Italy for having “one of the least efficient” social security systems in Europe. https://www.thelocal.it/20160520/22-million-italian-families-are-without-a-job-income-istat Fri, 20 May 2016 14:38:10 +0200 22-million-italian-families-are-without-a-job-income-istat Shakespeare was fascinated by Italy - but how did he come to know so much about it? And was he actually an Italian? https://www.thelocal.it/20160422/shakespeare-and-italy-italian-bard-400-anniversary-death-verona-venice-rome-caesar-romeo-juliet-padua-mantua-taming-shrew-gentlemen-merchant-venice Fri, 22 Apr 2016 17:48:12 +0200 shakespeare-and-italy-italian-bard-400-anniversary-death-verona-venice-rome-caesar-romeo-juliet-padua-mantua-taming-shrew-gentlemen-merchant-venice Austria has threatened to completely close the Brenner pass, one of the main links across the Alps, unless Italy stops the flow of refugees to its northern neighbour. https://www.thelocal.it/20160414/well-close-brenner-pass-unless-italy-stops-refugee-flow-austria Thu, 14 Apr 2016 13:22:24 +0200 well-close-brenner-pass-unless-italy-stops-refugee-flow-austria Twelve people were killed when the minibus they were travelling in collided with a heavy truck late Thursday in Allier, central France, local authorities said. https://www.thelocal.it/20160325/two-italians-injured-as-minibus-collides-with-truck-in-france Fri, 25 Mar 2016 10:19:06 +0100 two-italians-injured-as-minibus-collides-with-truck-in-france A legal challenge will be launched on Wednesday, which could see voting rights in the Brexit referendum granted to British expats in Italy who have lived abroad for over 15 years. https://www.thelocal.it/20160316/long-term-british-expats-in-italy-challenge Wed, 16 Mar 2016 11:21:28 +0100 long-term-british-expats-in-italy-challenge A short letter written by an Italian soldier interred by Nazi forces in a German prisoner of war camp has finally been delivered to his next of kin in Villorba, Venice. https://www.thelocal.it/20160209/italy-soldiers-letter-sent-during-wwii-delivered-after-72-years Tue, 09 Feb 2016 12:53:35 +0100 italy-soldiers-letter-sent-during-wwii-delivered-after-72-years Italy was working on Friday to set up a solidarity fund to help small investors hit by the rescue last month of four regional banks, following the suicide of a man whose life savings were wiped out, government sources said. https://www.thelocal.it/20151211/italy-moves-to-bail-out-savers-hit-by-bank-plan Fri, 11 Dec 2015 14:09:15 +0100 italy-moves-to-bail-out-savers-hit-by-bank-plan Yamaha on Tuesday hit back at rivals Honda for claiming Italian star Valentino Rossi kicked Marc Marquez off his bike during the Malaysian Grand Prix. https://www.thelocal.it/20151103/yamaha-refutes-claims-rossi-kicked-marquez Tue, 03 Nov 2015 13:03:08 +0100 yamaha-refutes-claims-rossi-kicked-marquez One Italian startup is finding success selling the simplest of Italian products – tomato passata – and is doing its bit to help migrants at the same time. https://www.thelocal.it/20150922/italys-tomato-startup-that-saves-migrants Tue, 22 Sep 2015 12:13:15 +0200 italys-tomato-startup-that-saves-migrants Pope Francis on Monday told congregations which run hotels and restaurants to pay their taxes "like everyone else", weighing in on a heated debate in Italy over Church privileges. https://www.thelocal.it/20150915/pope-weighs-in-over-italian-church-privileges Tue, 15 Sep 2015 10:27:04 +0200 pope-weighs-in-over-italian-church-privileges Italian actress Valeria Golino, best known internationally for her role in 1988’s 'Rain Man', won the Coppa Volpi best actress award at the Venice Film Festival. https://www.thelocal.it/20150914/golino-wins-best-actress-prize-in-venice Mon, 14 Sep 2015 13:43:29 +0200 golino-wins-best-actress-prize-in-venice Pope Francis has sent his blessing to a lesbian author of children's books dealing with same-sex families, wishing her and her wife well in their work, it emerged on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150828/italian-lesbian-author-gets-papal-blessing Fri, 28 Aug 2015 18:14:24 +0200 italian-lesbian-author-gets-papal-blessing More than 1,000 migrants were rescued trying to cross the Mediterranean over the weekend, Italy's coastguard said on Sunday, with further tragedies narrowly averted. https://www.thelocal.it/20150810/over-1000-more-migrants-rescued-off-sicily Mon, 10 Aug 2015 10:00:37 +0200 over-1000-more-migrants-rescued-off-sicily UPDATED: Italian police arrested two men on Wednesday suspected of supporting the Islamic State group and plotting to carrying out attacks in the country. https://www.thelocal.it/20150722/two-arrested-in-milan-over-isis-support Wed, 22 Jul 2015 10:42:10 +0200 two-arrested-in-milan-over-isis-support