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 A 64-year-old doctor from northern Italy faces four years in jail for sexual abuse for touching female patients' genitals. https://www.thelocal.it/20170227/italian-doctor-sentenced-to-jail-over-therapeutic-orgasms Mon, 27 Feb 2017 11:19:07 +0100 italian-doctor-sentenced-to-jail-over-therapeutic-orgasms An Italian court has ruled that a 13-year-old boy be removed from his mother's custody due to an alleged "personality disorder" linked to having "almost exclusively female role models". https://www.thelocal.it/20170110/teen-removed-from-mothers-custody-for-being-too-effeminate Tue, 10 Jan 2017 11:54:06 +0100 teen-removed-from-mothers-custody-for-being-too-effeminate The 19-year-old, who has been in Syria since last July, allegedly told her family: "I'm sorry. I want to come home." https://www.thelocal.it/20160222/italian-teen-who-fled-to-join-isis-wants-to-come-home Mon, 22 Feb 2016 11:32:20 +0100 italian-teen-who-fled-to-join-isis-wants-to-come-home An Italian priest is being investigated for embezzlement after squandering €100,000 which was intended for the poor on cars, holidays - and cosmetic treatments for his mother. https://www.thelocal.it/20151204/priest-spends-charity-money-on-mums-cosmetic-surgery Fri, 04 Dec 2015 10:57:22 +0100 priest-spends-charity-money-on-mums-cosmetic-surgery A young model of Moroccan origin is determined to ignore insults and threats she has received on social media and pursue her dream of becoming Miss Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20150824/muslim-model-defies-insults-to-pursue-miss-italy-dream Mon, 24 Aug 2015 12:55:40 +0200 muslim-model-defies-insults-to-pursue-miss-italy-dream Italy’s far-right Northern League party has accused a hairdresser in the northern Italian city of Padua of racism for charging white customers more than black customers. https://www.thelocal.it/20150521/far-right-party-reports-salons-racist-pricelist Thu, 21 May 2015 14:37:06 +0200 far-right-party-reports-salons-racist-pricelist Thousands of Padua residents have signed a petition to evict six migrants from a house where they’ve been hosted for free. https://www.thelocal.it/20150511/uproar-as-padua-woman-hosts-migrants-for-free Mon, 11 May 2015 14:40:40 +0200 uproar-as-padua-woman-hosts-migrants-for-free An Italian policeman accused of raping a 16-year-old Australian staying with him through the Couchsurfing website left her defenceless by spiking a drink with tranquilizers, prosecuting lawyers said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150318/prison-term-sought-in-italy-couchsurfing-rape-case Wed, 18 Mar 2015 08:15:03 +0100 prison-term-sought-in-italy-couchsurfing-rape-case A chemist in the northern Italian city of Padua has caused a stir for displaying sex toys in its window, although the owner told The Local the products are being sold for “therapeutic” purposes. https://www.thelocal.it/20150205/customers-flock-to-chemist-for-medical-sex-toys Thu, 05 Feb 2015 11:50:00 +0100 customers-flock-to-chemist-for-medical-sex-toys A piazza in central Padua went into lockdown on Saturday over a suspected bomb, which turned out to be a romantic gesture marking the spot a couple had their first kiss. https://www.thelocal.it/20150126/italian-couples-love-note-sparks-padua-bomb-scare Mon, 26 Jan 2015 12:15:00 +0100 italian-couples-love-note-sparks-padua-bomb-scare The mayor of Padua has said that no more permits will be granted for the construction of mosques in the northern Italian city in the wake of the shooting at the offices of Charlie Hebdo, the satirical magazine, in Paris on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150109/padua-to-ban-new-mosques-in-wake-of-paris-attacks Fri, 09 Jan 2015 16:42:00 +0100 padua-to-ban-new-mosques-in-wake-of-paris-attacks An Italian mother has insisted her outrage over the fact that her daughter is the only Italian in a school full of children with foreign backgrounds does not stem from racism but from concerns over "culture and education". https://www.thelocal.it/20140917/school Wed, 17 Sep 2014 16:46:00 +0200 school Two people have been quarantined in the northern Italian city Padua over fears they have the deadly Ebola virus. https://www.thelocal.it/20140903/ebola-two-people-quarantined-in-padua Wed, 03 Sep 2014 13:49:00 +0200 ebola-two-people-quarantined-in-padua The mayor of Padua, in north-east Italy, announced on social media that crucifixes must be hung on the walls of all schools and offices across the city. https://www.thelocal.it/20140626/mayor-makes-crucifixes-compulsory-in-schools Thu, 26 Jun 2014 10:00:00 +0200 mayor-makes-crucifixes-compulsory-in-schools An Italian man has been convicted of “stalking” his neighbours after they complained about the “noisy” outpourings of passion inflicted on them whenever he had sex with his girlfriend. https://www.thelocal.it/20140409/italian-man-jailed-for-girlfriends-noisy-sex-2 Wed, 09 Apr 2014 10:39:00 +0200 italian-man-jailed-for-girlfriends-noisy-sex-2 Two Slovenians have reported the owner of a bar in the northern Italian city of Padua to police after they were charged €30 for two coffees, a bottle of water and two ‘tramazzinis’, a usually inexpensive ‘snack’ sandwich that is popular in bars across the country. https://www.thelocal.it/20140401/visitors-to-padua-furious-over-30-snack-bill-2 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 13:37:00 +0200 visitors-to-padua-furious-over-30-snack-bill-2 It can spoil an otherwise pleasant time in a restaurant, bar or other public venue: nature calls, but the toilets are filthy. Now the worst ones in Italy are about to be exposed, thanks to a new website. https://www.thelocal.it/20140319/website-lifts-the-lid-on-italys-dirtiest-toilets Wed, 19 Mar 2014 14:03:00 +0100 website-lifts-the-lid-on-italys-dirtiest-toilets Padua has the highest level of ozone pollution in Europe, while other Italian cities also have dangerously high levels, according to a new report by the European Environment Agency (EEA). https://www.thelocal.it/20131016/italian-cities-are-europes-worst-ozone-offenders Wed, 16 Oct 2013 12:26:00 +0200 italian-cities-are-europes-worst-ozone-offenders Italians in the north east are on the hunt for traces of a fireball which raced across the sky in the early hours of Tuesday morning and "unsettled pets". https://www.thelocal.it/20130903/video-mysterious-ball-of-fire-lights-up-italian-sky Tue, 03 Sep 2013 20:04:00 +0200 video-mysterious-ball-of-fire-lights-up-italian-sky A brother and sister from a town in Padua, in northern Italy, died just hours apart from eachother. https://www.thelocal.it/20130812/italian-siblings-die-on-same-day Mon, 12 Aug 2013 14:20:00 +0200 italian-siblings-die-on-same-day