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 Rights activists on Sunday accused Italian authorities of blocking migrant rescue ship Sea-Watch 4 from leaving port and resuming its emergency mission in the Mediterranean. https://www.thelocal.it/20200920/activists-accuse-italy-of-halting-ship-rescue-mission Sun, 20 Sep 2020 13:30:22 +0200 activists-accuse-italy-of-halting-ship-rescue-mission Firefighters continue to search for people feared missing after severe flooding in the Sicilian capital Palermo on Wednesday night. https://www.thelocal.it/20200716/in-videos-flash-floods-hit-palermo-after-most-violent-rainstorm-in-200-years Thu, 16 Jul 2020 12:04:18 +0200 in-videos-flash-floods-hit-palermo-after-most-violent-rainstorm-in-200-years The mayor suggested the idea as it emerged that one in three Palermo residents are behind with their council tax payments. https://www.thelocal.it/20191112/sicilian-mayor-suggests-free-public-transport-for-those-who-pay-their-council-tax Tue, 12 Nov 2019 12:27:14 +0100 sicilian-mayor-suggests-free-public-transport-for-those-who-pay-their-council-tax The 10th annual Sherbeth Festival, an ice cream festival in Palermo that recognizes the best of global gelato-making, has awarded first prize this year to Italian Fabio Solighetto from the northern province of Monza near Milan, for his ricotta and grappa gelato. https://www.thelocal.it/20181003/ricotta-and-grappa-prove-winning-combination-at-sicilian-gelato-festival Wed, 03 Oct 2018 13:30:00 +0200 ricotta-and-grappa-prove-winning-combination-at-sicilian-gelato-festival A Libya conference will be held in Sicily in November, Italy's foreign minister said Tuesday, with talks focusing on an "inclusive approach" to stabilising the war-torn north African country while not fixating on a date for elections. https://www.thelocal.it/20181003/libya-conference-to-be-held-in-sicily-in-november-italy Wed, 03 Oct 2018 12:00:00 +0200 libya-conference-to-be-held-in-sicily-in-november-italy Palermo’s Antimafia Investigations Directorate (DIA) has confiscated assets worth 150 million euros from a pair of brothers who for years orchestrated the mafia infiltration of the city’s largest fruit and vegetable market. https://www.thelocal.it/20180814/police-confiscate-150-million-euros-from-fruit-and-veg-mafiosi-brothers Tue, 14 Aug 2018 21:00:00 +0200 police-confiscate-150-million-euros-from-fruit-and-veg-mafiosi-brothers Eleven Montenegrins who hid more than 20 tonnes of hashish worth up to 200 million euros ($232 million) in a rescue ship's diesel tanks have been arrested, Italian police said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180809/italian-police-find-hashish-worth-up-to-200-million-euros-in-fuel-tanks Thu, 09 Aug 2018 20:10:00 +0200 italian-police-find-hashish-worth-up-to-200-million-euros-in-fuel-tanks While the north of Italy shivers under heavy snowfall, further south Italians are enjoying some of the highest seasonal temperatures on record. https://www.thelocal.it/20180109/italy-avalanches-record-temperatures Tue, 09 Jan 2018 16:39:39 +0100 italy-avalanches-record-temperatures Palermo is Italy's Capital of Culture for 2018, and there are plenty of reasons to visit the Sicilian city. https://www.thelocal.it/20170206/ten-reasons-to-visit-palermo-travel-vacation Mon, 06 Feb 2017 09:22:48 +0100 ten-reasons-to-visit-palermo-travel-vacation People across Italy are weighing in on a headteacher’s decision to stop saying prayers and remove Catholic statues at a school in Sicily. https://www.thelocal.it/20171124/italy-sicily-headteacher-school-prayers Fri, 24 Nov 2017 17:25:40 +0100 italy-sicily-headteacher-school-prayers Unknown vandals in the Sicilian capital Palermo broke the head off a statue of murdered anti-mafia prosecutor Giovanni Falcone on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170711/statue-of-slain-anti-mafia-prosecutor-giovanni-falcone-decapitated-damaged-sicilian-capital-palermo Tue, 11 Jul 2017 12:35:53 +0200 statue-of-slain-anti-mafia-prosecutor-giovanni-falcone-decapitated-damaged-sicilian-capital-palermo An Italian who doused a homeless man in petrol and set him alight as he slept has confessed to the killing, telling police he acted out of jealousy. https://www.thelocal.it/20170312/jealous-italian-admits-burning-homeless-man-alive Sun, 12 Mar 2017 13:32:02 +0100 jealous-italian-admits-burning-homeless-man-alive Italian police launched a manhunt on Saturday for a killer who doused a homeless man in flammable liquid and set him alight as he slept in Palermo, Sicily. https://www.thelocal.it/20170311/italy-manhunt-for-killer-of-homeless-man-burned-alive Sat, 11 Mar 2017 15:17:15 +0100 italy-manhunt-for-killer-of-homeless-man-burned-alive Do you feel like you spend an unreasonable amount of time stuck behind the wheel of your car? If you're commuting in Italy, you're not imagining it - a new study reveals exactly how much time Italian drivers lose to traffic jams each year, and it's not pretty. https://www.thelocal.it/20170228/italian-cities-rome-palermo-traffic-congestion Tue, 28 Feb 2017 10:04:45 +0100 italian-cities-rome-palermo-traffic-congestion Catania is on high alert after torrential rain caused havoc across the region on Sunday afternoon and into Monday. At least one person has been reported dead and several families evacuated from their homes due to the extreme weather. https://www.thelocal.it/20170123/one-dead-as-rain-wreaks-havoc-in-southern-italy Mon, 23 Jan 2017 11:15:48 +0100 one-dead-as-rain-wreaks-havoc-in-southern-italy Over 500 years after the expulsion of Jews from Palermo, worshippers are getting a synagogue in the Sicilian capital. https://www.thelocal.it/20170112/sicilian-church-become-a-synagogue-anniversary-jews-were-expelled-from-the-region Thu, 12 Jan 2017 09:30:06 +0100 sicilian-church-become-a-synagogue-anniversary-jews-were-expelled-from-the-region Skulls and other apparently human bones have been found in a cave in Palermo, Sicily, according to local media reports on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20161005/remains-of-six-bodies-uncovered-in-sicily-palermo-cave Wed, 05 Oct 2016 17:49:14 +0200 remains-of-six-bodies-uncovered-in-sicily-palermo-cave A girl was rescued from a burning house while 50 nursery school children were hospitalized due to smoke inhalation as wildfires raged across parts of Sicily on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160616/nursery-kids-hospitalized-as-wildfires-rage-in-sicily Thu, 16 Jun 2016 15:56:03 +0200 nursery-kids-hospitalized-as-wildfires-rage-in-sicily Palermo's Serie A relegation woes deepened in a trouble-hit 3-0 defeat to Lazio that saw the match stopped twice by the referee as rocket flares came dangerously close to hitting players. https://www.thelocal.it/20160411/palermo-woes-deepen-as-flares-rain-down-on-players Mon, 11 Apr 2016 10:07:47 +0200 palermo-woes-deepen-as-flares-rain-down-on-players Four doctors and two nurses have been jailed for culpable homicide after a patient was killed by a huge overdose of anticancer drugs in a Sicilian hospital. https://www.thelocal.it/20160330/italian-medics-condemned-for-killing-patient-with-massive-chemo-overdose Wed, 30 Mar 2016 13:15:54 +0200 italian-medics-condemned-for-killing-patient-with-massive-chemo-overdose