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 The influx of Tunisian migrants crossing the Mediterranean to Italy is back under control after a spike in numbers at the end of summer, Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.it/20171125/tunisian-migrant-influx-back-under-control-italy-pm Sat, 25 Nov 2017 19:41:45 +0100 tunisian-migrant-influx-back-under-control-italy-pm Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni said on Thursday there was no need for "destructive" negotiations on Britain's withdrawal from the EU, after talks with Prime Minister Theresa May. https://www.thelocal.it/20170210/italy-pm-says-brexit-talks-need-not-be-destructive Fri, 10 Feb 2017 10:02:18 +0100 italy-pm-says-brexit-talks-need-not-be-destructive Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi came under fire on Thursday for reportedly sending special forces to help the fight against the Islamic State group in Libya without proper clearance from parliament. https://www.thelocal.it/20160811/renzi-under-fire-over-special-forces-in-libya Thu, 11 Aug 2016 13:38:07 +0200 renzi-under-fire-over-special-forces-in-libya Rome on Tuesday issued a €500 million SOS to companies, wealthy philanthropists and its own citizens to help restore many of the Italian capital's iconic historic sites and avoid the risk of some falling into ruin. https://www.thelocal.it/20160525/rome-pleas-for-500-million-to-restore-historic-icons-monuments-italy Wed, 25 May 2016 10:40:13 +0200 rome-pleas-for-500-million-to-restore-historic-icons-monuments-italy Scandal-hit Italian surgeon Paolo Macchiarini, who is accused of using Swedish patients as guinea pigs, has told a medical magazine that he wasn't to blame for patients' complications, in his first interview since being ousted from his post in Stockholm. https://www.thelocal.it/20160504/disgraced-italian-surgeon-defends-work-in-first-interview Wed, 04 May 2016 15:56:31 +0200 disgraced-italian-surgeon-defends-work-in-first-interview Italy's foreign minister visited Tripoli on Tuesday to bolster the unity government struggling to end Libya's chaos, in the first visit by a top Western official since 2014. https://www.thelocal.it/20160412/gentiloni-to-visit-tripoli-first-by-top-western-official-since-2014 Tue, 12 Apr 2016 11:54:10 +0200 gentiloni-to-visit-tripoli-first-by-top-western-official-since-2014 Sweden's Karolinska Institute (KI), which awards the Nobel Prize for Medicine, on Wednesday dismissed a Italian transplant surgeon suspected of research fraud and ethical breaches, in an affair that has plunged the renowned institution into crisis. https://www.thelocal.it/20160323/italian-surgeon-fired-from-swedish-research-institute Wed, 23 Mar 2016 17:13:21 +0100 italian-surgeon-fired-from-swedish-research-institute Italy's Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni has denied paying ransoms for the release of two Italians kidnapped in Libya last July. https://www.thelocal.it/20160309/no-ransom-paid-for-freed-italian-hostages Wed, 09 Mar 2016 13:42:28 +0100 no-ransom-paid-for-freed-italian-hostages Sweden's prestigious Karolinska University Hospital has opened an investigation into a prominent surgeon whose controversial procedures have caused a stir worldwide. https://www.thelocal.it/20160203/italian-celebrity-surgeon-faces-swedish-probe Wed, 03 Feb 2016 17:06:09 +0100 italian-celebrity-surgeon-faces-swedish-probe Italy hopes its international conference on war-torn Libya will up the pressure on rival militias and speed up the formation of a national unity government, its foreign minister said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20151204/italy-hopes-to-up-pressure-on-libya-militias Fri, 04 Dec 2015 19:07:38 +0100 italy-hopes-to-up-pressure-on-libya-militias Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni on Wednesday said Rome would host an international conference on conflict-ravaged Libya on December 13th, aimed at stopping the country from falling apart and at containing the Isis group. https://www.thelocal.it/20151203/rome-to-host-conference-on-war-torn-libya Thu, 03 Dec 2015 09:16:57 +0100 rome-to-host-conference-on-war-torn-libya UPDATED: Italy is looking for five terror suspects after a tip-off from the FBI about possible jihadist attacks on landmark sites including St Peter's cathedral in the Vatican, Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20151119/italy-hunting-five-terror-suspects-after-fbi-tip-off Thu, 19 Nov 2015 11:56:08 +0100 italy-hunting-five-terror-suspects-after-fbi-tip-off Italy's Foreign Minister has scathingly dismissed criticism from France and Germany over its handling of the tens of thousands of migrants arriving on its southern shores. https://www.thelocal.it/20150826/italy-hits-back-at-merkel-in-migrants-row Wed, 26 Aug 2015 13:49:39 +0200 italy-hits-back-at-merkel-in-migrants-row A 12-year-old boy accidentally punched a hole through a $1.5 million centuries-old Italian oil painting when he tripped and fell into the piece during an exhibition in Taiwan. https://www.thelocal.it/20150825/boy-punches-hole-in-centuries-old-italian-painting Tue, 25 Aug 2015 12:09:15 +0200 boy-punches-hole-in-centuries-old-italian-painting Italy's interior ministry has placed Lucia Borsellino, the daughter of a Sicilian judge killed by the mafia in 1992, under protection, media reports said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150818/slain-anti-mafia-judges-daughter-under-guard Tue, 18 Aug 2015 09:40:06 +0200 slain-anti-mafia-judges-daughter-under-guard Italy warned on Monday that Libya risked turning into "another Somalia" as it signed a joint statement with the US and several European allies condemning "barbaric" acts carried out by the Isis group there. https://www.thelocal.it/20150817/italy-says-libya-risks-becoming-another-somalia Mon, 17 Aug 2015 15:35:41 +0200 italy-says-libya-risks-becoming-another-somalia Italy on Wednesday invited Iran's President Hassan Rouhani to Rome for an official visit, as its foreign minister held talks in Tehran following last month's historic nuclear accord. https://www.thelocal.it/20150805/italy-invites-irans-rouhani-for-rome-visit Wed, 05 Aug 2015 12:53:54 +0200 italy-invites-irans-rouhani-for-rome-visit Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni on Monday expressed his country's firm backing for Egypt in fighting "terrorism" after the jihadist Islamic State group said it bombed Rome's consulate in Cairo. https://www.thelocal.it/20150713/italy-vows-to-help-egypt-fight-terrorism-after-blast Mon, 13 Jul 2015 18:24:22 +0200 italy-vows-to-help-egypt-fight-terrorism-after-blast Italy is growing increasingly concerned about the threat of Isis as the militant group makes rapid advances in Syria and Iraq. https://www.thelocal.it/20150522/italy-to-revisit-anti-isis-plan-amid-growing-fears Fri, 22 May 2015 17:59:08 +0200 italy-to-revisit-anti-isis-plan-amid-growing-fears Italy reacted on Monday to the arrival of thousands of new migrants at its southern ports by demanding that its European Union partners meet the cost of taking them in. https://www.thelocal.it/20150505/italy-demands-eu-stumps-up-for-saved-migrants Tue, 05 May 2015 10:16:16 +0200 italy-demands-eu-stumps-up-for-saved-migrants