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 Paris and Milan are among the cities closest to reaching the urban planning goal of being a "15-minute city," while car-dependent metropolises in the United States and elsewhere lag behind, a worldwide analysis said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20240916/paris-and-milan-closest-in-the-world-to-becoming-15-minute-cities Mon, 16 Sep 2024 19:29:21 +0200 paris-and-milan-closest-in-the-world-to-becoming-15-minute-cities Paris prosecutors have charged a young woman with aggravated manslaughter over the death of an Italian on the Seine river embankment in Paris earlier this month in a collision with an electronic scooter. https://www.thelocal.it/20210627/french-woman-charged-over-italian-womans-death-in-paris-e-scooter-accident Sun, 27 Jun 2021 18:20:02 +0200 french-woman-charged-over-italian-womans-death-in-paris-e-scooter-accident The head of a small far-right party in Italy spurned a Bastille Day party in Rome on Saturday in anger at Paris awarding medals to the German captains of a migrant rescue ship. https://www.thelocal.it/20190714/italian-far-right-leader-boycotts-bastille-day-do-over-sea-watch-medals Sun, 14 Jul 2019 09:20:32 +0200 italian-far-right-leader-boycotts-bastille-day-do-over-sea-watch-medals An Italian secret service agent was found dead in his apartment in the French capital on Monday with a wound on his chin, police said. https://www.thelocal.it/20190507/italian-secret-service-agent-found-dead-in-paris-apartment Tue, 07 May 2019 15:29:10 +0200 italian-secret-service-agent-found-dead-in-paris-apartment An Italian theatre that was burned to the ground and then rebuilt has a message for Notre-Dame following Monday's devastating blaze. https://www.thelocal.it/20190416/rise-from-the-ashes-italian-theatres-touching-message-to-notre-dame Tue, 16 Apr 2019 11:32:18 +0200 rise-from-the-ashes-italian-theatres-touching-message-to-notre-dame A contested high-speed train line between Italy and France must go ahead, Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said on Thursday, setting his party on a collision course with its governing partner. https://www.thelocal.it/20190125/high-speed-turin-to-lyon-train-line-tav-salvini Fri, 25 Jan 2019 09:49:22 +0100 high-speed-turin-to-lyon-train-line-tav-salvini Top Italian chef Massimo Bottura, whose Osteria Francescana was named the world's best restaurant last year, is in talks to open a community kitchen in Paris that would serve the homeless and other people in need. https://www.thelocal.it/20171229/top-italian-chef-to-open-community-kitchen-in-paris Fri, 29 Dec 2017 10:02:20 +0100 top-italian-chef-to-open-community-kitchen-in-paris The choice of a song that contains a word in Arabic, and which will be sung by children attending a Christmas procession this Friday in Modena, has left parents fuming. https://www.thelocal.it/20151214/parents-fume-over-children-singing-arabic-verse Mon, 14 Dec 2015 15:09:23 +0100 parents-fume-over-children-singing-arabic-verse Italy's Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan said that Italy's predicted return to growth for 2015 could be harmed by the fallout of the recent Paris terror attacks. https://www.thelocal.it/20151130/terror-threat-could-harm-italy-recovery-padoan Mon, 30 Nov 2015 13:08:06 +0100 terror-threat-could-harm-italy-recovery-padoan Italy's Muslim community must stand up to terrorists and build bridges with Italian society at large after the recent terror attacks in Paris if it wants to avoid a backlash, the head of Italy's Muslim Union has told The Local. https://www.thelocal.it/20151123/italys-muslims-must-unite-against-terrorism-paris-islam Mon, 23 Nov 2015 11:30:14 +0100 italys-muslims-must-unite-against-terrorism-paris-islam Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti on Tuesday ruled out Italy partaking in military action against Isis in Syria. https://www.thelocal.it/20151117/italy-rules-out-military-action-in-syria Tue, 17 Nov 2015 17:37:36 +0100 italy-rules-out-military-action-in-syria Confusion was sparked in Italy on Monday after police put out an urgent appeal for a car connected with the Paris terror attacks. https://www.thelocal.it/20151116/turin-province-hunts-for-paris-attacks-suspect Mon, 16 Nov 2015 16:05:43 +0100 turin-province-hunts-for-paris-attacks-suspect Italy has been warned that one of the men suspected of taking part in the Paris attacks on Friday night could be on his way to Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20151116/paris-attacker-could-head-to-italy Mon, 16 Nov 2015 11:36:19 +0100 paris-attacker-could-head-to-italy The body of an Italian doctoral student missing since Friday's terrorist attacks in Paris has been found, according to her father. https://www.thelocal.it/20151115/missing-italian-student-reported-dead Sun, 15 Nov 2015 14:04:34 +0100 missing-italian-student-reported-dead An Italian tourist had a second lucky escape on Saturday when he emerged from the bloodiest scene of the Paris attacks with only a slight injury, 30 years after surviving the deadly Heysel stadium disaster in Brussels. https://www.thelocal.it/20151115/italian-has-second-lucky-paris-escape Sun, 15 Nov 2015 10:45:14 +0100 italian-has-second-lucky-paris-escape Italy will send an extra 700 troops to Rome for the 2016 Jubilee of Mercy amid fears terrorists could strike the capital. https://www.thelocal.it/20151114/rome-to-deploy-700-more-troops-amid-jubilee-threat Sat, 14 Nov 2015 15:09:19 +0100 rome-to-deploy-700-more-troops-amid-jubilee-threat UPDATED: Italy has raised its terror alert after the attacks in Paris on Friday night, in which at least 128 people were killed and 200 were injured - including two Italians - amid a threat that Rome will be targeted next. https://www.thelocal.it/20151114/italy-raises-terror-alert-after-paris-attacks Sat, 14 Nov 2015 10:47:29 +0100 italy-raises-terror-alert-after-paris-attacks The race is on. The shortlist of cities to host the 2024 Olympics Games was officially announced on Wednesday, but can Rome see off competition from Los Angeles, Paris and Hamburg, not to mention Budapest? https://www.thelocal.it/20150916/how-rome-shapes-up-against-its-olympics-2014-rivals Wed, 16 Sep 2015 13:32:16 +0200 how-rome-shapes-up-against-its-olympics-2014-rivals Rome will compete with Budapest, Hamburg, Paris and Los Angeles to host the Olympic Games in 2024, it was announced on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150916/rome-among-five-vying-for-2024-olympics Wed, 16 Sep 2015 12:20:19 +0200 rome-among-five-vying-for-2024-olympics Serie A side Roma continued to shore up their defence on Wednesday with Paris Saint Germain French international left-back Lucas Digne completing his loan move to the capital club. https://www.thelocal.it/20150827/psgs-lucas-digne-seals-roma-loan-move Thu, 27 Aug 2015 10:25:51 +0200 psgs-lucas-digne-seals-roma-loan-move