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 "Come home, then". This was a comment I received on Twitter a few nights ago in response to a point I had made about the situation of expats in the era of Brexit. Although curt, this comment was nothing like as rude as others that we 'remainers' have been subject to in recent months. https://www.thelocal.it/20170224/stop-telling-expat-remain-voters-to-come-home-its-not-that-simple Fri, 24 Feb 2017 09:09:53 +0100 stop-telling-expat-remain-voters-to-come-home-its-not-that-simple A group of lawyers in the northern Italian city of Ferrara have called on the presiding judge of the city’s court to reinstate crucifixes in the courtrooms. https://www.thelocal.it/20150403/ferrara-lawyers-want-crucifixes-back-in-court Fri, 03 Apr 2015 10:25:29 +0200 ferrara-lawyers-want-crucifixes-back-in-court A man in Rome was caught claiming his dead mother's pension after post office workers became suspicious that her apparent longevity was too good to be true. https://www.thelocal.it/20140407/benefit-fraudster-nabbed-by-mums-longevity-2 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 18:46:00 +0200 benefit-fraudster-nabbed-by-mums-longevity-2 An Italian junior minister who says she is Silvio Berlusconi's "kamikaze" is complaining after her symbolic resignation was accepted, in one more political melodrama around the flamboyant tycoon. https://www.thelocal.it/20131007/berlusconi-kamikaze-protests-government-exit Mon, 07 Oct 2013 14:59:30 +0200 berlusconi-kamikaze-protests-government-exit Officials in the Lombardy region are auctioning off a scandal-hit former governor's €270,000 BMW, which has been costing €20,000 a year to maintain in a Milan garage. https://www.thelocal.it/20130726/ex-lombardy-governors-bmw-up-for-sale Fri, 26 Jul 2013 12:51:00 +0200 ex-lombardy-governors-bmw-up-for-sale