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 Immigrants in Italy help pay the pensions of 620,000 people through the billions they contribute each year to the welfare system, according to a study published on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20151023/italys-foreigners-help-pay-620000-pensioners Fri, 23 Oct 2015 13:52:40 +0200 italys-foreigners-help-pay-620000-pensioners Record temperatures in north-western Italy have left 140 pensioners dead in just the first ten days of July, according to data from the environmental agency, Arpa Piedmont. https://www.thelocal.it/20150717/heatwave-kills-140-pensioners-in-piedmont Fri, 17 Jul 2015 18:04:12 +0200 heatwave-kills-140-pensioners-in-piedmont Four million Italian pensioners will get a €500 rebate from the government on August 1st, premier Matteo Renzi said on Monday in response to a ruling from Italy’s top court that the money should not have been withheld. https://www.thelocal.it/20150518/millions-of-italians-to-get-500-pension-rebate Mon, 18 May 2015 13:10:23 +0200 millions-of-italians-to-get-500-pension-rebate Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Friday that “a portion” of what the government owes to retirees would be paid after the country’s top court ruled that the money should not have been withheld. https://www.thelocal.it/20150515/italy-to-pay-portion-of-billions-owed-to-pensioners Fri, 15 May 2015 16:48:07 +0200 italy-to-pay-portion-of-billions-owed-to-pensioners Italy's constitutional court has overturned a key plank of the debt-laden country's pension reforms in a ruling that could require the government to pay retirees back at least €5 billion ($5.6 billion). https://www.thelocal.it/20150504/italy-may-owe-pensioners-5-billion Mon, 04 May 2015 12:12:07 +0200 italy-may-owe-pensioners-5-billion A band of elderly thieves on bicycles has allegedly robbed a pharmacy in central Italy, armed with toy guns. https://www.thelocal.it/20150211/italian-pensioners-rob-chemist-with-toy-guns Wed, 11 Feb 2015 14:17:00 +0100 italian-pensioners-rob-chemist-with-toy-guns UPDATED: A man was killed by a landslide outside his home in Crevacuore, a town in Piedmont, amid torrential rain in northern Italy on Wednesday morning. The bodies of two pensioners were also found on Tuesday night after a landslide engulfed their home in Liguria. https://www.thelocal.it/20141112/couple-found-dead-after-landslide-hit-liguria-home Wed, 12 Nov 2014 09:48:00 +0100 couple-found-dead-after-landslide-hit-liguria-home Italy's pensioners have been hit hard by the financial crisis, with seven million living off less than €1,000 a month, according to figures from Italy’s pension agency, INPS. https://www.thelocal.it/20140709/italinaan Wed, 09 Jul 2014 13:57:45 +0200 italinaan A man dubbed the "Angel of Death" has been handed a life sentence for killing five pensioners in his care, in a nursing home close to Rome, Italian media reported on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140401/angel-of-death-carer-killed-five-pensioners-2 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 14:56:00 +0200 angel-of-death-carer-killed-five-pensioners-2