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 Imam of Florence, Izzedin Elzir, waded into the controversial burqini debate on Thursday by posting a photo on Facebook of habit-wearing nuns splashing around on the edge of the shore – only for the social network to block his account. https://www.thelocal.it/20160819/italy-imam-defends-burqinis-with-beach-going-nuns-photo Fri, 19 Aug 2016 20:09:18 +0200 italy-imam-defends-burqinis-with-beach-going-nuns-photo The exhibition of a controversial photograph - displaying a plastic and wood crucifix submerged in a beaker of urine - is creating controversy in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20151113/piss-christ-creates-fury-at-italian-art-show Fri, 13 Nov 2015 13:37:20 +0100 piss-christ-creates-fury-at-italian-art-show The city of Rome is ready to take action against the legions of tacky gladiators making a tax-free fortune by posing for photos with tourists in front of the city's most famous monuments. https://www.thelocal.it/20151112/rome-declares-war-on-12k-a-month-gladiators Thu, 12 Nov 2015 12:39:50 +0100 rome-declares-war-on-12k-a-month-gladiators UPDATED: A British photographer told The Local she is suing the far-right party Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy) after it used a picture she took featuring a 17-year-old transgender girl, who committed suicide last December, in a campaign against gender education in schools in the northern province of Trentino. https://www.thelocal.it/20150914/outcry-as-far-right-uses-transgender-suicide-victims-image Mon, 14 Sep 2015 15:15:53 +0200 outcry-as-far-right-uses-transgender-suicide-victims-image A photo of an Italian man holding his grandmother, who suffers from Alzheimer's, has melted the hearts of thousands of people online. https://www.thelocal.it/20150105/photo-of-italian-with-sick-gran-touches-heart-of-thousands Mon, 05 Jan 2015 12:15:00 +0100 photo-of-italian-with-sick-gran-touches-heart-of-thousands An Italian woman whose Facebook account was blocked after she posted a photo of two women kissing, in what the social network said “violated the community's standards on nudity and pornography”, told The Local she republished the photo in defence of her pursuit of gay rights. https://www.thelocal.it/20140519/facebook-scraps-italians-account-over-lesbian-kiss Mon, 19 May 2014 14:47:00 +0200 facebook-scraps-italians-account-over-lesbian-kiss A new blog mocking media-savvy Matteo Renzi is gaining popularity in Italy, with the young prime minister riding a bicycle around the world and through famous Hollywood films. https://www.thelocal.it/20140327/italys-bright-young-pm-cycles-with-the-stars Thu, 27 Mar 2014 12:48:00 +0100 italys-bright-young-pm-cycles-with-the-stars A 19-year-old boy in the northern Italian city of Monza, Lombardy, has been sentenced to two years and eight months in jail and slapped with a €11,000 fine after posting compromising photos on Facebook sent to him by a girl of 14. https://www.thelocal.it/20131118/boy-jailed-for-posting-risqu-facebook-photos-of-minor Mon, 18 Nov 2013 11:21:00 +0100 boy-jailed-for-posting-risqu-facebook-photos-of-minor