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 An Israeli court ruled Monday that a boy whose parents died in an Italian cable car crash be returned to family in Italy, after his grandfather was accused of illegally bringing him to Israel. https://www.thelocal.it/20211025/cable-car-survivor-must-be-returned-to-family-in-italy-israel-court-rules Mon, 25 Oct 2021 19:39:31 +0200 cable-car-survivor-must-be-returned-to-family-in-italy-israel-court-rules The sole survivor of a deadly cable car crash in Italy was released from hospital on Thursday, health authorities said, noting that the five-year-old's condition was "much improved". https://www.thelocal.it/20210610/boy-who-survived-italys-cable-car-crash-leaves-hospital Thu, 10 Jun 2021 14:45:59 +0200 boy-who-survived-italys-cable-car-crash-leaves-hospital The five-year-old boy who was the sole survivor of an Italian cable car crash that killed 14 people was moved out of intensive care on Tuesday, hospital staff said. https://www.thelocal.it/20210601/five-year-old-italian-cable-car-crash-survivor-out-of-intensive-care Tue, 01 Jun 2021 19:47:53 +0200 five-year-old-italian-cable-car-crash-survivor-out-of-intensive-care Three men who were arrested for the Italian cable car crash that killed 14 people were released from jail overnight, after a judge found a "total lack of evidence" against two of them, officials said. https://www.thelocal.it/20210530/italian-cable-car-crash-suspects-released-from-jail Sun, 30 May 2021 18:08:00 +0200 italian-cable-car-crash-suspects-released-from-jail The boy who survived last weekend's deadly cable car crash in the Italian mountains is awake and will soon be moved out of intensive care, the hospital said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20210527/italys-young-cable-car-crash-survivor-wakes-up-as-investigation-continues Thu, 27 May 2021 19:35:44 +0200 italys-young-cable-car-crash-survivor-wakes-up-as-investigation-continues Italian police said on Wednesday they had arrested three people in an investigation into a cable car crash in the Piedmont mountains that left 14 people dead. https://www.thelocal.it/20210526/deactivated-brake-three-people-arrested-over-cable-car-disaster-in-italy Wed, 26 May 2021 12:43:47 +0200 deactivated-brake-three-people-arrested-over-cable-car-disaster-in-italy Investigators were on Monday probing the causes of a terrifying cable car crash in the Italian mountains that left 14 people dead and a young child in critical condition. https://www.thelocal.it/20210524/italy-investigates-fatal-cable-car-crash-stresa-lago-maggiore Mon, 24 May 2021 16:24:21 +0200 italy-investigates-fatal-cable-car-crash-stresa-lago-maggiore Authorities reported almost 38,000 more people had tested positive for Covid-19 in Italy in the past 24 hours, as the country's delayed night-time curfew is set to begin on Friday night. https://www.thelocal.it/20201106/italy-reports-new-record-daily-number-of-cases-as-national-curfew-begins Fri, 06 Nov 2020 18:46:37 +0100 italy-reports-new-record-daily-number-of-cases-as-national-curfew-begins Italian rescue services on Monday continued their search for several people reported missing after floods cut off several villages in the mountainous border regions, causing widespread damage and killing at least nine. https://www.thelocal.it/20201003/one-dead-11-missing-in-northern-italy-floods Sat, 03 Oct 2020 15:03:26 +0200 one-dead-11-missing-in-northern-italy-floods Italy's winemakers have been hit hard by the coronavirus crisis. As harvest season begins, how are they faring? Piedmont-based wine expert Evan Byrne spoke to producers about the financial aid available and their experiences so far. https://www.thelocal.it/20200911/how-are-italys-wine-producers-coping-with-the-coronavirus-crisis-financial-aid Fri, 11 Sep 2020 18:56:22 +0200 how-are-italys-wine-producers-coping-with-the-coronavirus-crisis-financial-aid Each September, a small village in the Italian Alps hosts what might just be the world's biggest party for chimney sweeps. But why? https://www.thelocal.it/20190903/in-photos-italy-chimney-sweep-festival-spazzacamini Tue, 03 Sep 2019 15:00:04 +0200 in-photos-italy-chimney-sweep-festival-spazzacamini A rare 850 gramme white truffle was auctioned for €85,000 in the Italian region of Alba on Sunday, with the anonymous Hong Kong buyer paying nearly 30 times this year's market price for smaller nuggets. https://www.thelocal.it/20181112/huge-white-truffle-sells-for-85000-at-italian-auction Mon, 12 Nov 2018 10:06:02 +0100 huge-white-truffle-sells-for-85000-at-italian-auction When Italy surrendered to the Allies 75 years ago last month, thousands of prisoners of war in Italian camps found themselves faced with a choice: to stay put and hope to be liberated, or to escape and embark on an uncertain journey to safe territory. Katrina Kittel’s father chose the latter, and now the Australian historian has made it her mission to discover what happened to others who took the same leap. https://www.thelocal.it/20181025/how-italians-helped-allied-prisoners-of-war-escape-italy-world-war-two Thu, 25 Oct 2018 10:48:56 +0200 how-italians-helped-allied-prisoners-of-war-escape-italy-world-war-two With exquisite cuisine, stunning scenery and a burgeoning cultural scene, the northern Italian region of Piedmont is the world's number-one region to visit next year, according to Lonely Planet's annual travel rankings. https://www.thelocal.it/20181023/lonely-planet-piedmont-top-region-to-visit-2019 Tue, 23 Oct 2018 13:41:00 +0200 lonely-planet-piedmont-top-region-to-visit-2019 Barbania, a tiny town in the north-west of Italy, might just have the highest rate of twin births anywhere in the country: 74 of its 1,600 inhabitants are twins. https://www.thelocal.it/20180626/barbania-italian-town-twins Tue, 26 Jun 2018 15:52:11 +0200 barbania-italian-town-twins Through vineyards stretching as far as the eye can see and shrouded in fog, the thud of hooves pounding the loose earth grows louder. A man on horseback gallops into view. https://www.thelocal.it/20180216/italy-doctor-house-calls-on-horseback Fri, 16 Feb 2018 11:06:34 +0100 italy-doctor-house-calls-on-horseback Life imitated art when a fire broke out at the northern Italian abbey that inspired Umberto Eco’s classic The Name of the Rose. https://www.thelocal.it/20180125/fire-at-sacra-di-san-michele-abbey-that-inspired-the-name-of-the-rose Thu, 25 Jan 2018 16:14:30 +0100 fire-at-sacra-di-san-michele-abbey-that-inspired-the-name-of-the-rose Famed Italian winemaker Bruno Giacosa, whose classic Piedmontese wines include Barolo and Barbaresco, has died aged 88, Italian media reported on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180123/italy-wine-bruno-giacosa-dies Tue, 23 Jan 2018 14:43:51 +0100 italy-wine-bruno-giacosa-dies While the north of Italy shivers under heavy snowfall, further south Italians are enjoying some of the highest seasonal temperatures on record. https://www.thelocal.it/20180109/italy-avalanches-record-temperatures Tue, 09 Jan 2018 16:39:39 +0100 italy-avalanches-record-temperatures Authorities in Piedmont have raised the avalanche alert to five, its highest level, warning of large, spontaneous snow slides. https://www.thelocal.it/20180108/avalanche-alert-north-west-italy Mon, 08 Jan 2018 19:54:39 +0100 avalanche-alert-north-west-italy