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 Italy was working on Friday to set up a solidarity fund to help small investors hit by the rescue last month of four regional banks, following the suicide of a man whose life savings were wiped out, government sources said. https://www.thelocal.it/20151211/italy-moves-to-bail-out-savers-hit-by-bank-plan Fri, 11 Dec 2015 14:09:15 +0100 italy-moves-to-bail-out-savers-hit-by-bank-plan Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Thursday vowed to help shareholders and bondholders, after the government came under fire for a bank rescue plan that led one pensioner to commit suicide after losing his entire savings. https://www.thelocal.it/20151210/renzi-vows-to-help-savers-hit-by-bank-rescue Thu, 10 Dec 2015 17:10:44 +0100 renzi-vows-to-help-savers-hit-by-bank-rescue Italy will send 100 refugees to France and Spain this week under the European Union scheme aimed at easing the burden of the migration crisis on frontline countries. https://www.thelocal.it/20151102/italy-to-send-100-refugees-to-france-and-spain Mon, 02 Nov 2015 10:06:46 +0100 italy-to-send-100-refugees-to-france-and-spain UPDATED: A small group of Eritreans left Italy for Sweden on Friday, the first contingent of asylum-seekers to be relocated under a European Union scheme to ease the burden of the migration crisis on frontline countries. https://www.thelocal.it/20151009/first-asylum-seekers-leave-italy-under-eu-plan Fri, 09 Oct 2015 11:49:19 +0200 first-asylum-seekers-leave-italy-under-eu-plan Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta on Tuesday urged an EU summit this week to adopt an action plan to deal with the "immigration emergency" after two shipwrecks that killed over 400 people. https://www.thelocal.it/20131022/italy-urges-eu-summit-on-immigrant-action-plan Tue, 22 Oct 2013 13:41:00 +0200 italy-urges-eu-summit-on-immigrant-action-plan