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's Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Wednesday said populists from Italy and Poland should spark a "European spring" to replace the centre-right influence of Germany and France, ahead of key EU elections. https://www.thelocal.it/20190110/italys-salvini-calls-for-populist-european-spring Thu, 10 Jan 2019 09:56:16 +0100 italys-salvini-calls-for-populist-european-spring A Polish archbishop on Saturday denounced a conservative priest from the devout Catholic country who last month wished Pope Francis a speedy death if he did not open himself up to wisdom. https://www.thelocal.it/20180318/polish-archbishop-censures-priest-for-pope-death-wish Sun, 18 Mar 2018 05:02:02 +0100 polish-archbishop-censures-priest-for-pope-death-wish Poland will seek the extradition from Italy of four men suspected of raping a Polish tourist, the country's deputy justice minister has said. https://www.thelocal.it/20170906/poland-calls-for-extradition-of-italy-rimini-gang-rape-suspects Wed, 06 Sep 2017 13:18:13 +0200 poland-calls-for-extradition-of-italy-rimini-gang-rape-suspects An Italian woman died on Monday from meningitis after attending the Catholic World Youth Day in Poland with hundreds of thousands of other young pilgrims, the Italian Conference of Bishops said. https://www.thelocal.it/20160802/italian-pilgrims-death-sparks-meningitis-scare Tue, 02 Aug 2016 10:13:31 +0200 italian-pilgrims-death-sparks-meningitis-scare Pope Francis celebrated mass Sunday with over 2.5 million pilgrims in a vast sun-drenched field, wrapping up an emotionally charged trip to Poland which took him to Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz. https://www.thelocal.it/20160731/over-25-million-pilgrims-at-pope-fest-finale-in-poland Sun, 31 Jul 2016 17:05:35 +0200 over-25-million-pilgrims-at-pope-fest-finale-in-poland Pope Francis lands in Poland on Wednesday amid heavy security for an international Catholic youth festival where he is expected to make the case for welcoming refugees, a thorny issue for Warsaw. https://www.thelocal.it/20160724/pope-francis-to-headline-catholic-woodstock-amid-security-concerns Sun, 24 Jul 2016 12:27:26 +0200 pope-francis-to-headline-catholic-woodstock-amid-security-concerns Seven Polish football fans were jailed for three years on Friday following violence between Napoli and Legia Warsaw supporters around Thursday's Europa League match between the teams in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20151211/seven-poles-jailed-for-napoli-violence Fri, 11 Dec 2015 15:06:13 +0100 seven-poles-jailed-for-napoli-violence The bodies of around 3,000 Second World War prisoners have been unearthed in mass graves in Poland, where Italian soldiers were treated as "traitors" after switching sides from the fascist camp. https://www.thelocal.it/20141204/bodies-of-italian-war-traitors-unearthed-in-poland Thu, 04 Dec 2014 09:49:00 +0100 bodies-of-italian-war-traitors-unearthed-in-poland Italian energy giant Eni will follow in the footsteps of other energy companies and abandon its shale gas exploration in Poland, a Polish business daily reported on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140114/eni-pulls-plug-on-polish-shale-gas-exploration Tue, 14 Jan 2014 16:09:00 +0100 eni-pulls-plug-on-polish-shale-gas-exploration Italian trade unions were holding urgent talks with officials from a Modena company late on Friday, after the owner decided to close up and move the business to Poland - without telling his employees. https://www.thelocal.it/20130823/uproar-as-factory-moved-to-poland-in-secret Fri, 23 Aug 2013 19:18:00 +0200 uproar-as-factory-moved-to-poland-in-secret