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 One of those survivors of a storm in the Swiss Alps which claimed the lives of eight people has spoken about the tragic episode. https://www.thelocal.it/20180502/survivor-of-swiss-alps-tragedy-now-i-know-what-hell-is-like Wed, 02 May 2018 12:27:25 +0200 survivor-of-swiss-alps-tragedy-now-i-know-what-hell-is-like Anyone who has driven through a medieval village in Europe will know the feeling of panic that comes with approaching a seemingly impossible stretch of alleyway. https://www.thelocal.it/20180427/watch-swiss-bus-drivers-sensational-manoeuvre-down-incredibly-narrow-italian-street-triora Fri, 27 Apr 2018 16:39:28 +0200 watch-swiss-bus-drivers-sensational-manoeuvre-down-incredibly-narrow-italian-street-triora Five minutes. That's all it took to make papal history. Never has a leader of the Roman Catholic Church become as popular in as short a time as Pope Francis did when he humbly asked the crowd gathered in St Peter's Square on March 13th last year to pray for him. https://www.thelocal.it/20140310/pope-francis-makes-catholicism-trendy Mon, 10 Mar 2014 09:40:00 +0100 pope-francis-makes-catholicism-trendy From the heel of Italy's boot to the northern economic powerhouse, Italians have been ranking their city mayors. The Local takes a look at the most popular ones in the country and how they are trying to transform their metropolises. https://www.thelocal.it/20140306/italys-most-popular-city-mayors Thu, 06 Mar 2014 15:56:00 +0100 italys-most-popular-city-mayors Google searches don't just give you a world of information - they also use your search to help predict what others want to know. Here we list some of the things that people are trying to find out about Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20140129/ten-things-google-says-about-italy Wed, 29 Jan 2014 14:56:00 +0100 ten-things-google-says-about-italy