The Local Italy 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 Rome's Fiumicino airport hit by power cut Rome’s Fiumicino airport suffered yet another setback on Thursday morning – a 20-minute power cut. https://www.thelocal.it/20150730/romes-fiumicino-airport-hit-by-power-cut Thu, 30 Jul 2015 15:52:37 +0200 romes-fiumicino-airport-hit-by-power-cut Mafia milks Italy's green energy boom Thousands of solar panels glint in the sun, but the prized farmland beneath lies barren. https://www.thelocal.it/20150727/mafia-milks-italys-green-energy-boom Mon, 27 Jul 2015 08:27:26 +0200 mafia-milks-italys-green-energy-boom Italian passport 14th 'most powerful' in world The passports of 13 countries are regarded as more “powerful” than the one offered by Italy, according to a new survey. https://www.thelocal.it/20150421/italian-passport-14th-most-powerful-in-world Tue, 21 Apr 2015 14:33:22 +0200 italian-passport-14th-most-powerful-in-world Malta ends power cuts with link to Italy Malta prepared on Thursday to say goodbye to power cuts thanks to an underwater cable linking it to mainland Europe, which will serve as back up if the country's power stations overload. https://www.thelocal.it/20150410/malta-ends-power-cuts-with-link-to-italy Fri, 10 Apr 2015 10:19:04 +0200 malta-ends-power-cuts-with-link-to-italy Italians reduce scooter rides in bid to save cash Italy's economic crisis has cut the spending power of 69 percent of households and forced a growing number of young people to leave the country, a study by the Censis institute released on Friday found. https://www.thelocal.it/20131206/italians-cut-down-on-scooter-rides-to-save-cash Fri, 06 Dec 2013 15:58:00 +0100 italians-cut-down-on-scooter-rides-to-save-cash Germany's E.ON pulls the plug on Italy: report Germany's biggest power supplier E.ON has decided to pull the plug on its Italian operations and is looking for a potential buyer, the business daily Handelsblatt reported on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20131128/germanys-eon-pulls-the-plug-on-italy-report Thu, 28 Nov 2013 14:58:00 +0100 germanys-eon-pulls-the-plug-on-italy-report Berlusconi's demise 'boosts Italy's power' Italy has shot up in the global rankings of "soft power" - based on a country's attractiveness to other nations - all thanks to the political demise of Silvio Berlusconi. https://www.thelocal.it/20131121/free-from-berlusconi-italy-could-be-a-soft-superpower Thu, 21 Nov 2013 13:36:00 +0100 free-from-berlusconi-italy-could-be-a-soft-superpower