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 To his admirers, Luigi Di Maio, the man anointed Saturday as the 5-Star Movement's candidate for prime minister, is the reassuring face of Italy's populist political insurgency. https://www.thelocal.it/20170924/di-maio-the-face-of-populists-eyeing-power-in-italy Sun, 24 Sep 2017 12:36:59 +0200 di-maio-the-face-of-populists-eyeing-power-in-italy Francesca Chaouqui, the PR consultant at the centre of the Vatican's controversial leaks trial, threatened to "destroy" a Spanish priest she worked with, a Holy See court heard on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160316/vatican-pr-vowed-to-destroy-priest-over-leaks Wed, 16 Mar 2016 09:50:56 +0100 vatican-pr-vowed-to-destroy-priest-over-leaks Outspoken Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini has courted controversy by claiming Gianni Infantino "bought" votes on his way to being elected president of Fifa. https://www.thelocal.it/20160301/new-fifa-president-bought-votes-claims-serie-a-chairman Tue, 01 Mar 2016 09:08:12 +0100 new-fifa-president-bought-votes-claims-serie-a-chairman Authorities in Siena have given the green light to the first ever anti-Palio protest to take place in the city during Italy's most famous horse race. https://www.thelocal.it/20150813/historic-palio-protest-gets-go-ahead-in-siena Thu, 13 Aug 2015 13:54:03 +0200 historic-palio-protest-gets-go-ahead-in-siena Schools across Italy will close on Tuesday as teachers rally against premier Matteo Renzi’s school reform bill. https://www.thelocal.it/20150505/italys-schools-close-as-teachers-fight-reform Tue, 05 May 2015 12:40:28 +0200 italys-schools-close-as-teachers-fight-reform Italy's cabinet on Thursday adopted Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's school reform bill, which he said would see 100,000 substitute teachers given permanent contracts and extra funds designated for teacher development. https://www.thelocal.it/20150313/italys-cabinet-green-lights-school-reform-bill Fri, 13 Mar 2015 09:43:18 +0100 italys-cabinet-green-lights-school-reform-bill An Italian diplomat detained in the Philippines on child abuse charges insisted he was innocent and applied for bail on Wednesday, as he appeared before a court in deteriorating health. https://www.thelocal.it/20140618/italian-diplomat-seriously-ill-in-philippines-jail Wed, 18 Jun 2014 15:26:48 +0200 italian-diplomat-seriously-ill-in-philippines-jail Fashion designer Miuccia Prada and chocolatier Michele Ferrero have been named among the world's richest people in the annual global ranking of billionaires by the business magazine, Forbes. https://www.thelocal.it/20140304/italys-billionaires-thrive-on-style-and-sweets Tue, 04 Mar 2014 16:29:00 +0100 italys-billionaires-thrive-on-style-and-sweets Four people, including two former politicians, have been arrested for allegedly rigging contracts related to the reconstruction of the central Italian town of L'Aquila after it was devastated by an earthquake in April 2009. https://www.thelocal.it/20140108/four-arrested-in-laquila-rebuild-bribery-probe Wed, 08 Jan 2014 11:25:00 +0100 four-arrested-in-laquila-rebuild-bribery-probe