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 President Sergio Mattarella has urged parties to put together “realistic programmes”, with a strong emphasis on jobs, ahead of general elections in March. https://www.thelocal.it/20180102/italian-president-urges-realistic-programmes-ahead-of-elections Tue, 02 Jan 2018 14:29:37 +0100 italian-president-urges-realistic-programmes-ahead-of-elections Former Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi has died at the age of 95, news agency Ansa has reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20160916/former-italian-president-ciampi-dies-at-95 Fri, 16 Sep 2016 14:33:06 +0200 former-italian-president-ciampi-dies-at-95 US Vice President Joe Biden won Pope Francis's backing Friday in his battle for research advances in curing cancer to be made available to everyone, as he brought his "Moonshot" campaign to the Vatican. https://www.thelocal.it/20160429/joe-biden-takes-moonshot-cancer-campaign-to-vatican Fri, 29 Apr 2016 16:44:22 +0200 joe-biden-takes-moonshot-cancer-campaign-to-vatican As the Italian media on Wednesday raged against a decision to cover up nude statues during a visit to a Rome museum by the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, mystery mounted over who actually endorsed it. https://www.thelocal.it/20160127/italy-baffled-over-who-endorsed-nude-statue-cover-up Wed, 27 Jan 2016 18:13:36 +0100 italy-baffled-over-who-endorsed-nude-statue-cover-up Iranian President Hassan Rouhani arrives on Monday in Italy, beginning his first European tour since a nuclear deal saw sanctions lifted against the Islamic Republic. https://www.thelocal.it/20160125/italy-looks-to-iran-to-revive-trade Mon, 25 Jan 2016 09:25:44 +0100 italy-looks-to-iran-to-revive-trade Italian senators on Thursday urged the government to put human rights before economic relations with Iran, ahead of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to Italy on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.it/20151113/italy-must-not-ignore-irans-human-rights-abuses Fri, 13 Nov 2015 08:30:14 +0100 italy-must-not-ignore-irans-human-rights-abuses Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is to visit Italy and France from Saturday, becoming the first Iranian president to travel to Europe for a decade, state news agency IRNA reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20151110/iran-president-to-make-first-europe-visit-in-decade Tue, 10 Nov 2015 09:13:15 +0100 iran-president-to-make-first-europe-visit-in-decade Luxury accommodation for those employed at Italy’s presidential palace will soon be a thing of the past as President Sergio Mattarella has adopted a hard line on expenses and is threatening to force his own staff onto the street. https://www.thelocal.it/20150817/italys-president-cuts-luxury-housing-for-staff Mon, 17 Aug 2015 14:05:39 +0200 italys-president-cuts-luxury-housing-for-staff A woman in Rome chose the wrong moment to cool off in one of the city's fountains on Wednesday, when she leapt into one in full view of Italy's president, Sergio Mattarella. https://www.thelocal.it/20150807/woman-has-fountain-dip-in-front-of-president Fri, 07 Aug 2015 13:38:10 +0200 woman-has-fountain-dip-in-front-of-president Sicilian President Rosario Crocetta said on Thursday he would not step down over a controversial wiretapped phone call during which he allegedly failed to challenge a pro-mafia comment. https://www.thelocal.it/20150724/sicilys-anti-mafia-leader-wont-quit-over-wiretap Fri, 24 Jul 2015 10:39:34 +0200 sicilys-anti-mafia-leader-wont-quit-over-wiretap With its refugee reception facilities bursting at the seams, Italy is starting to show the strains created by thousands of people washing up every week on its southern shores. https://www.thelocal.it/20150519/migrant-surge-tests-italys-humanitarian-instincts Tue, 19 May 2015 10:14:08 +0200 migrant-surge-tests-italys-humanitarian-instincts European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans on Friday called for tough action to be taken against Dutch football fans who clashed with Rome police in riotous scenes that Mayor Ignazio Marino said “devastated and injured” the capital. https://www.thelocal.it/20150220/ecs-timmermans-slams-barbaric-dutch-fans Fri, 20 Feb 2015 14:09:00 +0100 ecs-timmermans-slams-barbaric-dutch-fans Italy's new president is a white-haired Sicilian who might never have got anywhere near the corridors of power but for the Mafia killing of his beloved elder brother. https://www.thelocal.it/20150131/sergio-mattarella Sat, 31 Jan 2015 15:24:00 +0100 sergio-mattarella Italy's parliament meets on Thursday to begin selecting a new president with the race apparently wide open and much at stake for Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, who is keen on having a friendly figure installed as head of state. https://www.thelocal.it/20150129/italy-launches-search-for-a-new-president Thu, 29 Jan 2015 09:26:00 +0100 italy-launches-search-for-a-new-president Italian President Giorgio Napolitano has announced he will leave office within weeks, well before the expiry of his term in 2020, setting the stage for the election of a new head of state. https://www.thelocal.it/20141217/italy-president-to-step-down-within-weeks Wed, 17 Dec 2014 14:07:57 +0100 italy-president-to-step-down-within-weeks Sampdoria president Massimo Ferrero has been handed a three-month ban and given fines totalling €45,000 for racist slurs aimed at Inter president Erick Thohir, the Italian football federation (FIGC) announced. https://www.thelocal.it/20141216/sampdoria-football-chief-sanctioned-for-racist-slur Tue, 16 Dec 2014 12:34:00 +0100 sampdoria-football-chief-sanctioned-for-racist-slur Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi left for Rome on Monday on his first European trip since ousting his Islamist predecessor and overseeing a crackdown that has killed hundreds. https://www.thelocal.it/20141124/egypts-sisi-heads-to-rome-on-first-european-visit Mon, 24 Nov 2014 11:13:00 +0100 egypts-sisi-heads-to-rome-on-first-european-visit Sampdoria president Massimo Ferrero faces disciplinary action after the Italian football federation (FISC) confirmed on Monday they are probing an alleged racist comment he made about Inter Milan's Indonesian owner. https://www.thelocal.it/20141111/sampdoria-president-ferrero-faces-racism-probe Tue, 11 Nov 2014 09:22:00 +0100 sampdoria-president-ferrero-faces-racism-probe Inter Milan president Erick Thohir was subjected to a fresh attack after an Italian columnist with the Huffington Post labelled him a "a fat little Indonesian", reports said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141029/furore-after-inter-milan-boss-called-a-fat-little-indonesian Wed, 29 Oct 2014 13:27:00 +0100 furore-after-inter-milan-boss-called-a-fat-little-indonesian UPDATED: Russian President Vladimir Putin met his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko in Milan on Friday in the latest attempt to ease tensions over the simmering conflict in eastern Ukraine. https://www.thelocal.it/20141017/putin-in-threat-to-cut-eu-gas-supplies-ahead-of-talks-in-milan Fri, 17 Oct 2014 10:15:00 +0200 putin-in-threat-to-cut-eu-gas-supplies-ahead-of-talks-in-milan