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 Romanian Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos on Tuesday will become the first European Union leader to visit Italy since last week's earthquake, which left nearly 300 people dead including 11 Romanians. https://www.thelocal.it/20160830/romania-pm-to-become-first-eu-leader-to-visit-quake-hit-italy Tue, 30 Aug 2016 14:23:45 +0200 romania-pm-to-become-first-eu-leader-to-visit-quake-hit-italy Italian Prime Minister says Europe must react to Brexit's "wake-up" call by ending austerity. https://www.thelocal.it/20160627/italy-heed-brexit-wake-up-call-and-end-austerity Mon, 27 Jun 2016 12:31:00 +0200 italy-heed-brexit-wake-up-call-and-end-austerity Prime Minister Matteo Renzi was on Friday putting the final touches to a budget which could inject €27 billion into Italy's sickly economy next year - if he can get it past Brussels. https://www.thelocal.it/20150918/renzi-gambles-on-eu-backing-bumper-budget Fri, 18 Sep 2015 15:22:29 +0200 renzi-gambles-on-eu-backing-bumper-budget Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flies to Italy on Thursday for talks with Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and a visit to the World Expo 2015 in Milan, his office said. https://www.thelocal.it/20150827/israels-netanyahu-to-visit-milan-world-expo Thu, 27 Aug 2015 10:14:13 +0200 israels-netanyahu-to-visit-milan-world-expo Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi defended his labour reform programme on Friday, playing down gloomy unemployment data and insisting the debt-laden country was on the right path to growth. https://www.thelocal.it/20150731/renzi-defends-labour-reforms-as-jobless-rate-rises Fri, 31 Jul 2015 18:54:37 +0200 renzi-defends-labour-reforms-as-jobless-rate-rises Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Tuesday that structural reforms already undertaken by Rome had placed the country "out of the firing line" of the Greek debt crisis fallout. https://www.thelocal.it/20150630/italy-out-of-firing-line-of-greek-crisis-fallout-pm Tue, 30 Jun 2015 14:02:33 +0200 italy-out-of-firing-line-of-greek-crisis-fallout-pm Italy's premier has rebuffed opposition demands that he sack a junior minister who is being investigated in a burgeoning scandal over mafia involvement in centres for newly-arrived migrants. https://www.thelocal.it/20150608/renzi-under-fire-as-minister-probed-in-mafia-migrant-scandal Mon, 08 Jun 2015 09:51:38 +0200 renzi-under-fire-as-minister-probed-in-mafia-migrant-scandal Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has received a ringing endorsement from Britain’s former leader, Tony Blair. https://www.thelocal.it/20141126/tony-blair-applauds-renzis-bravery Wed, 26 Nov 2014 17:08:00 +0100 tony-blair-applauds-renzis-bravery Two Italian regions voted on Sunday in elections seen as a test of popularity for youthful centre-left Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. https://www.thelocal.it/20141124/italian-regional-polls-test-renzis-popularity Mon, 24 Nov 2014 09:14:00 +0100 italian-regional-polls-test-renzis-popularity Trade union activists pelted eggs at Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s staff car as he arrived at a new Alcatel-Lucent factory in northern Italy on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141107/angry-protesters-pelt-renzis-car-with-eggs Fri, 07 Nov 2014 11:04:00 +0100 angry-protesters-pelt-renzis-car-with-eggs Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi rebutted a report on Wednesday that Italy’s budget is set to be “humiliatingly sanctioned” by Brussels. https://www.thelocal.it/20141023/renzi-denies-italy-flunked-budget Thu, 23 Oct 2014 10:26:00 +0200 renzi-denies-italy-flunked-budget Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha slipped quietly into the club of world leaders Thursday against a backdrop of noisy protests against the former general who seized power in May. https://www.thelocal.it/20141016/fury-as-thai-coup-leader-joins-leaders-in-milan Thu, 16 Oct 2014 19:18:00 +0200 fury-as-thai-coup-leader-joins-leaders-in-milan Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Wednesday reinforced Italy's involvement in the US-led fight against the extremist group, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (Isis), as a French photographer was beheaded in Algeria. https://www.thelocal.it/20140925/italy-stands-firm-in-support-of-isis-coalition Thu, 25 Sep 2014 10:28:00 +0200 italy-stands-firm-in-support-of-isis-coalition The Conservative party in the UK has made a bid to woo expat voters by pledging to end the controversial “15-year rule” that prevents millions of Brits abroad from being able to vote. https://www.thelocal.it/20140902/votes-for-expats-plan-to-end-uks-15-year-rule Tue, 02 Sep 2014 13:19:00 +0200 votes-for-expats-plan-to-end-uks-15-year-rule Matteo Renzi's Twitter hashtag summed it up: #ciaovacanze (#byebyeholidays). https://www.thelocal.it/20140828/renzi-seeks-to-revive-italys-stagnant-economy-with-reforms Thu, 28 Aug 2014 10:32:00 +0200 renzi-seeks-to-revive-italys-stagnant-economy-with-reforms Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi might be under fire from EU leaders over the country’s “lack of strategy” but he has found an admirer in the Irish band U2’s frontman. https://www.thelocal.it/20140814/u2-frontman-praises-renzis-leadership Thu, 14 Aug 2014 17:07:00 +0200 u2-frontman-praises-renzis-leadership Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, addressing a gathering of 35,000 scouts on Sunday, called on them to buck the trend of young Italians leaving the country during the economic downturn. https://www.thelocal.it/20140811/renzi-urges-youth-to-stay-in-italy-as-joblessness-bites Mon, 11 Aug 2014 10:08:00 +0200 renzi-urges-youth-to-stay-in-italy-as-joblessness-bites Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has insisted European nations must stay in Libya if they are serious about tackling major global issues as other nations evacuated their citizens amid raging violence. https://www.thelocal.it/20140801/italy-defiant-over-staying-in-libya-amid-raging-violence Fri, 01 Aug 2014 10:55:00 +0200 italy-defiant-over-staying-in-libya-amid-raging-violence Italy's Matteo Renzi called for change in Europe's approach to growth on Tuesday, warning that a common currency was not enough to combat euroscepticism and unemployment. https://www.thelocal.it/20140624/europe-is-withouth-soul-matteo-renzi Tue, 24 Jun 2014 14:08:00 +0200 europe-is-withouth-soul-matteo-renzi As Silvio Berlusconi braces for the start of his appeal trial on Friday against a conviction for paying for sex with an under-age prostitute, analysts say the career of the man who upended Italian politics is dead. https://www.thelocal.it/20140618/berlusconis-career-in-politics-is-over Wed, 18 Jun 2014 10:23:00 +0200 berlusconis-career-in-politics-is-over