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 A helicopter carrying Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Monday made an emergency landing in Tuscany, after being hit by bad weather according to Italian media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20150302/italy-pm-in-emergency-helicopter-landing Mon, 02 Mar 2015 16:05:00 +0100 italy-pm-in-emergency-helicopter-landing Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has promised to "unblock Italy" with a new series of reforms designed to boost productivity and investments in the eurozone's third largest economy. https://www.thelocal.it/20140603/renzi-vows-to-unblock-italy-with-new-reforms Tue, 03 Jun 2014 10:24:00 +0200 renzi-vows-to-unblock-italy-with-new-reforms Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi hailed a "systematic revolution under way in Italy" on Tuesday as he unveiled the government's plan to ease pressure on impoverished families through cuts to public spending. https://www.thelocal.it/20140409/this-plan-is-an-act-of-social-justice-renzi-2 Wed, 09 Apr 2014 09:26:00 +0200 this-plan-is-an-act-of-social-justice-renzi-2 Italy’s new prime minister Matteo Renzi has announced ambitious plans to transform the country, including cutting taxes. But while the move may help boost popularity, commentators say it will do little to cure Italy's ills. https://www.thelocal.it/20140314/renzis-medicine-will-not-cure-italy Fri, 14 Mar 2014 16:55:00 +0100 renzis-medicine-will-not-cure-italy New Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has branded the Stability Pact rules for eurozone economies "A Stupidity Pact." https://www.thelocal.it/20140314/italian-pm-says-eu-stability-pact-is-stupid Fri, 14 Mar 2014 15:20:00 +0100 italian-pm-says-eu-stability-pact-is-stupid Italy's newly appointed Prime Minister Matteo Renzi visited Tunisia on Tuesday in his first official trip abroad, saying the Mediterranean should be the heart of Europe and not its border. https://www.thelocal.it/20140305/italy-pm-makes-tunisia-his-first-port-of-call Wed, 05 Mar 2014 09:43:00 +0100 italy-pm-makes-tunisia-his-first-port-of-call Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Tuesday voiced his views on Europe, after winning a no confidence vote in Italy's lower house of parliament that completes a daring and speedy power grab by the 39-year-old centre-left leader. https://www.thelocal.it/20140226/without-italy-there-is-no-europe-renzi Wed, 26 Feb 2014 08:45:00 +0100 without-italy-there-is-no-europe-renzi Italy's premier on Thursday urged the swift implementation of a series of measures adopted to protect people living in a so-called "Triangle of Death", where toxic mafia dumps are blamed for rising cancer rates. https://www.thelocal.it/20140207/italy-premier-urges-rapid-use-of-new-triangle-of-death-measures Fri, 07 Feb 2014 09:18:00 +0100 italy-premier-urges-rapid-use-of-new-triangle-of-death-measures A €500 million investment in Italy from Kuwait’s Investment Authority “will help Italian companies and create jobs”, Prime Minister Enrico Letta said. https://www.thelocal.it/20140205/cash-boost-from-kuwait-will-help-create-jobs-letta Wed, 05 Feb 2014 09:44:00 +0100 cash-boost-from-kuwait-will-help-create-jobs-letta Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta on Thursday promised to provide high-speed Internet access to half the country within three years, after a report showed that Italy has the slowest connections in Europe. https://www.thelocal.it/20140130/italy-behind-on-internet-access-pm Thu, 30 Jan 2014 17:16:00 +0100 italy-behind-on-internet-access-pm An elegant cafe near the Rome residence of Silvio Berlusconi is heralding the revival of the former prime minister's Forza Italia by selling a special brand of chewing gum, adorned with the party flag, called "Forza Gnocca", or "Go Pussy". https://www.thelocal.it/20131017/go-pussy-chewing-gum-on-sale-near-berlusconis-home Thu, 17 Oct 2013 11:15:00 +0200 go-pussy-chewing-gum-on-sale-near-berlusconis-home Italy's government was on the verge of collapse this week thanks to a Silvio Berlusconi-led uprising. But the mild-mannered prime minister Enrico Letta kept his cool and swept up the votes of confidence in his fragile coalition, leaving Berlusconi and his dwindling number of supporters shame-faced. https://www.thelocal.it/20131003/the-man-who-survived-berlusconis-uprising Thu, 03 Oct 2013 20:23:00 +0200 the-man-who-survived-berlusconis-uprising Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta is tipped to win a nail-biting parliamentary confidence vote Wednesday which would deal a major blow to Silvio Berlusconi but could leave Italy more frail than ever. https://www.thelocal.it/20131002/letta-tipped-to-defeat-berlusconi-challenge Wed, 02 Oct 2013 10:13:00 +0200 letta-tipped-to-defeat-berlusconi-challenge Italy braced for market reactions on Monday as Prime Minister Enrico Letta battled to save his coalition from collapse after Silvio Berlusconi said he was pulling his party's ministers out of the cabinet. https://www.thelocal.it/20130930/i-will-resign-if-i-dont-win-confidence-vote-letta Mon, 30 Sep 2013 10:20:00 +0200 i-will-resign-if-i-dont-win-confidence-vote-letta Italy's former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi pledged on Wednesday to stay in politics even if he is ousted from parliament over a criminal conviction, as he relaunched his Forza Italia party. https://www.thelocal.it/20130919/berlusconi-pledges-to-stay-in-politics-if-ousted Thu, 19 Sep 2013 10:12:00 +0200 berlusconi-pledges-to-stay-in-politics-if-ousted Italy warned Monday the European Union lacks an adequate approach for the refugee problem that will worsen in case of an international intervention in Syria. https://www.thelocal.it/20130903/syrian-crisis-will-worsen-refugee-problem-letta Tue, 03 Sep 2013 10:25:00 +0200 syrian-crisis-will-worsen-refugee-problem-letta Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta has called for an investigation into the arrest and deportation of the wife and child of a Kazakh dissident, a move that has put interior minister and Berlusconi ally Angelino Alfano in the spotlight. https://www.thelocal.it/20130711/kazakh-familys-deportation-sparks-inquiry Thu, 11 Jul 2013 11:38:00 +0200 kazakh-familys-deportation-sparks-inquiry Emilio Colombo, former Italian Prime Minister, ex-President of the European Parliament and senator for life, has died in Rome at the age of 93, according to Italian media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20130625/last-father-of-italian-constitution-dies-at-93 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 17:00:00 +0200 last-father-of-italian-constitution-dies-at-93