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 gay man in central Italy was allegedly forced to go to a female prostitute to "prove" to his boss he was straight. https://www.thelocal.it/20150114/gay-man-forced-to-go-to-prostitute-or-lose-job Wed, 14 Jan 2015 11:02:00 +0100 gay-man-forced-to-go-to-prostitute-or-lose-job One day after the body of a woman was found taped to a horizontal bar in Florence “as if she had been crucified”, police are investigating possible links to six other cases from the past ten years as fears grow that there could be a serial killer on the loose. https://www.thelocal.it/20140506/crucifixion-killing-could-be-linked-to-six-cases Tue, 06 May 2014 18:43:00 +0200 crucifixion-killing-could-be-linked-to-six-cases The leader of the Five Star Movement (M5S), Beppe Grillo, has reportedly told an Italian prostitute to ply her trade online in order to stay safe. https://www.thelocal.it/20140404/grillo-tells-prostitute-to-do-online-porn-2 Fri, 04 Apr 2014 14:45:00 +0200 grillo-tells-prostitute-to-do-online-porn-2 A transexual prostitute held a naked protest outside the Milan offices of Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera on Wednesday, campaigning for her profession to be registered so that she can pay her tax bill. https://www.thelocal.it/20140220/naked-prostitute-demands-to-pay-italian-tax Thu, 20 Feb 2014 15:16:00 +0100 naked-prostitute-demands-to-pay-italian-tax Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is being investigated for tampering with witnesses in a trial that saw him sentenced to jail for having sex with an underage prostitute, a court said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140123/berlusconi-and-ruby-probed-for-witness-tampering Thu, 23 Jan 2014 12:23:00 +0100 berlusconi-and-ruby-probed-for-witness-tampering