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 The spectrum of Italy's political class has condemned a group of protestors who Friday vandalised the main office of Turin-based newspaper La Stampa. https://www.thelocal.it/20251129/italian-politicians-back-newspaper-after-vandal-attack Sat, 29 Nov 2025 15:43:14 +0100 italian-politicians-back-newspaper-after-vandal-attack Huge numbers turned out at pro-Palestinian rallies in Europe on Saturday, calling for an immediate end to the war in Gaza and the release of activists on board a flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to the territory. https://www.thelocal.it/20251005/in-pictures-hundreds-of-thousands-turn-out-at-pro-palestinian-marches-in-europe Sun, 05 Oct 2025 12:24:44 +0200 in-pictures-hundreds-of-thousands-turn-out-at-pro-palestinian-marches-in-europe Thousands of people marched through the streets of Rome on Saturday in a rally called by opposition parties to protest the government's alleged "complicity" in the war in Gaza. https://www.thelocal.it/20250608/thousands-march-in-rome-to-protest-complicity-on-gaza-war Sun, 08 Jun 2025 12:18:34 +0200 thousands-march-in-rome-to-protest-complicity-on-gaza-war Blocking a road to protest inaction against climate change could soon be punishable with prison in Italy as Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's hard-right government cracks down on demonstrations, even peaceful ones. https://www.thelocal.it/20241005/italy-targets-climate-activists-in-anti-gandhi-demo-clampdown Sat, 05 Oct 2024 11:01:06 +0200 italy-targets-climate-activists-in-anti-gandhi-demo-clampdown A thousand coffins filled one of Rome's most famous squares on Tuesday as a trade union made a powerful statement on Italy's high number of deaths in accidents at work. https://www.thelocal.it/20240319/rome-square-filled-with-coffins-in-protest-over-italys-workplace-deaths Tue, 19 Mar 2024 18:01:01 +0100 rome-square-filled-with-coffins-in-protest-over-italys-workplace-deaths Three activists from climate movement Last Generation briefly interrupted the Rome marathon on Sunday before police arrested them, the group said. https://www.thelocal.it/20240317/climate-activists-disrupt-rome-marathon Sun, 17 Mar 2024 13:39:04 +0100 climate-activists-disrupt-rome-marathon Trade union leaders urged Italy's hard-right government Monday to identify those responsible for police violence against protesters last week that sparked widespread outrage. https://www.thelocal.it/20240226/outcry-in-italy-after-police-violence-against-protesters Mon, 26 Feb 2024 18:47:57 +0100 outcry-in-italy-after-police-violence-against-protesters Protesters rallied across Europe Saturday in support of Ukraine on the second anniversary of Moscow's invasion, urging greater Western backing as fears mount about Kyiv's ability to fend off an emboldened Russia. https://www.thelocal.it/20240225/pro-ukraine-rallies-across-europe-on-war-anniversary Sun, 25 Feb 2024 11:25:57 +0100 pro-ukraine-rallies-across-europe-on-war-anniversary Activists protesting against the environmental impact of the 2026 Winter Olympics took to the streets of Milan on Saturday as part of a series of demonstrations against the Games. https://www.thelocal.it/20240211/anti-winter-olympics-protest-takes-to-streets-of-milan Sun, 11 Feb 2024 11:06:33 +0100 anti-winter-olympics-protest-takes-to-streets-of-milan Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met with Italian farmers associations Friday after weeks of demonstrations across the country and promised to reinstate a limited tax break. https://www.thelocal.it/20240210/meloni-restores-tax-breaks-after-farmer-protests-reach-colosseum Sat, 10 Feb 2024 09:54:33 +0100 meloni-restores-tax-breaks-after-farmer-protests-reach-colosseum Following weeks of small demonstrations held across the country, Italian farmers took their protest to Rome on Friday, driving a four-tractor convoy past the Colosseum. https://www.thelocal.it/20240209/italian-farmers-stage-symbolic-protest-by-romes-colosseum Fri, 09 Feb 2024 15:32:47 +0100 italian-farmers-stage-symbolic-protest-by-romes-colosseum EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday recommended the bloc bury a plan to cut pesticide use in agriculture as a concession to protesting European farmers. https://www.thelocal.it/20240206/eu-chief-bows-to-protesting-farmers-over-pesticide-use Tue, 06 Feb 2024 15:47:20 +0100 eu-chief-bows-to-protesting-farmers-over-pesticide-use A convoy of tractors was poised Saturday to descend on Rome as farmers' protests caused disruptions across Europe, though they wound down in France following government concessions. https://www.thelocal.it/20240204/tractors-converge-on-rome-as-farmers-protest-across-europe Sun, 04 Feb 2024 10:53:54 +0100 tractors-converge-on-rome-as-farmers-protest-across-europe Dozens of Italian farmers staged another protest with tractors near Milan on Tuesday, the latest in a series of small demonstrations across the country driven by fear over their livelihoods. https://www.thelocal.it/20240130/betrayed-by-europe-italian-farmers-step-up-protests Tue, 30 Jan 2024 15:01:51 +0100 betrayed-by-europe-italian-farmers-step-up-protests Italian farmers took to the streets and motorways again in several parts of Italy on Monday in protest over high taxes, amid a wave of similar protests in France, Germany, and other European countries. https://www.thelocal.it/20240129/farmers-protests-block-roads-in-italy-as-unrest-spreads-in-europe Mon, 29 Jan 2024 16:04:01 +0100 farmers-protests-block-roads-in-italy-as-unrest-spreads-in-europe Italy was shocked by the recent murder of 22-year-old student, Giulia Cecchettin, allegedly at the hands of her ex-boyfriend. On Saturday, some 50,000 people took to the street in Rome to demonstrate against violence against women. https://www.thelocal.it/20231125/tens-of-thousands-march-against-gender-based-violence-in-rome Sat, 25 Nov 2023 20:19:08 +0100 tens-of-thousands-march-against-gender-based-violence-in-rome Climate activists in Italy turned Rome's famous Trevi Fountain black on Sunday, saying floods that have killed 14 people in the country's northeast were "a warning". https://www.thelocal.it/20230521/climate-activists-turn-romes-trevi-fountain-black Sun, 21 May 2023 17:32:36 +0200 climate-activists-turn-romes-trevi-fountain-black Climate activists in Italy turned a Baroque-style fountain at the foot of Rome's Spanish Steps black on Saturday, in a protest they said evoked an "end of the world" scenario. https://www.thelocal.it/20230401/climate-activists-turn-landmark-rome-fountain-black Sat, 01 Apr 2023 18:54:11 +0200 climate-activists-turn-landmark-rome-fountain-black An Italian judge ruled on Tuesday that environmental activists who sprayed the Senate building with washable paint, angering the government, must stand trial. https://www.thelocal.it/20230103/italian-climate-activists-face-trial-for-throwing-paint-at-senate Tue, 03 Jan 2023 17:46:31 +0100 italian-climate-activists-face-trial-for-throwing-paint-at-senate Environmental activists hurled paint at the entrance of Milan's famed La Scala opera house on Wednesday in the latest a series of recent protests to focus attention on climate change. https://www.thelocal.it/20221207/climate-activists-throw-paint-at-milans-la-scala-ahead-of-opening-night Wed, 07 Dec 2022 12:17:28 +0100 climate-activists-throw-paint-at-milans-la-scala-ahead-of-opening-night