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 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck Wednesday in the area near Europe's most active volcano Mount Etna, injuring several people, damaging buildings and forcing the partial closure of a highway, Italian civil protection authorities said. https://www.thelocal.it/20181226/48-quake-hits-area-near-sicilys-mount-etna Wed, 26 Dec 2018 10:52:00 +0100 48-quake-hits-area-near-sicilys-mount-etna Italy's most powerful earthquake in 36 years stuck the country's mountainous centre Sunday, panicking shell-shocked residents for the third time in two months and flattening a world famous 600-year-old basilica. https://www.thelocal.it/20161030/central-italy-hit-by-new-powerful-quake Sun, 30 Oct 2016 10:50:22 +0100 central-italy-hit-by-new-powerful-quake Italy's major risks commission cautioned Friday that there may be more powerful earthquakes to come following two this week in the country's mountainous centre and a deadly one in August. https://www.thelocal.it/20161029/italian-experts-warn-of-more-quakes Sat, 29 Oct 2016 13:20:39 +0200 italian-experts-warn-of-more-quakes Heartless thieves stole a new set of computers from a school which had only been opened two weeks ago, as part of the effort to recover from the earthquake in central Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20160929/new-computers-stolen-from-quake-damaged-school Thu, 29 Sep 2016 14:42:39 +0200 new-computers-stolen-from-quake-damaged-school An engineer who cut short his summer holiday to assist with the post-earthquake recovery in central Italy has sadly died in a car crash on the return home. https://www.thelocal.it/20160928/earthquake-volunteer-dies-on-way-home-from-amatrice Wed, 28 Sep 2016 14:22:30 +0200 earthquake-volunteer-dies-on-way-home-from-amatrice The picturesque hamlets devastated by Italy's deadly earthquake will be restored to their former glory, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Friday, a month after the disaster which claimed nearly 300 lives. https://www.thelocal.it/20160923/renzi-vows-to-restore-quake-towns-to-former-glory Fri, 23 Sep 2016 14:36:20 +0200 renzi-vows-to-restore-quake-towns-to-former-glory An earthquake measuring a magnitude of 3.8 on the Richter scale has hit the same region of central Italy which was devastated by a major quake exactly one month ago. https://www.thelocal.it/20160923/yet-another-quake-rocks-central-italy-amatrice-accumoli-norcia Fri, 23 Sep 2016 12:36:47 +0200 yet-another-quake-rocks-central-italy-amatrice-accumoli-norcia A golden retriever called Romeo has been pulled from the rubble of Italy's earthquake, more than nine days after he was given up for dead. https://www.thelocal.it/20160903/romeo-the-miracle-dog-survives-italy-quake Sat, 03 Sep 2016 19:51:46 +0200 romeo-the-miracle-dog-survives-italy-quake