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 Staff and students at a prestigious Rome music school were left shocked and angry after the director banned all East Asian students from classes amid fears of the coronavirus. Rhys Talbot reports from Rome. https://www.thelocal.it/20200131/rome-school-bans-all-east-asian-students-from-class-amid-coronavirus-fears Fri, 31 Jan 2020 12:02:15 +0100 rome-school-bans-all-east-asian-students-from-class-amid-coronavirus-fears Italian authorities on Tuesday impounded charity rescue vessel Mare Jonio and fined its crew €300,000 for entering port illegally in Lampedusa. https://www.thelocal.it/20190903/italy-seizes-migrant-rescue-ship-mare-jonio Tue, 03 Sep 2019 19:58:11 +0200 italy-seizes-migrant-rescue-ship-mare-jonio Italian prosecutors have lifted a block on a boat that rescued 49 migrants off the Libyan coast and brought them to Italy in mid-March, the collective operating it announced on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20190328/italy-releases-seized-migrant-rescue-ship-mare-jonio Thu, 28 Mar 2019 10:00:50 +0100 italy-releases-seized-migrant-rescue-ship-mare-jonio Pope Francis marked UN World Food Day on Monday with a call for world governments to act together to fight the hunger, conflicts and climate change driving mass migration from the developing to the industrialised world. https://www.thelocal.it/20171016/pope-world-food-day-migration-crisis Mon, 16 Oct 2017 16:23:17 +0200 pope-world-food-day-migration-crisis In the end, Matteo Renzi's fall was even quicker than his remarkably rapid rise to the summit of Italian politics. https://www.thelocal.it/20161205/how-matteo-renzi-fell-as-swiftly-as-he-rose Mon, 05 Dec 2016 10:27:30 +0100 how-matteo-renzi-fell-as-swiftly-as-he-rose Just days after the Italian government was forced to scrap its Fertility Day campaign after backlash, its second attempt has also prompted much discussion across social media. https://www.thelocal.it/20160921/italys-fertility-day-campaign-slammed-as-racist Wed, 21 Sep 2016 19:08:53 +0200 italys-fertility-day-campaign-slammed-as-racist With the last of the missing accounted for, emergency services have begun the task of rebuilding central Italy's damaged towns - with the help of high-tech drones and robots. https://www.thelocal.it/20160906/how-robots-and-drones-are-helping-post-earthquake-recovery Tue, 06 Sep 2016 11:35:14 +0200 how-robots-and-drones-are-helping-post-earthquake-recovery Authorities in the Italian-France border town of Ventimiglia are struggling to find accommodation for migrants after a spike in arrivals over the last seven days. https://www.thelocal.it/20160606/fresh-chaos-as-italian-border-town-sees-spike-in-migrant-arrivals Mon, 06 Jun 2016 16:20:01 +0200 fresh-chaos-as-italian-border-town-sees-spike-in-migrant-arrivals They are unlikely members of the same crew: career seamen for whom it was initially just another job and landlubber humanitarian workers trying to make the world a better place. https://www.thelocal.it/20160531/no-longer-just-a-job-the-unlikely-crew-saving-lives-in-the-med Tue, 31 May 2016 10:30:00 +0200 no-longer-just-a-job-the-unlikely-crew-saving-lives-in-the-med Banco Popolare and Banca Popolare di Milano said on Monday they would shed seven percent of their 25,000 staff as they merge to create Italy's third-largest bank by assets. https://www.thelocal.it/20160517/1800-jobs-to-go-as-part-of-italian-bank-merger Tue, 17 May 2016 10:13:16 +0200 1800-jobs-to-go-as-part-of-italian-bank-merger UPDATED: At least eight African migrants, and possibly as many as 27, died in a new boat tragedy off the coast of Libya, a search and rescue organization said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160418/over-400-italy-bound-migrants-drowned-in-latest-boat-tragedy Mon, 18 Apr 2016 13:06:57 +0200 over-400-italy-bound-migrants-drowned-in-latest-boat-tragedy An offshore platform a stone's throw from Dante's beach on Italy's Adriatic coast has become the focus of a politically charged national referendum on the country's oil and gas drilling concessions. https://www.thelocal.it/20160413/high-stakes-oil-and-gas-vote-has-italy-in-a-tizz Wed, 13 Apr 2016 10:38:51 +0200 high-stakes-oil-and-gas-vote-has-italy-in-a-tizz Roma midfielder Daniele De Rossi has apologized after coming under fire for racially abusing Juventus striker Mario Mandzukic during a 1-0 defeat to the champions in Turin. https://www.thelocal.it/20160127/italy-fa-told-to-crack-down-on-roma-star-over-gypsy-slur Wed, 27 Jan 2016 09:15:58 +0100 italy-fa-told-to-crack-down-on-roma-star-over-gypsy-slur Italian Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi faces a tough 2016, with a number of unfinished or pending reforms needed to work their way through parliament. https://www.thelocal.it/20160104/civil-unions-to-kick-off-difficult-year-for-renzi Mon, 04 Jan 2016 11:40:14 +0100 civil-unions-to-kick-off-difficult-year-for-renzi The body of a 46-year-old Italian man was found tied to a shopping trolley in London’s Regent Canal in what police suspect was an “underworld ambush”. https://www.thelocal.it/20150930/italian-mans-body-found-in-london-canal Wed, 30 Sep 2015 16:30:19 +0200 italian-mans-body-found-in-london-canal A six-year-old American child is in a serious condition after falling from the second floor of a building in central Rome last night. https://www.thelocal.it/20150903/sleepwalking-american-child-falls-from-rome-balcony Thu, 03 Sep 2015 15:24:38 +0200 sleepwalking-american-child-falls-from-rome-balcony UPDATED: Liverpool misfit Mario Balotelli said he is ready to resurrect his career as he re-joined AC Milan on a season-long loan deal that has divided fans and pundits in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20150825/balotelli-to-sign-milan-loan-deal-report Tue, 25 Aug 2015 10:14:03 +0200 balotelli-to-sign-milan-loan-deal-report Rights campaigners in Italy called on Tuesday for the urgent adoption of a law against torture following a damning verdict from Europe's top court over police brutality in a case which shocked the world. https://www.thelocal.it/20150408/italy-urged-to-make-torture-a-crime-after-echr-ruling Wed, 08 Apr 2015 10:27:44 +0200 italy-urged-to-make-torture-a-crime-after-echr-ruling Precious scrolls blackened by the eruption of the Vesuvius volcano in AD 79 may become readable again, thanks to 21st century technology, scientists said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150120/vesuvius-scorched-scrolls-may-be-read-again Tue, 20 Jan 2015 18:30:00 +0100 vesuvius-scorched-scrolls-may-be-read-again Italy has failed to improve its reputation as one of the most corrupt countries in Europe, ranking joint worst in the region in a Transparency International index released on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141203/italy-still-one-of-europes-most-corrupt-countries Wed, 03 Dec 2014 12:38:00 +0100 italy-still-one-of-europes-most-corrupt-countries