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 On the steps of Michelangelo’s Piazza Campidoglio on Saturday morning, a few feet from Rome’s Renaissance city hall, Dr. Giuliana Orlandi stood brandishing a placard with the words “ENOUGH!! 'THE GREAT RUBBISH DUMP'” printed in large capitals. https://www.thelocal.it/20181029/the-great-rubbish-dump-romans-vent-frustration-at-italian-capitals-decay Mon, 29 Oct 2018 18:00:00 +0100 the-great-rubbish-dump-romans-vent-frustration-at-italian-capitals-decay Thousands of protesters rallied in the centre of Rome on Saturday to demand the resignation of its mayor over the Italian capital's decrepit infrastructure. https://www.thelocal.it/20181027/thousands-protest-over-romes-decline Sat, 27 Oct 2018 16:18:19 +0200 thousands-protest-over-romes-decline Rome’s characteristic horse-drawn carriages may soon be absent from its cobbled streets if a new order approved by the country’s Mobility Commission is passed by Rome’s city council. https://www.thelocal.it/20181002/rome-announces-new-measures-to-rein-in-horse-and-carriage-drivers Tue, 02 Oct 2018 12:30:00 +0200 rome-announces-new-measures-to-rein-in-horse-and-carriage-drivers Lazio's regional administrative court has scrapped an ordinance from Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi that would have seen fireworks banned in the capital on New Year's Eve. https://www.thelocal.it/20161229/court-quashes-killjoy-rome-mayors-nye-firework-ban Thu, 29 Dec 2016 14:32:36 +0100 court-quashes-killjoy-rome-mayors-nye-firework-ban Italian Olympic chief Giovanni Malago insists Rome's dream of hosting the 2024 Olympic Games is still alive despite a crushing blow to their bid by the city's own mayor. https://www.thelocal.it/20160922/italy-olympic-committee-rome-2024-dream-not-dead Thu, 22 Sep 2016 09:49:21 +0200 italy-olympic-committee-rome-2024-dream-not-dead New Rome mayor Virginia Raggi withdrew the Italian capital's bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games on Wednesday afternoon after months of hinting. https://www.thelocal.it/20160921/rome-withdraws-2024-olympic-bid-virgina-raggi-games Wed, 21 Sep 2016 13:08:37 +0200 rome-withdraws-2024-olympic-bid-virgina-raggi-games It was supposed to be the start of something big. When the Five Star Movement won the keys to Rome's City Hall in June, all the talk was of the anti-establishment movement founded by comic Beppe Grillo starting to look like Italy's government in waiting. https://www.thelocal.it/20160909/capital-chaos-is-the-honeymoon-over-for-italys-five-star-movement Fri, 09 Sep 2016 18:59:49 +0200 capital-chaos-is-the-honeymoon-over-for-italys-five-star-movement Rome mayor Virginia Raggi remains reticent on her city's bid to host the 2024 Olympics, saying that it would be better to first think about "abandoned municipal installations". https://www.thelocal.it/20160831/rome-mayor-reticent-on-2024-olympic-bid Wed, 31 Aug 2016 15:20:39 +0200 rome-mayor-reticent-on-2024-olympic-bid Rome's first female mayor takes office on Thursday, pledging to raise more than €1 billion a year for flagging public services with a crackdown on waste, mismanagement and corruption. https://www.thelocal.it/20160623/romes-new-mayor-pledges-1bn-bonus-from-corruption-crackdown Thu, 23 Jun 2016 14:46:24 +0200 romes-new-mayor-pledges-1bn-bonus-from-corruption-crackdown Giovanni Malago, the president of Rome's Olympic bid, has called on new mayor Virginia Raggi to work with him on the campaign to bring the 2024 Games to the Eternal City. https://www.thelocal.it/20160622/rome-chief-calls-on-new-mayor-to-back-bid Wed, 22 Jun 2016 11:10:00 +0200 rome-chief-calls-on-new-mayor-to-back-bid Founded by comedian Beppe Grillo, the radical Five Star Movement burst onto the political scene in 2009, in the middle of Italy’s financial crisis. https://www.thelocal.it/20160620/has-the-time-come-for-italys-five-star-to-shine Mon, 20 Jun 2016 19:14:51 +0200 has-the-time-come-for-italys-five-star-to-shine Italy's centre-left government was Monday counting the cost of stinging local election reverses that saw female mayors from the populist Five Star Movement elected in Rome and Turin. https://www.thelocal.it/20160619/rome-elects-virginia-raggi-as-first-female-mayor-exit-poll Mon, 20 Jun 2016 01:08:18 +0200 rome-elects-virginia-raggi-as-first-female-mayor-exit-poll Voters in the Italian capital went to the polls on Sunday with all signs indicating that they will elect Virginia Raggi as the first female mayor of the Eternal City. https://www.thelocal.it/20160619/rome-poised-to-vote-in-first-female-mayor Sun, 19 Jun 2016 08:54:58 +0200 rome-poised-to-vote-in-first-female-mayor Voters in the Italian capital return to the polls Sunday and all the signs are that they are set to elect Virginia Raggi as the first female mayor of the Eternal City. https://www.thelocal.it/20160617/virginia-raggi-set-to-smash-romes-patriarchal-past Fri, 17 Jun 2016 12:42:10 +0200 virginia-raggi-set-to-smash-romes-patriarchal-past Anti-establishment candidate Virginia Raggi easily took the lead in the first round of the Rome mayoral race, partial results showed on Monday, dealing a setback to Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's ruling party. https://www.thelocal.it/20160606/anti-establishment-candidate-leads-rome-mayoral-race Mon, 06 Jun 2016 10:12:15 +0200 anti-establishment-candidate-leads-rome-mayoral-race "Bread and circuses" was the formula that ancient Rome's rulers hoped would keep the restless natives happy. Two millennia later, residents of the Eternal City just want their buses to turn up on time, holes in the roads filled and garbage collected and dealt with safely. https://www.thelocal.it/20160602/rome-is-on-track-to-get-its-first-ever-female-mayor Thu, 02 Jun 2016 10:59:16 +0200 rome-is-on-track-to-get-its-first-ever-female-mayor A month ahead of Italian local elections, the spotlight is turning increasingly on Rome - where the anti-establishment frontrunner is vowing to clean up a city long dogged by corruption and negligence. https://www.thelocal.it/20160505/glamorous-five-star-candidate-tops-rome-mayor-race Thu, 05 May 2016 10:37:48 +0200 glamorous-five-star-candidate-tops-rome-mayor-race One of the frontrunners to be Rome's next mayor said on Tuesday the city is far from being able to host the Olympics, two months after the Eternal City was short-listed for the 2024 Games. https://www.thelocal.it/20160420/rome-mayor-hopeful-says-city-not-fit-for-hosting-olympics Wed, 20 Apr 2016 10:29:16 +0200 rome-mayor-hopeful-says-city-not-fit-for-hosting-olympics