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 Italy's state broadcaster Rai has been on the defensive after accusations of censorship and homophobia from a popular tattooed rapper made front-page news on Monday.  https://www.thelocal.it/20210503/explained-what-is-italys-public-tv-censorship-row-all-about Mon, 03 May 2021 20:57:24 +0200 explained-what-is-italys-public-tv-censorship-row-all-about Italian state broadcaster Rai has opened an investigation into why one of its shows on Tuesday offered female viewers advice on how to look sexy while shopping in the supermarket. https://www.thelocal.it/20201125/italian-tv-show-investigated-after-outrage-over-sexy-shopping-tutorial Wed, 25 Nov 2020 18:53:57 +0100 italian-tv-show-investigated-after-outrage-over-sexy-shopping-tutorial The appointment Wednesday of controversial journalist Marcello Foa as head of the national Italian broadcast network Rai is being challenged by Italy’s centre-left Democratic Party, who say discrepancies in the process by which he was voted in make the appointment invalid. https://www.thelocal.it/20180927/italys-democratic-party-challenges-appointment-of-fake-news-journalist-as-national-broadcaster-head Thu, 27 Sep 2018 17:40:00 +0200 italys-democratic-party-challenges-appointment-of-fake-news-journalist-as-national-broadcaster-head The conspiracy theorist journalist nominated to head Italian state broadcaster RAI said on Thursday he will take the post for now, despite a parliamentary commission rejecting him. https://www.thelocal.it/20180803/controversial-conspiracy-theorist-journalist-to-head-italys-state-broadcaster-despite-political-dispute Fri, 03 Aug 2018 13:27:41 +0200 controversial-conspiracy-theorist-journalist-to-head-italys-state-broadcaster-despite-political-dispute Dozens of Italian journalists protested Friday to defend freedom of speech after a colleague was violently assaulted by the brother of a mafia boss. https://www.thelocal.it/20171110/mafioso-assault-sparks-italian-media-protest Fri, 10 Nov 2017 17:42:08 +0100 mafioso-assault-sparks-italian-media-protest A journalist and director from the Italian broadcaster Rai were attacked by the brother of a mafia boss while reporting on the outcome of local elections in Ostia, a coastal city close to Rome, on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20171109/rai-tv-crew-attacked-by-brother-of-ostia-mafia-boss Thu, 09 Nov 2017 11:44:15 +0100 rai-tv-crew-attacked-by-brother-of-ostia-mafia-boss Italy's health minister has taken the unusual step of criticizing national broadcaster Rai's coverage of a vaccine against a cancer-causing virus, sparking a row about media freedom and misinformation. https://www.thelocal.it/20170420/italian-health-minister-accuses-documentary-of-fake-news-on-cancer-vaccine Thu, 20 Apr 2017 11:14:55 +0200 italian-health-minister-accuses-documentary-of-fake-news-on-cancer-vaccine UPDATED: An Italian TV chief has apologized after a show which explored why some Italian men have relationships with women from eastern Europe, listing possible reasons such as "they're always sexy" and "they forgive cheating". https://www.thelocal.it/20170320/italian-tv-boss-apologizes-over-sexism-towards-eastern-european-women Mon, 20 Mar 2017 15:59:44 +0100 italian-tv-boss-apologizes-over-sexism-towards-eastern-european-women Italy's national broadcaster, Rai, is in the spotlight after it emerged it paid €24,000 to former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis for giving a 22-minute interview. https://www.thelocal.it/20151029/italys-rai-paid-24k-for-varufakis-interview Thu, 29 Oct 2015 12:05:29 +0100 italys-rai-paid-24k-for-varufakis-interview The daughter of mafia boss Vittorio Casamonica, who was last month given a lavish funeral in Rome, has sparked more outrage after comparing him to Pope Francis. https://www.thelocal.it/20150909/mafia-boss-dad-was-good-like-pope-john-paul-ii Wed, 09 Sep 2015 14:59:10 +0200 mafia-boss-dad-was-good-like-pope-john-paul-ii Italy's cabinet on Thursday began examining a corporate makeover of the country's public television service Rai, with the aim of curbing political interference and innovating cultural output. https://www.thelocal.it/20150313/italy-moves-to-transform-national-tv Fri, 13 Mar 2015 09:50:06 +0100 italy-moves-to-transform-national-tv The turbo-charged life of one of Italy's most celebrated - and controversial - female journalists has been turned into a television film. https://www.thelocal.it/20150217/story-of-italys-controversial-journalist-hits-screen Tue, 17 Feb 2015 09:26:00 +0100 story-of-italys-controversial-journalist-hits-screen A walkout scheduled at Rai over planned cuts to the state broadcaster's budget has been deemed "illegitimate" by the Italian strike authority. https://www.thelocal.it/20140604/planned-walkout-at-state-broadcaster-is-illegitimate Wed, 04 Jun 2014 14:17:00 +0200 planned-walkout-at-state-broadcaster-is-illegitimate Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has hinted at funding cuts to Italy’s state broadcaster Rai, saying the network "must also participate" in cuts as part of the government's spending review. https://www.thelocal.it/20140515/italys-state-broadcaster-braces-for-cuts Thu, 15 May 2014 14:05:00 +0200 italys-state-broadcaster-braces-for-cuts For a moment, Caterina Gentile's world had changed. The unemployed mother-of-two from Salvaterra, a hamlet in Emilia-Romagna, thought she had become a millionaire when the lottery numbers read out by Italy's public broadcaster, RAI, matched her ticket. https://www.thelocal.it/20140324/jackpot-winner-sues-rai-for-botched-numbers Mon, 24 Mar 2014 12:27:00 +0100 jackpot-winner-sues-rai-for-botched-numbers Silvio Berlusconi has been rated the most overrated politician in Italy, in a poll carried out by state broadcaster Rai. https://www.thelocal.it/20130925/berlusconi-is-italys-most-overrated-politician Wed, 25 Sep 2013 13:40:00 +0200 berlusconi-is-italys-most-overrated-politician