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 World-famous Italian architect Renzo Piano on Friday presented his plan for a replacement for the motorway bridge outside Genoa that partly collapsed in August, killing 43 people. https://www.thelocal.it/20180907/italian-architect-renzo-piano-replace-genoa-bridge Fri, 07 Sep 2018 20:54:43 +0200 italian-architect-renzo-piano-replace-genoa-bridge Some 33 tourists, including a 10-year-old child, spent the night stuck in cable cars thousands of metres up among the glaciers of Mont Blanc ahead of an expected rescue operation on Friday morning, officials said. https://www.thelocal.it/20160909/33-people-spend-night-stuck-in-cable-cars-over-alps-mont-blanc Fri, 09 Sep 2016 10:36:54 +0200 33-people-spend-night-stuck-in-cable-cars-over-alps-mont-blanc With Britain soon out of the way, Italy is looking like a bigger European player. But will Europe's daunting problems overwhelm the 'big three'? Angela Giuffrida reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20160901/eu-italy-big-league-germany-france-brexit Thu, 01 Sep 2016 19:19:17 +0200 eu-italy-big-league-germany-france-brexit Up to 30 people are feared dead after a shipwreck off Libya, while some 50 migrants have been rescued from the waves, the EU's naval force said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160526/up-to-30-people-dead-in-new-migrant-boat-disaster-reports Thu, 26 May 2016 15:42:47 +0200 up-to-30-people-dead-in-new-migrant-boat-disaster-reports A Rome pensioner managed to play a role in saving the lives of 600 boat migrants after receiving repeated calls for help early on Tuesday morning. https://www.thelocal.it/20160331/rome-pensioner-saves-600-migrantsafter-receiving-repeated-crank-calls Thu, 31 Mar 2016 14:39:56 +0200 rome-pensioner-saves-600-migrantsafter-receiving-repeated-crank-calls A red Tuscan wine produced by the British singer Sting on his estate near Florence has been named among the top 101 wines in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20160218/stings-red-wine-tops-charts-in-italy Thu, 18 Feb 2016 12:41:35 +0100 stings-red-wine-tops-charts-in-italy A 29-year-old illegal immigrant will be given a residency permit after foiling an attempted armed robbery at a supermarket in Turin. https://www.thelocal.it/20160122/illegal-migrant-gets-residency-permit-for-foiling-armed-robbery Fri, 22 Jan 2016 16:21:39 +0100 illegal-migrant-gets-residency-permit-for-foiling-armed-robbery Italian Finance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan has praised Italy's economic recovery after the OECD raised its growth forecast for the economy in 2016 and 2017. https://www.thelocal.it/20151109/italian-recovery-gathering-pace-oecd Mon, 09 Nov 2015 17:37:01 +0100 italian-recovery-gathering-pace-oecd A priest in Sicily is at the centre of a dispute after inviting his followers to drink 'sacred' water from a source which he claims was revealed to him by the voice of the Virgin Mary. https://www.thelocal.it/20150916/sicily-priest-in-hot-water-over-miracle-spring Wed, 16 Sep 2015 17:24:14 +0200 sicily-priest-in-hot-water-over-miracle-spring Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Monday called for talks on resolving Greece's debt crisis to not focus only on austerity but also on strategies to boost growth. https://www.thelocal.it/20150706/renzi-calls-for-greece-talks-to-focus-on-growth Mon, 06 Jul 2015 17:40:20 +0200 renzi-calls-for-greece-talks-to-focus-on-growth Italy has been told to step up its efforts to help integrate immigrants, many of whom “are among the working poor”, while children of immigrants must also be better integrated. https://www.thelocal.it/20140708/italys-immigrants-are-among-the-working-poor-oecd Tue, 08 Jul 2014 14:53:00 +0200 italys-immigrants-are-among-the-working-poor-oecd Italy’s stifling bureaucracy has left 1,900 children waiting to be adopted, despite more than 31,000 couples being on the list of adoption agencies, according to a report by Gruppo CRC, a working group for the convention of children’s rights. https://www.thelocal.it/20140624/1900-children-languish-in-italys-adoption-system Tue, 24 Jun 2014 14:26:00 +0200 1900-children-languish-in-italys-adoption-system An Italian official was forced on Friday to reassure residents their water is safe to drink, after tests showed that toxic waste had leaked into the supply in the central region of Abruzzo. https://www.thelocal.it/20140328/abruzzo-water-is-no-longer-toxic-governor Fri, 28 Mar 2014 19:51:00 +0100 abruzzo-water-is-no-longer-toxic-governor Luxury jeweller Bulgari on Thursday answered the Italian government's appeal for help in financing a renovation of Rome's famous Spanish Steps. https://www.thelocal.it/20140320/bulgari-to-fund-spanish-steps-refurbishment Thu, 20 Mar 2014 16:42:00 +0100 bulgari-to-fund-spanish-steps-refurbishment Renovators who restored pop legend Sting's Tuscan villa and the Uffizi Gallery in Florence were allegedly linked to an organized crime syndicate, Italian media reports said on Thursday, citing a police investigation. https://www.thelocal.it/20140116/mafia-linked-firms-worked-on-stings-italian-villa-reports Thu, 16 Jan 2014 14:28:00 +0100 mafia-linked-firms-worked-on-stings-italian-villa-reports Since arriving at the Vatican in March, Pope Francis has not been shy in expressing his views about wealth. Earlier this week, he said that money makes us lazy and selfish. The Local spoke to researcher Sebastiano Sali for some insight into his remarks. https://www.thelocal.it/20130531/pope-francis-says-money-makes-us-lazy-and-selfish Fri, 31 May 2013 15:00:00 +0200 pope-francis-says-money-makes-us-lazy-and-selfish