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 The first emergency homes for people made homeless in August 2016's deadly earthquake have finally arrived in Amatrice, the town worst affected by the disaster. https://www.thelocal.it/20170315/the-first-homes-for-quake-homeless-just-arrived-in-amatrice Wed, 15 Mar 2017 15:29:03 +0100 the-first-homes-for-quake-homeless-just-arrived-in-amatrice An earthquake measuring 3.8 magnitude hit the central Italian town of Amatrice on Sunday morning, causing further collapses in the town's historic centre. https://www.thelocal.it/20170130/tremor-in-amatrice-knocks-down-church Mon, 30 Jan 2017 09:52:30 +0100 tremor-in-amatrice-knocks-down-church Pope Francis stressed the importance of rebuilding "hearts as well as homes" on Thursday, as he welcomed to the Vatican several thousand people affected by Italian earthquakes. https://www.thelocal.it/20170105/pope-to-quake-victims-rebuild-hearts-as-well-as-homes Thu, 05 Jan 2017 17:38:22 +0100 pope-to-quake-victims-rebuild-hearts-as-well-as-homes While firefighters race to salvage precious artworks from the earthquake rubble, Italy's cultural heritage is at risk from both looters and bad weather. https://www.thelocal.it/20161107/historic-artworks-looted-from-italys-earthquake-towns Mon, 07 Nov 2016 12:32:07 +0100 historic-artworks-looted-from-italys-earthquake-towns Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Tuesday vowed to rebuild the entire region flattened by Sunday's earthquake as the country's main farming union called for help. https://www.thelocal.it/20161102/italys-pm-vows-to-rebuild-devastated-quake-region Wed, 02 Nov 2016 10:02:14 +0100 italys-pm-vows-to-rebuild-devastated-quake-region Some 3,000 farms in the earthquake-hit region of central Italy are in danger of being abandoned and need urgent help, the main Italian farming union said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20161101/after-the-earthquake-3000-italian-farms-need-urgent-help Tue, 01 Nov 2016 15:08:33 +0100 after-the-earthquake-3000-italian-farms-need-urgent-help Italian authorities said on Monday they were taking care of more than 15,000 people left homeless by the country's most powerful earthquake in nearly 40 years. https://www.thelocal.it/20161031/italy-quakes-leave-15000-homeless Mon, 31 Oct 2016 12:42:10 +0100 italy-quakes-leave-15000-homeless The coloured houses and bustling squares of villages nestled in the mountains of the Marche region in central Italy were abandoned in a matter of hours as earthquake survivors fled. https://www.thelocal.it/20161028/earthquake-central-italy-towns-villages-ghost-towns Fri, 28 Oct 2016 18:48:45 +0200 earthquake-central-italy-towns-villages-ghost-towns There was no relief for residents in Italy's quake-centre on Friday, where survivors with their nerves frayed by hundreds of aftershocks were packing up their few belongings and moving to the Adriatic coast. https://www.thelocal.it/20161028/italy-quake-survivors-head-to-the-coast Fri, 28 Oct 2016 14:08:31 +0200 italy-quake-survivors-head-to-the-coast Italy has vowed to rebuild every single home destroyed in Wednesday's powerful earthquake, but for the inhabitants of the central Italian towns and villages affected by the disaster, it will be a long time before life can return to normal. https://www.thelocal.it/20161028/over-100-aftershocks-felt-in-central-italy-overnight-after-quake Fri, 28 Oct 2016 10:53:37 +0200 over-100-aftershocks-felt-in-central-italy-overnight-after-quake As she distributes pastries, hot coffee and juice to the traumatized residents of Ussita in the early hours of the morning, restaurateur Linda Cappa expresses the prevailing mood in this quake-prone Italian village after its latest brush with disaster. https://www.thelocal.it/20161027/these-damned-earthquakes-are-never-ending Thu, 27 Oct 2016 15:52:04 +0200 these-damned-earthquakes-are-never-ending Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi this week approved a decree dedicated to the recovery of central Italian towns affected by August's earthquake. The decree consists of 53 articles and envisages billions of dollars being spent on the rebuild - so what exactly is going to happen? https://www.thelocal.it/20161013/how-italy-plans-to-rebuild-its-earthquake-damaged-towns Thu, 13 Oct 2016 19:10:36 +0200 how-italy-plans-to-rebuild-its-earthquake-damaged-towns 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 Italy’s economy is expected to return to growth this year and the recovery to strengthen in 2016 as external demand and exports pick up, according to the latest forecast from the European Commission (EC). https://www.thelocal.it/20150505/exports-and-investment-to-spur-italys-growth Tue, 05 May 2015 14:08:48 +0200 exports-and-investment-to-spur-italys-growth Italy is having a party, the whole world is invited and, yes, there will be food; lots of it. https://www.thelocal.it/20150428/italy-looks-to-milan-expo-for-taste-of-recovery Tue, 28 Apr 2015 10:35:56 +0200 italy-looks-to-milan-expo-for-taste-of-recovery Italy’s economy will grow by 0.6 percent in 2015, spurring a “fragile economic recovery”, according to a European Commission report published on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141104/italy-set-for-fragile-recovery-in-2015 Tue, 04 Nov 2014 15:31:00 +0100 italy-set-for-fragile-recovery-in-2015 The Italian economy has emerged from two years of contraction, data showed on Tuesday, but economists warned that recovery will remain elusive as resistance grows to further tax hikes and reforms. https://www.thelocal.it/20131210/italian-economy-shows-signs-of-recovery Tue, 10 Dec 2013 18:30:00 +0100 italian-economy-shows-signs-of-recovery Italy's president Giorgio Napolitano said the country is slowly recovering from its longest ever recession, Italian media reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20130924/economic-recovery-is-in-sight-napolitano Tue, 24 Sep 2013 12:52:00 +0200 economic-recovery-is-in-sight-napolitano