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 Italian resort Rimini this week marked 100 years since the birth of director Federico Fellini, whose visual dreamscapes revolutionised cinema in a career spanning almost half a century. https://www.thelocal.it/20200122/rimini-celebrates-centenary-of-legendary-italian-director-federico-fellini Wed, 22 Jan 2020 10:06:41 +0100 rimini-celebrates-centenary-of-legendary-italian-director-federico-fellini Some of Italy's most famous spots are best explored in the off season, finds Rome-based writer John Henderson on a winter trip to the beach resort of Rimini. https://www.thelocal.it/20181215/weekend-wanderlust-rimini-off-season Sat, 15 Dec 2018 09:45:32 +0100 weekend-wanderlust-rimini-off-season An Italian competition to find the best gelato in the world has come to the conclusion after three years of searching, that when it comes to perfect ice cream, there's no place like home. https://www.thelocal.it/20170912/this-is-officially-the-best-gelato-italian-ice-cream-in-the-world Tue, 12 Sep 2017 14:24:48 +0200 this-is-officially-the-best-gelato-italian-ice-cream-in-the-world Poland will seek the extradition from Italy of four men suspected of raping a Polish tourist, the country's deputy justice minister has said. https://www.thelocal.it/20170906/poland-calls-for-extradition-of-italy-rimini-gang-rape-suspects Wed, 06 Sep 2017 13:18:13 +0200 poland-calls-for-extradition-of-italy-rimini-gang-rape-suspects Italian police arrested a man on Sunday suspected of involvement in two rapes last week. https://www.thelocal.it/20170904/four-arrested-over-gang-rape-in-rimini-italian-resort Mon, 04 Sep 2017 13:23:09 +0200 four-arrested-over-gang-rape-in-rimini-italian-resort A woman in her sixth month of pregnancy was attacked and repeatedly abused on a bus in Rimini, according to reports in Italy's largest dailies on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170818/pregnant-senegalese-women-allegedly-beaten-by-two-men-on-italian-bus Fri, 18 Aug 2017 16:37:07 +0200 pregnant-senegalese-women-allegedly-beaten-by-two-men-on-italian-bus Four people have been confirmed dead after strong winds caused a shipwreck in northern Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20170419/four-dead-after-shipwreck-in-northern-italy Wed, 19 Apr 2017 12:13:53 +0200 four-dead-after-shipwreck-in-northern-italy A grieving Russian mother stuffed the body of her anorexic ex-model daughter into a suitcase and threw it into the sea after she starved to death, Italian media said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170406/italians-solve-mystery-of-dead-woman-found-in-suitcase-at-sea Thu, 06 Apr 2017 10:52:05 +0200 italians-solve-mystery-of-dead-woman-found-in-suitcase-at-sea Pickpocketing, along with overall crime levels, has seen a decline in Italy, Interior Ministry figures show - news which is sure to provoke a sigh of relief from wary tourists. https://www.thelocal.it/20161007/pickpocketing-in-italy-has-declined Fri, 07 Oct 2016 17:32:46 +0200 pickpocketing-in-italy-has-declined An Italian father has been hit with a one year and four month suspended sentence by a court in Rimini for psychological mistreatment after telling his son off too harshly. https://www.thelocal.it/20151005/italian-man-sentenced-for-berating-slacker-son Mon, 05 Oct 2015 14:33:39 +0200 italian-man-sentenced-for-berating-slacker-son A 19-year-old German tourist was allegedly raped on a beach in the Adriatic town of Rimini. It is the third case of an alleged sexual attack in the town in less than a week, Italian media reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20150820/german-tourist-raped-on-rimini-beach Thu, 20 Aug 2015 15:03:07 +0200 german-tourist-raped-on-rimini-beach For the faithful flock of Rimini, Saturday was meant to be an evening of prayer in the town's main square, Piazza Cavour. But football had other plans. https://www.thelocal.it/20150605/italian-town-moves-corpus-domini-for-juve-barca Fri, 05 Jun 2015 13:28:43 +0200 italian-town-moves-corpus-domini-for-juve-barca A gay man in central Italy was allegedly forced to go to a female prostitute to "prove" to his boss he was straight. https://www.thelocal.it/20150114/gay-man-forced-to-go-to-prostitute-or-lose-job Wed, 14 Jan 2015 11:02:00 +0100 gay-man-forced-to-go-to-prostitute-or-lose-job A beach for dog owners has opened in Rimini, with people without pets banned from the stretch of sand on the Adriatic coast, Italian media reported on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140514/no-pets-no-entry-dog-beach-opens-in-rimini Wed, 14 May 2014 17:00:00 +0200 no-pets-no-entry-dog-beach-opens-in-rimini Staff at a hotel in central Italy have refused to let a tourism student do an internship with them, because she refused to take off her Islamic veil. https://www.thelocal.it/20140428/intern-barred-from-hotel-over-headscarf Mon, 28 Apr 2014 17:48:00 +0200 intern-barred-from-hotel-over-headscarf A woman in the northern Italian town of Rimini is suing her local health authority for €800,000 ($1.1 million) after she discovered she had undergone months of grueling cancer treatment on the wrong breast. https://www.thelocal.it/20140225/woman-has-months-of-cancer-treatment-on-wrong-breast Tue, 25 Feb 2014 12:06:00 +0100 woman-has-months-of-cancer-treatment-on-wrong-breast A lawyer who represented a homeless man after he was set on fire while sleeping on a bench in Rimini allegedly stole the €190 million he was awarded in compensation. https://www.thelocal.it/20140124/rimini-lawyer-fleeced-190m-from-homeless-man Fri, 24 Jan 2014 12:01:00 +0100 rimini-lawyer-fleeced-190m-from-homeless-man An unemployed Italian woman and her daughter, from Rimini, turned to prostitution in a bid to support their struggling family amid Italy's ongoing financial crisis. https://www.thelocal.it/20131104/money-woes-force-mum-and-child-into-sex-work Mon, 04 Nov 2013 16:40:00 +0100 money-woes-force-mum-and-child-into-sex-work The Simon Wiesenthal Center is urging wine distributors to boycott the Italian company behind a range of wines emblazoned with images of dictators and Nazi slogans. https://www.thelocal.it/20130811/jewish-group-slams-italys-nazi-wine Sun, 11 Aug 2013 12:30:00 +0200 jewish-group-slams-italys-nazi-wine A Norwegian couple were "astonished" after popping into a shop in Rimini in search of a fine bottle of Italian wine and instead of a pleasant vineyard image on the label, they were met with the face of Adolf Hitler. https://www.thelocal.it/20130805/italian-hitler-wine-shocks-norwegians Mon, 05 Aug 2013 14:03:00 +0200 italian-hitler-wine-shocks-norwegians