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 Dutchman Frank de Boer was officially appointed Inter Milan coach on Tuesday, taking over from ousted Roberto Mancini. https://www.thelocal.it/20160809/dutchman-frank-de-boer-new-inter-milan-coach-club Tue, 09 Aug 2016 11:35:56 +0200 dutchman-frank-de-boer-new-inter-milan-coach-club Inter Milan said on Monday its coach Roberto Mancini is leaving, citing a "mutual agreement" amid media reports the Serie A club's new Chinese owners decided fresh blood is needed to rejuvenate the team. https://www.thelocal.it/20160808/mancini-set-to-leave-inter-milan-reports Mon, 08 Aug 2016 10:33:23 +0200 mancini-set-to-leave-inter-milan-reports A bid by the Lombardy region to limit the construction of new mosques has been rejected by Italy’s top court. https://www.thelocal.it/20160224/italys-top-court-rejects-lombardys-anti-mosque-bid Wed, 24 Feb 2016 13:28:46 +0100 italys-top-court-rejects-lombardys-anti-mosque-bid Furious Inter Milan coach Roberto Mancini blasted Napoli counterpart Maurizio Sarri a "racist" and claimed his rival called him a "poof" following a fiery finish to Inter's 2-0 Italian Cup victory on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160120/mancini-blasts-racist-rival-who-called-him-a-poof Wed, 20 Jan 2016 09:15:42 +0100 mancini-blasts-racist-rival-who-called-him-a-poof Former Integration Minister Cecile Kyenge said she would appeal to the European Court of Justice after Italy’s Senate decided that the Northern League’s Roberto Calderoli would not be tried on racism charges after comparing her to an orangutan in 2013. https://www.thelocal.it/20150917/kyenge-to-petition-eu-court-over-calderoli-slur Thu, 17 Sep 2015 14:18:15 +0200 kyenge-to-petition-eu-court-over-calderoli-slur The Italian region of Lombardy on Wednesday approved new rules designed to penalise hotel owners who take part in a government scheme to accommodate some recently-arrived migrants, media reports said. https://www.thelocal.it/20150917/lombardy-penalises-migrant-hosting-hotels Thu, 17 Sep 2015 10:15:04 +0200 lombardy-penalises-migrant-hosting-hotels Thirty-seven people went on trial in Madagascar's capital Antananarivo on Tuesday for the lynching of two Europeans, including a Franco- Italian, and a local man wrongly accused of killing a young boy. https://www.thelocal.it/20150909/trial-of-suspects-in-tourist-mob-lynching-starts-in-madagascar Wed, 09 Sep 2015 10:17:04 +0200 trial-of-suspects-in-tourist-mob-lynching-starts-in-madagascar Italy's government on Monday slammed the country's powerful northern regions for their "unjust" refusal to accommodate more migrants, begging the question of where thousands of incoming refugees will find shelter. https://www.thelocal.it/20150609/italy-slams-anti-immigrant-north-as-crisis-deepens Tue, 09 Jun 2015 10:25:23 +0200 italy-slams-anti-immigrant-north-as-crisis-deepens UPDATED: Italy's wealthy North vowed on Sunday that it would refuse to accommodate any more migrants as thousands more were rescued in the Mediterranean by a multinational flotilla of ships. https://www.thelocal.it/20150607/italian-backlash-as-migrant-arrivals-climb Sun, 07 Jun 2015 16:17:27 +0200 italian-backlash-as-migrant-arrivals-climb Tempers can easily be frayed at airports, but a video of an Italian senator having a meltdown after narrowly missing an Alitalia flight from Rome has gone viral. https://www.thelocal.it/20150521/italian-senator-in-tantrum-over-missed-alitalia-flight Thu, 21 May 2015 16:12:05 +0200 italian-senator-in-tantrum-over-missed-alitalia-flight A senior member of Matteo Renzi’s centre-left Democratic Party (PD) resigned late on Wednesday over a proposed new electoral law, highlighting the opposition the Italian Prime Minister is facing over the reform. https://www.thelocal.it/20150416/renzi-faces-rebellion-over-electoral-law Thu, 16 Apr 2015 15:59:13 +0200 renzi-faces-rebellion-over-electoral-law Italy’s Lombardy region has joined Veneto in refusing a request from the Italian government to find emergency housing for the country’s migrant influx. https://www.thelocal.it/20150416/lombardy-chief-refuses-to-give-beds-to-migrants Thu, 16 Apr 2015 12:32:17 +0200 lombardy-chief-refuses-to-give-beds-to-migrants Italian fashion house Roberto Cavalli said on Thursday it had appointed Norwegian Peter Dundas as its new creative director. https://www.thelocal.it/20150320/cavalli-names-norways-dundas-as-creative-director Fri, 20 Mar 2015 09:13:57 +0100 cavalli-names-norways-dundas-as-creative-director Xherdan Shaqiri claimed his unhappiness at warming the substitutes' bench at Bayern Munich, and Roberto Mancini's vision for Inter Milan, prompted his decision to join the Italian giants. https://www.thelocal.it/20150115/mancini-vision-for-inter-decisive-for-shaqiri Thu, 15 Jan 2015 14:05:00 +0100 mancini-vision-for-inter-decisive-for-shaqiri Roberto Mancini was expected to be confirmed as Inter Milan's new coach after the struggling Serie A giants confirmed the sacking of Walter Mazzarri on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141114/mancini-waits-in-wings-as-inter-milan-sacks-coach Fri, 14 Nov 2014 14:54:00 +0100 mancini-waits-in-wings-as-inter-milan-sacks-coach German-born Sampdoria midfielder Roberto Soriano confirmed his full allegiance to Italy on Tuesday as he prepares for a possible Azzurri debut against Croatia in a crucial Euro 2016 qualifier. https://www.thelocal.it/20141111/germany-born-soriano-awaits-dream-italy-debut Tue, 11 Nov 2014 18:09:37 +0100 germany-born-soriano-awaits-dream-italy-debut An Irish court on Friday ordered an Italian man to pay a €2,500 fine for charity after "a sick joke" about Ebola during a flight. https://www.thelocal.it/20141031/irish-court-fines-italian-for-sick-ebola-joke Fri, 31 Oct 2014 17:26:00 +0100 irish-court-fines-italian-for-sick-ebola-joke Italian designer Roberto Cavalli's fashion house is being sued by a group of graffiti artists in the US for allegedly copying their work. https://www.thelocal.it/20140828/roberto-cavalli-sued-for-allegedly-copying-graffiti Thu, 28 Aug 2014 16:59:00 +0200 roberto-cavalli-sued-for-allegedly-copying-graffiti An Italian senator is seeking an exorcist after being "cursed" by evil African spirits in revenge for calling Italy’s first black minister an orangutan. https://www.thelocal.it/20140828/ive-been-cursed-by-evil-african-spirits-top-politician Thu, 28 Aug 2014 12:31:00 +0200 ive-been-cursed-by-evil-african-spirits-top-politician