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 anti-immigrant Interior Minister Matteo Salvini ordered a report Tuesday on the country's Roma population, with a view to shuttering overcrowded, "illegal" camps, provoking an angry response from rights campaigners. https://www.thelocal.it/20190716/italy-makes-move-to-clear-out-illegal-roma-camps Tue, 16 Jul 2019 18:46:49 +0200 italy-makes-move-to-clear-out-illegal-roma-camps A Roma family targeted by racist mobs outside their council flat were on Thursday invited to meet Pope Francis, who said he "suffers" hearing about threats made against Roma and Sinti people in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20190510/resist-pope-meets-roma-family-hounded-by-racist-mobs-in-rome Fri, 10 May 2019 14:15:27 +0200 resist-pope-meets-roma-family-hounded-by-racist-mobs-in-rome Italian judicial authorities have opened a probe after around 200 Rome residents and neo-fascists torched bins and shouted racist abuse at Roma families being temporarily housed in their neighbourhood. https://www.thelocal.it/20190404/rome-residents-join-neo-fascists-in-attack-on-roma-ca Thu, 04 Apr 2019 16:04:39 +0200 rome-residents-join-neo-fascists-in-attack-on-roma-ca Authorities in Rome said they would move some 60 Roma people from a public shelter on the city outskirts after a mob gathered outside the refuge to demand their removal. https://www.thelocal.it/20190403/rome-torre-maura-roma-protests Wed, 03 Apr 2019 14:38:36 +0200 rome-torre-maura-roma-protests An Italian football fan was jailed for three-and-a-half years on Thursday after admitting assaulting a Liverpool supporter before a Champions League game, leaving the victim with catastrophic head injuries. https://www.thelocal.it/20190301/italy-football-roma-fan-simone-mastrelli-jailed-attack-sean-cox-liverpool Fri, 01 Mar 2019 09:56:18 +0100 italy-football-roma-fan-simone-mastrelli-jailed-attack-sean-cox-liverpool Federico Santander scored the winner as struggling Bologna stunned Inter Milan 1-0 to pile the pressure on coach Luciano Spalletti as Roma rescued a point with a 1-1 draw to AC Milan in Serie A on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20190204/santander-stuns-inter-roma-rescue-a-point-against-ac-milan Mon, 04 Feb 2019 09:50:00 +0100 santander-stuns-inter-roma-rescue-a-point-against-ac-milan In a dusty Roma camp on the outskirts of Rome, life goes on despite threats of an ethnically-targeted census and deportation by Italy's new hardline Interior Minister Matteo Salvini. https://www.thelocal.it/20180621/italy-roma-camp-matteo-salvini Thu, 21 Jun 2018 10:55:34 +0200 italy-roma-camp-matteo-salvini Italian authorities are to carry out a census of Roma people with a view to deporting those without papers, according to new Interior Minister Matteo Salvini. https://www.thelocal.it/20180618/italy-register-census-roma-people-matteo-salvini Mon, 18 Jun 2018 17:10:10 +0200 italy-register-census-roma-people-matteo-salvini Hundreds of Roma fans queued outside club stores in the Italian capital overnight to be among the first to claim tickets for the Champions League semi-final second leg against Liverpool. https://www.thelocal.it/20180418/roma-fans-queued-through-the-night-for-champions-league-tickets Wed, 18 Apr 2018 18:16:04 +0200 roma-fans-queued-through-the-night-for-champions-league-tickets International Roma Day inspired contrasting remarks on Sunday, as Pope Francis welcomed a chance to engage with the culture of an often marginalised group, while the leader of Italy's far-right League urged them to "steal less". https://www.thelocal.it/20180408/italian-league-marks-international-roma-day-by-telling-them-to-work-more-and-steal-less Sun, 08 Apr 2018 17:34:35 +0200 italian-league-marks-international-roma-day-by-telling-them-to-work-more-and-steal-less Serie A side Roma were given the green light on Tuesday by Italian authorities to build their own stadium which they hope to occupy by the 2020/21 season. https://www.thelocal.it/20171206/football-roma-new-stadium Wed, 06 Dec 2017 10:09:19 +0100 football-roma-new-stadium Lazio donned shirts bearing a picture of Anne Frank on Wednesday night, while strains of a Fascist song were heard from the stands. https://www.thelocal.it/20171026/lazio-anne-frank-shirts-fans Thu, 26 Oct 2017 12:00:45 +0200 lazio-anne-frank-shirts-fans Italian police have identified 15 people they believe stuck anti-Semitic images of Anne Frank in a Roma jersey to the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. https://www.thelocal.it/20171025/lazio-fans-anne-frank-stickers-identified Wed, 25 Oct 2017 14:11:08 +0200 lazio-fans-anne-frank-stickers-identified Lazio will take fans to Auschwitz, the club said on Tuesday, after supporters were accused of using Anne Frank’s image as an anti-Semitic slur. https://www.thelocal.it/20171024/lazio-fans-auschwitz-anti-semitism Tue, 24 Oct 2017 17:42:27 +0200 lazio-fans-auschwitz-anti-semitism Police in Rome are investigating fresh allegations of anti-Semitism by Lazio football fans. https://www.thelocal.it/20171024/lazio-anne-frank-roma-shirt Tue, 24 Oct 2017 11:42:46 +0200 lazio-anne-frank-roma-shirt AS Roma legend Francesco Totti on Wednesday thanked his fans for their support in his post-playing career as he celebrated his 41st birthday four months after retiring. https://www.thelocal.it/20170927/roma-legend-francesco-totti-thanks-fans-for-support-in-his-new-life Wed, 27 Sep 2017 17:14:13 +0200 roma-legend-francesco-totti-thanks-fans-for-support-in-his-new-life A whole new challenge awaits former AS Roma legend Francesco Totti as the Serie A club return to the Champions League group stage on Tuesday against Atletico Madrid. https://www.thelocal.it/20170912/romas-francesco-totti-returns-to-club-for-new-adventure-as-director Tue, 12 Sep 2017 10:44:14 +0200 romas-francesco-totti-returns-to-club-for-new-adventure-as-director Francesco Totti confirmed his retirement on Monday, the Roma legend announcing "a new adventure" in his storied career as he takes up a directorship role at the Serie A club. https://www.thelocal.it/20170718/francesco-totti-confirms-hes-retiring-for-directorship-role-at-roma Tue, 18 Jul 2017 10:49:37 +0200 francesco-totti-confirms-hes-retiring-for-directorship-role-at-roma The mayor of Rome, Virginia Raggi, has said she will close Roma camps in the Italian capital, labelling the sites "a feeding trough for the mafia". https://www.thelocal.it/20170531/rome-mayor-promises-to-close-roma-camps-in-the-capital Wed, 31 May 2017 16:07:09 +0200 rome-mayor-promises-to-close-roma-camps-in-the-capital Serie A side Roma can look forward to playing in a new purpose-built stadium after city officials finally gave their backing to an amended project. https://www.thelocal.it/20170225/rome-olympics-killer-raggi-says-yes-to-new-roma-stadium Sat, 25 Feb 2017 16:26:42 +0100 rome-olympics-killer-raggi-says-yes-to-new-roma-stadium