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 southern city of Salerno held a mass funeral on Friday for 26 young women from Nigeria who drowned earlier this month trying to cross the Mediterranean. https://www.thelocal.it/20171117/italy-funerals-26-nigerian-women-drowned Fri, 17 Nov 2017 12:21:57 +0100 italy-funerals-26-nigerian-women-drowned Post-mortem examinations on the bodies of 26 teenage migrant girls found dead in the Mediterranean in early November confirmed they almost all drowned at sea, Italian news agencies reported on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20171116/teenage-nigerian-girls-drowned-italy-autopsy Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:34:01 +0100 teenage-nigerian-girls-drowned-italy-autopsy Italian pathologists began post-mortem examinations Wednesday of 26 migrant girls found dead at sea, as Nigeria called for an international inquiry into their deaths. https://www.thelocal.it/20171109/italy-begins-autopsies-of-26-drowned-migrant-girls Thu, 09 Nov 2017 10:07:58 +0100 italy-begins-autopsies-of-26-drowned-migrant-girls Nestled between Calabria and the Amalfi coast lies Palinuro, a small seaside resort with beautiful coves and beaches. If you want to make it your home, our property of the week could be for you. https://www.thelocal.it/20170913/italian-property-of-the-week-luxury-living-in-palinuro-salerno-campania Wed, 13 Sep 2017 09:48:14 +0200 italian-property-of-the-week-luxury-living-in-palinuro-salerno-campania A poster advertising a gay night at a southern Italian bar has prompted outcry, with local political groups calling for the event to be cancelled. https://www.thelocal.it/20170412/italian-bar-cafe-faces-backlash-over-gay-last-supper-poster Wed, 12 Apr 2017 16:30:02 +0200 italian-bar-cafe-faces-backlash-over-gay-last-supper-poster Volunteers on Wednesday uncovered the presumed remains of two British soldiers from the Second World War in the hills of Salerno, south-western Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20170302/remains-of-two-british-soldiers-found-in-southern-italy Thu, 02 Mar 2017 10:28:27 +0100 remains-of-two-british-soldiers-found-in-southern-italy Police in Salerno, southwestern Italy, have made a series of arrests for criminal conspiracy related to migrant-trafficking, according to a statement on Wednesday morning. https://www.thelocal.it/20161123/italy-arrests-suspected-migrant-traffickers-for-inhumane-treatment Wed, 23 Nov 2016 11:58:37 +0100 italy-arrests-suspected-migrant-traffickers-for-inhumane-treatment They say love knows no distance, but when hearts are yearning, sometimes the only option is to bridge the gap: that’s exactly what Toto, a Dachshund, or sausage dog, did when he dodged traffic to cross two Campania provinces in search of his love. https://www.thelocal.it/20151130/lovesick-dog-walks-ten-k-to-reunite-with-naples-love Mon, 30 Nov 2015 18:47:42 +0100 lovesick-dog-walks-ten-k-to-reunite-with-naples-love An Italian businessman got a pleasant surprise when he ordered oysters at a restaurant in Salerno and discovered five pearls inside. https://www.thelocal.it/20140902/italian-diner-finds-five-pearls-in-oyster Tue, 02 Sep 2014 19:06:00 +0200 italian-diner-finds-five-pearls-in-oyster A dog has been hailed a hero after saving a five-year-old boy from drowning in the sea along Italy’s Adriatic coast, but minutes later died himself. https://www.thelocal.it/20140814/hero-dog-dies-after-saving-drowning-boy Thu, 14 Aug 2014 13:26:00 +0200 hero-dog-dies-after-saving-drowning-boy A priest from the southern Italian city of Salerno is facing trial for allegedly forcing a man in his early twenties to have sex in exchange for giving him a job. https://www.thelocal.it/20140522/italian-priest-in-sex-for-work-scandal Thu, 22 May 2014 11:42:00 +0200 italian-priest-in-sex-for-work-scandal The remains of two British soldiers, killed during the Second World War, have been found in countryside near the southern Italian province of Salerno. https://www.thelocal.it/20140221/remains-of-british-soldiers-found-in-salerno Fri, 21 Feb 2014 12:39:00 +0100 remains-of-british-soldiers-found-in-salerno A 20-year-old woman from Salerno in the southern Italian region of Campania is reported to have been cured of cancer after touching a statue of the Virgin Mary. https://www.thelocal.it/20140107/woman-cured-of-cancer-after-approaching-the-madonna Tue, 07 Jan 2014 10:37:00 +0100 woman-cured-of-cancer-after-approaching-the-madonna A man from Battipaglia, near the southern Italian city of Salerno, was arrested after telling a barman he was a mafia chief in order to get free drinks and croissants. https://www.thelocal.it/20131202/mafia-boss-swindles-drinks-from-bar Mon, 02 Dec 2013 10:40:00 +0100 mafia-boss-swindles-drinks-from-bar The owner of a restaurant in Salerno came up with a novel way of alleviating boredom among a group of Russian diners - and ensuring a huge tip - by allowing them to smash up his car with a sledgehammer. https://www.thelocal.it/20131016/italian-invites-bored-russians-to-trash-his-car Wed, 16 Oct 2013 13:25:00 +0200 italian-invites-bored-russians-to-trash-his-car An Italian man is under police watch in a Salerno hospital after allegedly killing his mother and cooking parts of the body. https://www.thelocal.it/20130723/italian-mother-mutilated-by-son Tue, 23 Jul 2013 18:20:00 +0200 italian-mother-mutilated-by-son A 55-year-old man in Salerno, along with two of his friends, are alleged to have sexually assaulted his three sons over a number of years, with the attacks being filmed and sold online, according to Italian press reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20130618/man-arrested-for-sex-attacks-on-his-three-sons Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:24:00 +0200 man-arrested-for-sex-attacks-on-his-three-sons