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 Representatives from the city council of Turin will meet on Monday to discuss plans to silence the traditional fireworks that make up the part of the city's San Giovanni feast day celebrations. https://www.thelocal.it/20160129/turin-mulls-silencing-traditional-feast-day-fireworks-over-pet-concerns Fri, 29 Jan 2016 15:44:51 +0100 turin-mulls-silencing-traditional-feast-day-fireworks-over-pet-concerns A football fan from Switzerland ended up living on the streets of Milan for ten years after losing his way while leaving the city’s San Siro stadium, where he had been watching his team play Inter Milan, according to a Swiss media report. https://www.thelocal.it/20151102/swiss-football-fan-lost-in-milan-for-ten-years Mon, 02 Nov 2015 12:12:41 +0100 swiss-football-fan-lost-in-milan-for-ten-years It is a well-known holiday destination and employees of the Italian Riviera resort of San Remo have been caught slipping into vacation mode a little too frequently. https://www.thelocal.it/20151022/lifes-a-beach-3-in-4-skip-work-in-riviera-town Thu, 22 Oct 2015 16:42:21 +0200 lifes-a-beach-3-in-4-skip-work-in-riviera-town Matteo Vitaioli blasted home a free kick on Tuesday evening in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius to score San Marino's first competitive away goal in fourteen years. https://www.thelocal.it/20150909/screamer-breaks-san-marinos-14-year-drought Wed, 09 Sep 2015 18:05:49 +0200 screamer-breaks-san-marinos-14-year-drought Italian financial police said on Thursday they were looking into the movement of around €33 billion over a five year period between the country and the small republic of San Marino, a former tax haven in the middle of Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20150807/italy-probing-transfers-of-33bn-euros-with-san-marino Fri, 07 Aug 2015 09:52:57 +0200 italy-probing-transfers-of-33bn-euros-with-san-marino Moas, a humanitarian venture that was co-founded by an Italian woman, has teamed up with the aid agency Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), or Doctors Without Borders, to rescue boat migrants in the Mediterranean. https://www.thelocal.it/20150410/italian-teams-up-with-msf-to-rescue-migrants Fri, 10 Apr 2015 18:32:20 +0200 italian-teams-up-with-msf-to-rescue-migrants The glitzy Italian Riviera town of San Remo has moved to banish homeless people from its central gardens by installing “anti-homeless” benches. https://www.thelocal.it/20150219/san-remo-installs-anti-homeless-benches Thu, 19 Feb 2015 10:09:00 +0100 san-remo-installs-anti-homeless-benches Ugly flare-throwing incidents at Milan's storied San Siro stadium deflected the glare from under-par Italy on Sunday as they scraped a precious Euro 2016 qualifying point at home to impressive Group H leaders Croatia. https://www.thelocal.it/20141117/croatia-flares-deflect-glare-from-outplayed-azzurri Mon, 17 Nov 2014 10:04:00 +0100 croatia-flares-deflect-glare-from-outplayed-azzurri Italian police said Monday they had busted a ring of smugglers who attempted to traffic cocaine from Latin America to Europe by hiding it in surf boards and a sailing boat. https://www.thelocal.it/20131203/italy-busts-surfer-drug-smuggling-ring Tue, 03 Dec 2013 08:55:00 +0100 italy-busts-surfer-drug-smuggling-ring