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 Authorities are investigating after a bus driver in Rome reportedly told passengers to get off, before loading his scooter aboard and driving away. https://www.thelocal.it/20191022/everyone-off-rome-bus-driver-dumps-passengers-to-make-room-for-his-scooter Tue, 22 Oct 2019 12:51:00 +0200 everyone-off-rome-bus-driver-dumps-passengers-to-make-room-for-his-scooter Hollywood superstar George Clooney was treated in hospital on Tuesday for minor injuries after a scooter accident in Sardinia, Italian media reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20180710/george-clooney-scooter-crash-sardinia-italy Tue, 10 Jul 2018 16:27:30 +0200 george-clooney-scooter-crash-sardinia-italy More than 70 years after Italy’s iconic scooter was born, the Vespa is getting its most radical update yet. https://www.thelocal.it/20171115/made-in-italy-first-electric-vespa Wed, 15 Nov 2017 17:19:37 +0100 made-in-italy-first-electric-vespa Tourists and locals alike will be able to mimic Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday by exploring the capital on a scooter, after the city council unveiled a brand new scooter rental programme. https://www.thelocal.it/20170428/scooter-sharing-rome-unveils-new-fleet-of-scooters-for-locals-and-tourists-to-rent Fri, 28 Apr 2017 16:39:10 +0200 scooter-sharing-rome-unveils-new-fleet-of-scooters-for-locals-and-tourists-to-rent The shape of Italy's iconic Vespa scooter is subject to copyright protection, according to Turin judges who on Thursday ruled that a Chinese company could not market their imitations of the product in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20170407/vespa-gets-legal-protection-from-foreign-fakes-its-like-an-artwork Fri, 07 Apr 2017 14:09:27 +0200 vespa-gets-legal-protection-from-foreign-fakes-its-like-an-artwork Rome authorities are considering sterilizing wild boars in the city following a spate of sightings, and a deadly collision on Friday night between one of the animals and a scooter. https://www.thelocal.it/20170320/italy-mulls-wild-boar-sterilization-after-man-killed-in-boar-scooter-collision Mon, 20 Mar 2017 12:04:56 +0100 italy-mulls-wild-boar-sterilization-after-man-killed-in-boar-scooter-collision The Vespa, an iconic 70-year-old design classic and Italy's most famous scooter, will be available in an electric version by the end of next year, according to its manufacturer, Piaggio. https://www.thelocal.it/20161111/italys-iconic-vespa-goes-electric Fri, 11 Nov 2016 10:58:47 +0100 italys-iconic-vespa-goes-electric When you think of Italy, you probably picture a Vespa, and the scooter turns 70 today. To celebrate, we look back at its history. https://www.thelocal.it/20160422/happy-birthday-vespa-ten-facts-you-didnt-know-about-the-iconic-scooter Fri, 22 Apr 2016 15:28:02 +0200 happy-birthday-vespa-ten-facts-you-didnt-know-about-the-iconic-scooter Scooter owners are up in arms in Genoa, birthplace of the iconic Vespa, after the Italian city's mayor banned models produced before 1999 in a bid to tackle pollution. https://www.thelocal.it/20160115/scooter-owners-revolt-over-ban-in-vespa-birthplace Fri, 15 Jan 2016 12:21:49 +0100 scooter-owners-revolt-over-ban-in-vespa-birthplace Italian police were gobsmacked on Thursday morning when they stopped an 80-year-old man riding a scooter, only to discover he had been driving without a licence for the last 45 years. https://www.thelocal.it/20151113/vespa-grandpa-drives-without-licence-for-45-years Fri, 13 Nov 2015 12:24:05 +0100 vespa-grandpa-drives-without-licence-for-45-years A couple in their 30s have been arrested in south-eastern Italy after allegedly abducting a six-year-old girl from a town square and driving away with her on a scooter, Italian media reported on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140610/couple-on-scooter-abduct-six-year-old-girl Tue, 10 Jun 2014 12:04:00 +0200 couple-on-scooter-abduct-six-year-old-girl