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 A mayor in northern Italy faced backlash after asking refugees to avoid using the same buses as local schoolchildren, with the regional representative of PM Renzi's democratic party likening the segregation to "apartheid". https://www.thelocal.it/20161012/italian-mayor-defends-request-for-refugees-to-use-separate-buses Wed, 12 Oct 2016 16:35:14 +0200 italian-mayor-defends-request-for-refugees-to-use-separate-buses Police in Borgaro, north-west Italy, are to bolster security on one of the town's bus routes as an alternative to a controversial plan put forward by the town’s mayor to create a bus line only for Roma people. https://www.thelocal.it/20141031/police-to-patrol-turin-bus-to-protect-locals-from-roma Fri, 31 Oct 2014 17:28:00 +0100 police-to-patrol-turin-bus-to-protect-locals-from-roma A mayor in north-west Italy has backed a controversial plan to create a bus route only for Roma people, a move which has been likened to the segregation policies of Apartheid South Africa, Italian media reported on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141024/italian-mayor-champions-roma-only-bus-plan Fri, 24 Oct 2014 19:23:00 +0200 italian-mayor-champions-roma-only-bus-plan