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 Palermo prosecutors are seeking jail terms of up to 17 years for six alleged migrant smugglers in connection with a shipwreck off Lampedusa in October 2013, in which 366 people died. https://www.thelocal.it/20150918/people-smugglers-face-jail-for-up-to-17-years Fri, 18 Sep 2015 12:38:57 +0200 people-smugglers-face-jail-for-up-to-17-years Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi suffered a fresh legal blow on Wednesday when a Naples court sentenced him to three years for bribing a senator. https://www.thelocal.it/20150709/berlusconi-sentenced-bribing-italian-senator Thu, 09 Jul 2015 10:09:13 +0200 berlusconi-sentenced-bribing-italian-senator An excavator has been given a sixth-month jail sentence for hiding sarcophagi and other Roman artefacts in his home, Italian media reported on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150410/excavator-hid-roman-sarcophagi-in-home Fri, 10 Apr 2015 12:48:11 +0200 excavator-hid-roman-sarcophagi-in-home The former captain of Italy’s national football team, Fabio Cannavaro, has been handed a ten month sentence for entering his own villa and taking a swim in the pool. https://www.thelocal.it/20150226/cannavaro-gets-jail-term-for-taking-a-swim Thu, 26 Feb 2015 11:04:00 +0100 cannavaro-gets-jail-term-for-taking-a-swim An Italian man has been convicted of “stalking” his neighbours after they complained about the “noisy” outpourings of passion inflicted on them whenever he had sex with his girlfriend. https://www.thelocal.it/20140409/italian-man-jailed-for-girlfriends-noisy-sex-2 Wed, 09 Apr 2014 10:39:00 +0200 italian-man-jailed-for-girlfriends-noisy-sex-2 The former Formula One racing driver Eddie Irvine has been sentenced to six months in jail after fighting over a woman in a Milan nightclub. https://www.thelocal.it/20140110/formula-one-star-convicted-for-milan-nightclub-brawl Fri, 10 Jan 2014 12:55:00 +0100 formula-one-star-convicted-for-milan-nightclub-brawl A young couple who succombed to their passion in the gardens of Rome's Castel Sant'Angelo have been sentenced to three months in prison after being spotted by an elderly woman from the balcony of her home. https://www.thelocal.it/20131122/amorous-couple-get-jail-term-for-sex-at-rome-monument Fri, 22 Nov 2013 16:56:00 +0100 amorous-couple-get-jail-term-for-sex-at-rome-monument