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 Italian literary sensation Elena Ferrante's best-selling Neapolitan novels about female friendship are being adapted for television, with the author, who writes under a pseudonym, helping transform the books for the small screen. https://www.thelocal.it/20160211/italy-best-seller-elena-ferrantes-novels-get-tv-adaptation Thu, 11 Feb 2016 10:20:30 +0100 italy-best-seller-elena-ferrantes-novels-get-tv-adaptation Maria Pia Calzone is just loving all the hate. https://www.thelocal.it/20150210/italys-feminist-mafia-matriarch-conquers-the-world Tue, 10 Feb 2015 09:40:00 +0100 italys-feminist-mafia-matriarch-conquers-the-world Italian police on Thursday arrested three men suspected of extorting a production company shooting scenes for a television drama about the mafia in a mobster's villa. https://www.thelocal.it/20140717/mafia-trio-held-for-extorting-italian-tv-series-on-mob Thu, 17 Jul 2014 13:37:00 +0200 mafia-trio-held-for-extorting-italian-tv-series-on-mob