The Local Italy 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 Fury as shop uses blind tenor in 'never seen' sales ad A clothes shop in the Vicenza city of Bassano del Grappa has sparked outrage after using an image of the blind tenor, Andrea Bocelli, in an advert to promote its sales period. https://www.thelocal.it/20160705/fury-as-shop-uses-blind-tenor-bocelli-in-never-seen-sales-ad Tue, 05 Jul 2016 16:57:29 +0200 fury-as-shop-uses-blind-tenor-bocelli-in-never-seen-sales-ad Can Domino's takeout the Italian pizza market? The man importing Domino’s pizza to the land that invented it talks to The Local about his bold move. https://www.thelocal.it/20151021/can-dominos-triumph-in-the-home-of-pizza Wed, 21 Oct 2015 17:47:55 +0200 can-dominos-triumph-in-the-home-of-pizza Indian and Pakistani admit pizza shop slaying An Indian and a Pakistani have confessed to killing the elderly owners of a Brescia pizzeria in a mafia-style slaying that shocked Italy and threatens to inflame racial tensions in the northern city. https://www.thelocal.it/20150817/indian-and-pakistani-admit-italy-pizza-shop-slaying Mon, 17 Aug 2015 17:33:38 +0200 indian-and-pakistani-admit-italy-pizza-shop-slaying 'French' family robs plush jewellery shop A family pretending to be French and giving off an air of sophistication managed to steal €180,000 worth of jewellery from a plush shop in Milan’s Piazza del Duomo. https://www.thelocal.it/20140424/french-family-robs-plush-italian-jewellery-shop Thu, 24 Apr 2014 15:20:00 +0200 french-family-robs-plush-italian-jewellery-shop Ex-wife loses alimony over 'shopping addiction' A ruling by Italy's highest court has denied a woman from Pisa the right to financial support from her ex-husband. The reason? Her "compulsive shopping" was a breach of the marital contract and considered to be on a par with adultery. https://www.thelocal.it/20131120/ex-wife-loses-alimony-over-shopping-addiction Wed, 20 Nov 2013 14:48:00 +0100 ex-wife-loses-alimony-over-shopping-addiction Three-year-old gets arm trapped in meat grinder A three-year-old boy caught his arm in a meat grinder at a kebab shop in the northern Italian town of Lutago, Bolzano. https://www.thelocal.it/20130812/three-year-old-gets-arm-trapped-in-meat-grinder Mon, 12 Aug 2013 12:44:00 +0200 three-year-old-gets-arm-trapped-in-meat-grinder