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 Italian opera singer wins prestigious music prize Italian mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli and Swedish music producer Max Martin have been announced as this year's winners of Sweden's prestigious Polar Music Prize. https://www.thelocal.it/20160210/italian-shares-swedens-top-music-prize Wed, 10 Feb 2016 11:45:47 +0100 italian-shares-swedens-top-music-prize Mango's brother dies a day after star's death The brother of Mango, an Italian singer-songwriter who died on stage on Sunday, has passed away just a day after the death of his younger sibling. https://www.thelocal.it/20141209/italian-star-mango-bows-out-on-stage Tue, 09 Dec 2014 13:45:00 +0100 italian-star-mango-bows-out-on-stage 'Mafia-linked firms' renovated Sting's villa Renovators who restored pop legend Sting's Tuscan villa and the Uffizi Gallery in Florence were allegedly linked to an organized crime syndicate, Italian media reports said on Thursday, citing a police investigation. https://www.thelocal.it/20140116/mafia-linked-firms-worked-on-stings-italian-villa-reports Thu, 16 Jan 2014 14:28:00 +0100 mafia-linked-firms-worked-on-stings-italian-villa-reports