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 At least five migrants have drowned off the Libyan coast after the heavily overcrowded boat they were sailing on overturned, the Italian navy said on Wednesday, revising downwards an earlier death toll. https://www.thelocal.it/20160525/seven-migrants-dead-in-shipwreck-off-libya-italian-navy Wed, 25 May 2016 15:11:20 +0200 seven-migrants-dead-in-shipwreck-off-libya-italian-navy Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has stepped up his war of words with Brussels by comparing the European Union to the orchestra that kept on playing as the Titanic sunk to the bottom of the Atlantic. https://www.thelocal.it/20160210/renzi-compares-eu-to-titanic-as-he-demands-bigger-role-for-italy Wed, 10 Feb 2016 14:28:29 +0100 renzi-compares-eu-to-titanic-as-he-demands-bigger-role-for-italy UPDATED: Around 40 migrants died when an inflatable boat carrying more than 100 people sank off the coast of Italy, Save the Children quoted survivors as saying on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150505/around-40-migrants-die-in-sinking-off-italy Tue, 05 May 2015 14:24:16 +0200 around-40-migrants-die-in-sinking-off-italy As many as 41 migrants drowned after a small boat carrying refugees sank in the Mediterranean, Italian media said on Thursday, days after 400 were lost in another shipwreck. https://www.thelocal.it/20150416/41-migrants-missing-in-new-boat-tragedy Thu, 16 Apr 2015 17:48:05 +0200 41-migrants-missing-in-new-boat-tragedy Locals on the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa fought back tears as they spoke of the desperate rush to haul dozens of drowning immigrants out of the sea as hundreds around them sank into the black waters. https://www.thelocal.it/20131004/islanders-rushed-to-help-drowning-migrants Fri, 04 Oct 2013 10:42:00 +0200 islanders-rushed-to-help-drowning-migrants