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 Everything you need to know about Italy's Eurovision entry Italy's Eurovision entry will be performing on Thursday in the semi-final, and again in Saturday's final. If Eurovision fever has passed you by, here's everything you need to know about her. https://www.thelocal.it/20160512/what-you-need-to-know-italy-2016-eurovision-entry-song-francesca-michelin Thu, 12 May 2016 13:14:34 +0200 what-you-need-to-know-italy-2016-eurovision-entry-song-francesca-michelin Parents fume over kids singing Arabic word The choice of a song that contains a word in Arabic, and which will be sung by children attending a Christmas procession this Friday in Modena, has left parents fuming. https://www.thelocal.it/20151214/parents-fume-over-children-singing-arabic-verse Mon, 14 Dec 2015 15:09:23 +0100 parents-fume-over-children-singing-arabic-verse Bocelli crashes wedding with Ave Maria rendition A young entrepreneur and his new wife were left stunned when the world-renowned tenor Andrea Bocelli turned up and sang during their wedding service. https://www.thelocal.it/20150812/bocelli-crashes-wedding-with-ave-maria-rendition Wed, 12 Aug 2015 11:08:44 +0200 bocelli-crashes-wedding-with-ave-maria-rendition 'Italians couldn't care less about Eurovision' Italians either don’t know what the Eurovision Song Contest is or couldn’t care less about Italy’s participation in the world’s biggest singing competition, The Local has learned. https://www.thelocal.it/20140509/italian-couldnt-care-less-about-eurovision Fri, 09 May 2014 18:27:00 +0200 italian-couldnt-care-less-about-eurovision Teacher shows school kids porn by mistake A video of an orgy, set to music by famous pop bands Duran Duran and Take That, has been accidentally shown in an Italian primary school, local media reported on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140131/porn-to-duran-duran-song-shown-in-italian-school Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:50:00 +0100 porn-to-duran-duran-song-shown-in-italian-school Fascist-era 'black face' song not criminal: court Publicly singing the Little Black Face (Faccetta Nera), a song which romanticizes the invasion of Ethiopia by Benito Mussolini, does not amount to promoting fascism, an Italian court has ruled. https://www.thelocal.it/20140129/fascist-era-black-face-song-not-criminal-court Wed, 29 Jan 2014 13:33:00 +0100 fascist-era-black-face-song-not-criminal-court