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 An Italian photographer has won a prize in the World Press Photo Multimedia competition for a video depicting the often dangerous practice of “train surfing” in South Africa. https://www.thelocal.it/20140325/italian-wins-prize-for-train-surfing-video Tue, 25 Mar 2014 13:47:00 +0100 italian-wins-prize-for-train-surfing-video Italian prime minister Enrico Letta will attend a memorial service for the late Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20131209/italian-pm-will-attend-mandela-memorial-service Mon, 09 Dec 2013 13:25:00 +0100 italian-pm-will-attend-mandela-memorial-service Pope Francis on Friday expressed his "sadness" at learning of the death of Nelson Mandela and praised the anti-Apartheid leader for "forging a new South Africa". https://www.thelocal.it/20131206/pope-praises-mandela-for-forging-new-south-africa Fri, 06 Dec 2013 14:35:00 +0100 pope-praises-mandela-for-forging-new-south-africa Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta on Friday expressed the "pain that we all feel in our hearts" at the death of 95-year-old Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black president and anti-apartheid leader. https://www.thelocal.it/20131206/italy-feels-pain-of-mandela-death-pm Fri, 06 Dec 2013 10:56:00 +0100 italy-feels-pain-of-mandela-death-pm