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 After soaring to power in 2018 on a wave of support from southern Italian voters hoping for long-awaited change, the Five Star Movement is now languishing in the polls. Where did it all go wrong? https://www.thelocal.it/20220902/theyre-all-talk-how-the-five-star-movement-lost-southern-italys-support Fri, 02 Sep 2022 19:26:33 +0200 theyre-all-talk-how-the-five-star-movement-lost-southern-italys-support If you’re considering a move to rural southern Italy there are pros and cons to be aware of, writes Silvia Marchetti. https://www.thelocal.it/20210812/opinion-bargain-homes-and-fewer-crowds-but-italys-deep-south-is-not-for-everyone Thu, 12 Aug 2021 11:44:34 +0200 opinion-bargain-homes-and-fewer-crowds-but-italys-deep-south-is-not-for-everyone Italian police said on Monday they had recovered hundreds of illegally-excavated archaeological finds worth €11 million from a "wealthy Belgian collector". https://www.thelocal.it/20210622/italian-art-squad-police-recover-800-illegally-excavated-archaeological-finds Tue, 22 Jun 2021 13:52:24 +0200 italian-art-squad-police-recover-800-illegally-excavated-archaeological-finds There are hopes that southern Italy could experience an economic revival amid the pandemic, as up to 100,000 workers have moved south - many of them to return home. https://www.thelocal.it/20210523/how-the-pandemic-has-sparked-a-reverse-brain-drain-to-italys-south Sun, 23 May 2021 10:25:23 +0200 how-the-pandemic-has-sparked-a-reverse-brain-drain-to-italys-south Italy on Monday marks 40 years since the devastating Irpinia earthquake, which killed thousands and changed southern Italy forever. People across Italy and beyond shared photos and memories of what has been called the Republic’s “worst catastrophe”. https://www.thelocal.it/20201123/40-years-on-why-the-irpinia-earthquake-is-remembered-as-italys-worst-catastrophe Mon, 23 Nov 2020 15:09:55 +0100 40-years-on-why-the-irpinia-earthquake-is-remembered-as-italys-worst-catastrophe Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Monday visited the construction site of a planned new hospital for the city of Taranto, which is set to be built far quicker than originally planned. https://www.thelocal.it/20201012/we-have-to-do-it-quickly-italy-aims-to-complete-new-southern-hospital-in-under-400-days Mon, 12 Oct 2020 13:33:38 +0200 we-have-to-do-it-quickly-italy-aims-to-complete-new-southern-hospital-in-under-400-days Move over, "smart working". Italy's remote workers now have the chance to join Zoom calls from the middle of the Adriatic sea, as a competition aims to highlight the benefits of working remotely in southern Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20200904/sea-working-how-you-could-swap-your-office-for-a-boat-in-southern-italy Fri, 04 Sep 2020 12:17:18 +0200 sea-working-how-you-could-swap-your-office-for-a-boat-in-southern-italy An angry crowd greeted Italy's far-right leader Matteo Salvini when he visited a coronavirus-hit town in the Naples region on Monday, with some heckling and pelting him with eggs and water. https://www.thelocal.it/20200630/salvini-pelted-with-eggs-on-visit-to-southern-italian-virus-hotspot Tue, 30 Jun 2020 13:24:36 +0200 salvini-pelted-with-eggs-on-visit-to-southern-italian-virus-hotspot Special report: As coronavirus deaths rise in the southern Calabria region, residents fear the terrible state of some local hospitals means they'd have little chance of surviving a major outbreak. https://www.thelocal.it/20200408/wed-all-be-dead-crumbling-hospitals-in-southern-italy-fear-spread-of-coronavirus Wed, 08 Apr 2020 16:21:34 +0200 wed-all-be-dead-crumbling-hospitals-in-southern-italy-fear-spread-of-coronavirus It's a race against time at the Cardarelli hospital in Naples, where a new intensive care unit is being assembled as southern Italy's long-underfunded and overstretched health system braces for an epidemic. https://www.thelocal.it/20200312/how-hospitals-in-southern-italy-are Thu, 12 Mar 2020 09:31:19 +0100 how-hospitals-in-southern-italy-are The bargain homes offer is no longer just for remote Italian villages. Taranto has become the first city to offer houses for sale for one euro, as part of a bid to improve the city's image. https://www.thelocal.it/20200128/taranto-becomes-the-first-city-in-italy-to-sell-off-houses-for-1 Tue, 28 Jan 2020 15:19:51 +0100 taranto-becomes-the-first-city-in-italy-to-sell-off-houses-for-1 As temperatures drop, eight regions in southern and south-central parts of the country have been put on alert over “extremely strong” winds. https://www.thelocal.it/20191003/southern-italy-on-alert-for-wave-of-extreme-weather Thu, 03 Oct 2019 16:48:36 +0200 southern-italy-on-alert-for-wave-of-extreme-weather A new attempt to map road safety in Italy appears to show that roads in the south are actually safer. Could it be true? https://www.thelocal.it/20191001/italian-roads-more-dangerous-in-north-than-south-study Tue, 01 Oct 2019 11:24:26 +0200 italian-roads-more-dangerous-in-north-than-south-study Part of James Bond's latest adventure will be filmed in the distinctive landscape of Puglia, southern Italy, local authorities have said. https://www.thelocal.it/20190703/james-bond-is-coming-to-puglia-this-summer Wed, 03 Jul 2019 12:40:58 +0200 james-bond-is-coming-to-puglia-this-summer The world's largest guide book publisher, Lonely Planet, has released its annual list of Europe's top summer destinations, and only one Italian city made the list: the Pugliese capital of Bari. https://www.thelocal.it/20190521/the-southern-italian-city-ranked-among-the-worlds-best-summer-destinations-by-lonely-planet Tue, 21 May 2019 11:48:30 +0200 the-southern-italian-city-ranked-among-the-worlds-best-summer-destinations-by-lonely-planet Airbnb hopes to revitalise Italy's shrinking villages with a new initiative and wants four volunteers to help. But is this really the answer to the country's problem with depopulation? https://www.thelocal.it/20190117/can-you-really-spend-three-months-living-in-the-south-of-italy-for-free Thu, 17 Jan 2019 15:35:33 +0100 can-you-really-spend-three-months-living-in-the-south-of-italy-for-free Photos of southern Italy as you may never have seen it before. https://www.thelocal.it/20190107/in-pictures-southern-italy-transformed-by-snow Mon, 07 Jan 2019 12:02:35 +0100 in-pictures-southern-italy-transformed-by-snow The economy of Italy's struggling south is set to return to growth in 2015 for the first time since the crisis kicked off seven years ago, a new report published on Tuesday argues. https://www.thelocal.it/20151027/italys-south-set-to-grow-for-first-time-in-seven-years Tue, 27 Oct 2015 16:30:36 +0100 italys-south-set-to-grow-for-first-time-in-seven-years