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 Outlook for Italy credit rating 'negative': S&P Ratings agency S&P has downgraded its outlook for Italy's sovereign debt but left its credit rating untouched, upping the pressure on Rome amid a stand-off with Brussels over its budget. https://www.thelocal.it/20181027/outlook-for-italy-credit-rating-negative-sp Sat, 27 Oct 2018 13:31:49 +0200 outlook-for-italy-credit-rating-negative-sp Pope hits out at financial speculators Pope Francis earned a rapturous reception on a visit to a struggling steel factory in northern Italy on Saturday as he denounced financial speculators and demanded dignity for working people. https://www.thelocal.it/20170527/pope-hits-out-at-financial-speculators Sat, 27 May 2017 16:35:55 +0200 pope-hits-out-at-financial-speculators Rating agencies cleared in Italian manipulation trial Top managers at the financial rating agencies Standard and Poor's and Fitch were acquitted on Thursday of market manipulation charges brought after they cut Italy's credit ratings in 2011 and 2012. https://www.thelocal.it/20170330/rating-agencies-cleared-in-italian-manipulation-trial Thu, 30 Mar 2017 17:02:29 +0200 rating-agencies-cleared-in-italian-manipulation-trial Bankrupt Parma FC set to drop to Serie D Parma FC are set to drop into Serie D, the top tier of Italy's amateur leagues, after administrators received no takeover offers prior to a 1400 (1200 GMT) deadline on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150622/bankrupt-parma-demoted-to-serie-d Mon, 22 Jun 2015 16:42:44 +0200 bankrupt-parma-demoted-to-serie-d Top that! Italy snatches pizza title from Spain Italian pizza makers have brought the title for the world’s longest pizza back to its true home having produced one that’s over a kilometre long. https://www.thelocal.it/20150615/top-that-italy-snatches-pizza-title-from-spain Mon, 15 Jun 2015 13:29:03 +0200 top-that-italy-snatches-pizza-title-from-spain Milan can reach heights again: Berlusconi AC Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi said he is confident the fallen Serie A giants will return to the forefront of European and world football under new coach Filippo Inzaghi. https://www.thelocal.it/20141013/milan-can-reach-heights-again-berlusconi Mon, 13 Oct 2014 16:16:00 +0200 milan-can-reach-heights-again-berlusconi Naples registers its first gay marriage As the first gay marriage is registered in Naples, one of the grooms tells The Local about the "symbolic" moment for Italian society. https://www.thelocal.it/20140715/naples-registers-its-first-gay-marriage Tue, 15 Jul 2014 17:09:00 +0200 naples-registers-its-first-gay-marriage Italy hit with new S&P credit rating cut Ratings agency Standard and Poor's on Tuesday downgraded the sovereign rating of crisis-hit Italy by one notch to 'BBB' on worries over the country's ability to resist effects of a dilapidating recession. https://www.thelocal.it/20130710/sp-cuts-italys-rating-to-bbb Wed, 10 Jul 2013 11:11:00 +0200 sp-cuts-italys-rating-to-bbb