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 Rome's famous Spanish Steps closed to the public on Wednesday for a restoration project funded by luxury jeweller Bulgari that is expected to last several months. https://www.thelocal.it/20151007/spanish-steps-closed-for-bulgari-funded-makeover Wed, 07 Oct 2015 19:42:59 +0200 spanish-steps-closed-for-bulgari-funded-makeover An Italian lovers' spat came to a gruesome end when a woman who discovered her husband was cheating bit his mistress' finger off, according to Italian media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20150917/spurned-italian-wife-bites-off-love-rivals-finger Thu, 17 Sep 2015 17:14:21 +0200 spurned-italian-wife-bites-off-love-rivals-finger Spanish police said on Tuesday they have broken up a gang run by Italy's Camorra crime group that stole luxury watches on Spain's holiday island of Ibiza. https://www.thelocal.it/20140827/spanish-police-bust-mafia-luxury-watch-theft-ring Wed, 27 Aug 2014 10:21:00 +0200 spanish-police-bust-mafia-luxury-watch-theft-ring Spanish prosecutors have opened an investigation into newly chosen Spanish Cardinal Fernando Sebastian Aguilar after a gay-rights group accused him of hate speech for calling homosexuality a "defect". https://www.thelocal.it/20140206/catholic-cardinal-probed-for-inciting-anti-gay-hate Thu, 06 Feb 2014 10:29:00 +0100 catholic-cardinal-probed-for-inciting-anti-gay-hate A Spanish diver drowned on Saturday while taking part in preparations to re-float the shipwrecked Concordia cruise liner off the Italian coast, the ANSA news agency reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20140201/diver-dies-in-costa-concordia-salvage Sat, 01 Feb 2014 22:51:00 +0100 diver-dies-in-costa-concordia-salvage Venice authorities claim a multi-million euro bridge designed by Spanish super-architect Santiago Calatrava has needed €464,000 ($633,000) in repair costs since it was erected in 2008 https://www.thelocal.it/20140113/venice-sues-spains-most-infamous-architect Mon, 13 Jan 2014 17:32:00 +0100 venice-sues-spains-most-infamous-architect Spain's Telefonica has reached a deal to raise its stake in the shareholding pact that controls Telecom Italia, increasing its grip on the beleaguered Italian phone company. https://www.thelocal.it/20130924/telco-deal-another-hard-blow-for-italy-union Tue, 24 Sep 2013 13:40:00 +0200 telco-deal-another-hard-blow-for-italy-union