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 student's violin using spider silk was the winning entry in an award for innovation in London, celebrating the work of international students in the English capital. https://www.thelocal.it/20161104/italian-wins-student-innovation-award-with-violin-made-of-spider-silk Fri, 04 Nov 2016 16:23:32 +0100 italian-wins-student-innovation-award-with-violin-made-of-spider-silk An official autopsy carried out on the body of Beau Solomon has revealed that the American student died by drowning, according to Italian media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20160706/rome-autospy-reveals-american-student-drowned Wed, 06 Jul 2016 14:05:29 +0200 rome-autospy-reveals-american-student-drowned A 40-year-old homeless man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering 19-year-old American student, Beau Solomon, Italian police said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160705/homeless-man-arrested-over-american-students-murder Tue, 05 Jul 2016 12:06:22 +0200 homeless-man-arrested-over-american-students-murder The body of a man found in Rome's Tiber river on Monday is that of missing American student, Beau Solomon, John Cabot University said in a statement. https://www.thelocal.it/20160704/american-student-missing-in-rome-since-friday-beau-solomon-john-cabot-university Mon, 04 Jul 2016 16:52:11 +0200 american-student-missing-in-rome-since-friday-beau-solomon-john-cabot-university The ex-boyfriend of a student from Rome whose burning body was found in the early hours of Sunday morning has been detained by police for questioning over possible femicide. https://www.thelocal.it/20160530/ex-boyfriend-of-student-found-burnt-to-death-probed Mon, 30 May 2016 13:02:27 +0200 ex-boyfriend-of-student-found-burnt-to-death-probed Police have opened a murder investigation after a 29-year-old Italian doctoral student at the University of Geneva was battered to death on the street on Monday night. https://www.thelocal.it/20160414/italian-research-student-slain-in-geneva-street Thu, 14 Apr 2016 10:48:46 +0200 italian-research-student-slain-in-geneva-street Egypt's state prosecutor ordered on Wednesday the formation of an investigating team to probe the brutal murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni, after Rome cast doubt on Cairo's explanation of his death. https://www.thelocal.it/20160331/egypt-forms-team-to-keep-probing-italians-murder Thu, 31 Mar 2016 10:21:43 +0200 egypt-forms-team-to-keep-probing-italians-murder Egyptian police said on Thursday they had identified people linked to the murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni, after killing four members of a criminal gang and finding the victim's passport at one of their apartments. https://www.thelocal.it/20160325/egypt-police-kill-gang-members-linked-to-italian-student-murder Fri, 25 Mar 2016 09:32:24 +0100 egypt-police-kill-gang-members-linked-to-italian-student-murder An investigation has been opened after the body of German student was found near the Leaning Tower of Pisa on Tuesday morning. https://www.thelocal.it/20160308/body-german-schoolkid-found-near-leaning-tower-of-pisa Tue, 08 Mar 2016 17:15:58 +0100 body-german-schoolkid-found-near-leaning-tower-of-pisa Egypt's interior ministry said on Wednesday it was still investigating the brutal killing of an Italian graduate student in Cairo, and suggested he may have fallen victim to criminals. https://www.thelocal.it/20160224/egypt-says-still-probing-italian-student-death Wed, 24 Feb 2016 13:58:56 +0100 egypt-says-still-probing-italian-student-death A 22-year-old British student was among those hurt in an explosion which ripped through a building in Naples late on Monday night. https://www.thelocal.it/20160216/british-student-hurt-in-naples-gas-explosion Tue, 16 Feb 2016 13:27:03 +0100 british-student-hurt-in-naples-gas-explosion The body of an Italian student murdered in Cairo had signs of electrocution, according to media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20160215/giulio-regenis-body-showed-signs-of-electrocution Mon, 15 Feb 2016 09:26:39 +0100 giulio-regenis-body-showed-signs-of-electrocution Italy on Monday warned Egypt it would not allow the fate of Giulio Regeni to be brushed under the carpet as anger mounted over the Cambridge University student's torture and killing in Cairo. https://www.thelocal.it/20160208/italy-demands-answers-as-anger-mounts-over-student-slain-in-egypt Mon, 08 Feb 2016 14:31:59 +0100 italy-demands-answers-as-anger-mounts-over-student-slain-in-egypt Italy on Thursday angrily demanded that Egypt authorise a joint investigation into the violent death of Giulio Regeni, a Cambridge University PhD student who mysteriously disappeared in Cairo last month. https://www.thelocal.it/20160204/italian-student-missing-in-cairo-probably-dead-rome Thu, 04 Feb 2016 09:14:52 +0100 italian-student-missing-in-cairo-probably-dead-rome A 17-year-old student from Germany died after falling from the balcony of a hotel in Montecatini Terme, a town in Tuscany, on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150724/german-student-dies-in-tuscan-balcony-fall Fri, 24 Jul 2015 12:06:40 +0200 german-student-dies-in-tuscan-balcony-fall Two young Albanians are being questioned by police after the body of a 17-year-old student was found in woods in the Marche region. https://www.thelocal.it/20150721/student-found-with-throat-slit-in-marche-woods Tue, 21 Jul 2015 15:28:19 +0200 student-found-with-throat-slit-in-marche-woods An American student is in a serious condition after falling out of a window in the Umbria city of Perugia. https://www.thelocal.it/20150715/american-student-falls-from-window-in-perugia Wed, 15 Jul 2015 18:21:16 +0200 american-student-falls-from-window-in-perugia The Senagalese father of a 14-year-old pupil at a school in Pisa has complained to police after his daughter allegedly received a series of anonymous racist letters. https://www.thelocal.it/20150518/model-student-hit-by-racism-over-high-grades Mon, 18 May 2015 18:59:13 +0200 model-student-hit-by-racism-over-high-grades An Italian student studying at a university in Holland has died after falling out of a window, according to Italian media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20150130/italian-erasmus-student-falls-to-death-in-holland Fri, 30 Jan 2015 16:38:00 +0100 italian-erasmus-student-falls-to-death-in-holland Rome has a huge and varied number of drinking holes to cater to the constant influx of students to the city. The Local takes you on a crawl of ten of the best. https://www.thelocal.it/20141024/ten-of-the-best-students-bars-in-rome Fri, 24 Oct 2014 18:12:00 +0200 ten-of-the-best-students-bars-in-rome