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 John Werich moved from chilly Sweden to Tuscany, originally to pursue interior design studies at Florence. A decade later, he's still there and running a successful olive oil farm in the Italian countryside. https://www.thelocal.it/20170321/life-on-a-tuscan-olive-oil-farm-once-id-been-here-a-couple-of-years-my-parents-realized-i-wasnt-coming-back Tue, 21 Mar 2017 11:02:03 +0100 life-on-a-tuscan-olive-oil-farm-once-id-been-here-a-couple-of-years-my-parents-realized-i-wasnt-coming-back Swiss authorities have arrested 15 people suspected of belonging to the powerful Italian 'Ndrangheta crime organisation, and are holding them pending extradition, the government said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160308/fifteen-suspected-italian-mobsters-arrested-in-switzerland Tue, 08 Mar 2016 11:03:29 +0100 fifteen-suspected-italian-mobsters-arrested-in-switzerland Hervé Falciani - the Italian-French whistleblower behind Sunday's "breathtaking" revelations that have rocked HSBC and unearthed 100,000 tax cheats - has been compared to Edward Snowden, but the man himself prefers to liken himself to James Bond. https://www.thelocal.it/20150209/bond-meets-snowden-the-hsbc-whistleblower Mon, 09 Feb 2015 15:09:00 +0100 bond-meets-snowden-the-hsbc-whistleblower Liverpool fans, unhappy with Italian striker Mario Balotelli’s performance since he joined the club, queued on Saturday to swap shirts featuring the footballer’s name with “real” Liverpool stars. https://www.thelocal.it/20141027/disgruntled-liverpool-fans-ditch-balotelli-shirts Mon, 27 Oct 2014 10:43:00 +0100 disgruntled-liverpool-fans-ditch-balotelli-shirts