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 Italian ambassador hits back over claim that Sweden 'should have done better' than Italy The Italian embassy in Stockholm has criticised Sweden's state epidemiologist after comments in which he said the Swedish healthcare system "should have done better than Italy" in its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. https://www.thelocal.it/20200528/italy-hits-back-at-sweden-should-have-done-better-than-italy Thu, 28 May 2020 13:06:48 +0200 italy-hits-back-at-sweden-should-have-done-better-than-italy Sweden vs Italy: A cultural head-to-head The Swedish and Italian football teams will meet on Monday in a playoff for a place in the 2018 World Cup – but how do the countries measure up in a cultural head-to-head? https://www.thelocal.it/20171110/sweden-vs-italy-a-cultural-head-to-head-football Fri, 10 Nov 2017 14:29:04 +0100 sweden-vs-italy-a-cultural-head-to-head-football Italy face Sweden in World Cup playoff The Azzurri will have to beat Sweden for a place in the 2018 World Cup. https://www.thelocal.it/20171017/italy-sweden-world-cup-playoff Tue, 17 Oct 2017 17:09:33 +0200 italy-sweden-world-cup-playoff Italy fends off Swedish challenge with 1-0 win Italy has qualified to the next stage of Euro 2016 after beating Sweden 1-0 on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160617/italy-fends-off-swedish-threat-with-1-0-win Fri, 17 Jun 2016 18:56:20 +0200 italy-fends-off-swedish-threat-with-1-0-win Italy v Sweden: Battle of the hair, food and nudists As Italy and Sweden face eachother on Friday, The Local Italy's Patrick Browne and The Local Sweden's Lee Roden pit the two countries against each other in a cultural head to head: but which will be the victor? https://www.thelocal.it/20160617/italy-vs-sweden-a-cultural-head-to-head Fri, 17 Jun 2016 12:21:26 +0200 italy-vs-sweden-a-cultural-head-to-head Disgraced Italian surgeon defends work in first interview Scandal-hit Italian surgeon Paolo Macchiarini, who is accused of using Swedish patients as guinea pigs, has told a medical magazine that he wasn't to blame for patients' complications, in his first interview since being ousted from his post in Stockholm. https://www.thelocal.it/20160504/disgraced-italian-surgeon-defends-work-in-first-interview Wed, 04 May 2016 15:56:31 +0200 disgraced-italian-surgeon-defends-work-in-first-interview 'Honest' Swedes as likely to fudge taxes as crafty Italians Italians are often considered to be more dishonest than their northern European counterparts, due mostly to the country's high profile problems with corruption and tax evasion. https://www.thelocal.it/20160413/swedes-just-as-likely-to-cheat-their-taxes-as-italians-study Wed, 13 Apr 2016 12:14:28 +0200 swedes-just-as-likely-to-cheat-their-taxes-as-italians-study First asylum seekers leave Italy under EU plan UPDATED: A small group of Eritreans left Italy for Sweden on Friday, the first contingent of asylum-seekers to be relocated under a European Union scheme to ease the burden of the migration crisis on frontline countries. https://www.thelocal.it/20151009/first-asylum-seekers-leave-italy-under-eu-plan Fri, 09 Oct 2015 11:49:19 +0200 first-asylum-seekers-leave-italy-under-eu-plan Sweden to take Italy's Eritrean refugees The EU said a controversial programme to relocate 40,000 refugees within the bloc from overstretched frontline states would formally start on Friday when a group of Eritreans will travel to Sweden from Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20151007/sweden-to-take-italys-eritrean-refugees Wed, 07 Oct 2015 10:13:13 +0200 sweden-to-take-italys-eritrean-refugees Swedes rescue Syrian refugee's cat in Sicily A Syrian refugee will be granted her wish this Easter after staff at a Swedish animal shelter rescued her long lost cat from quarantine in Sicily. https://www.thelocal.it/20150401/swedes-rescue-syrian-refugees-cat-in-sicily Wed, 01 Apr 2015 09:30:55 +0200 swedes-rescue-syrian-refugees-cat-in-sicily 'Open legal routes to refugees': Malmström As EU ministers met on Tuesday to discuss how to help Italy deal with thousands of boat migrants, the European Commission said the refusal of member states to be flexible on asylum requests was fuelling the crisis. https://www.thelocal.it/20140708/we-must-open-legal-routes-to-refugees-malmstrom Tue, 08 Jul 2014 17:30:00 +0200 we-must-open-legal-routes-to-refugees-malmstrom Italians pay almost as much tax as the Swedes Italians paid an average 44.1 percent of their income in tax in 2012, almost as high as the average in Sweden, which has one of the highest tax rates in the world, Istat, the national statistics agency, said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140211/italians-pay-almost-as-much-tax-as-the-swedes Tue, 11 Feb 2014 17:35:00 +0100 italians-pay-almost-as-much-tax-as-the-swedes Swedish royal hospitalized after ski fall Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden fell over while skiing in the Alps on Monday, but was unharmed apart from a sprained ankle, according to Italian media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20131231/swedish-royal-hospitalized-after-italy-ski-fall Tue, 31 Dec 2013 09:45:00 +0100 swedish-royal-hospitalized-after-italy-ski-fall Syrian refugees come with 'money and tablets' As the threat of US-led strikes on Syria looms large, even some of the country's wealthiest citizens are fleeing. Arriving on Italian shores with tablet computers and cash in hand, they mainly have their eyes set on refugee-friendly Sweden. https://www.thelocal.it/20130909/syrian-refugees-come-with-money-and-tablets Mon, 09 Sep 2013 12:50:00 +0200 syrian-refugees-come-with-money-and-tablets