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 Base jumper Uli Emanuele died while shooting a video for one of his stunts in the Swiss Alps. https://www.thelocal.it/20160819/italian-base-jumper-killed-while-filming-stunt Fri, 19 Aug 2016 09:32:28 +0200 italian-base-jumper-killed-while-filming-stunt A man who died in a fire that ripped through a chalet complex in the Swiss Alps is the 21-year-old son of the CEO of MSC Cruises. https://www.thelocal.it/20160205/italian-man-dies-in Fri, 05 Feb 2016 12:48:19 +0100 italian-man-dies-in A 46-year-old Italian plunged to his death in the Swiss Alps on Thursday after crashing onto rocks during a base jump, the second such accident in Switzerland in under a year, police said. https://www.thelocal.it/20150828/italian-base-jumper-dies-in-swiss-alps Fri, 28 Aug 2015 10:08:07 +0200 italian-base-jumper-dies-in-swiss-alps Italy and Switzerland on Monday signed a "historic agreement" to fight tax evasion, giving Italians until September to disclose funds hidden across the border. https://www.thelocal.it/20150224/italy-and-switzerland-sign-deal-to-fight-tax-evasion Tue, 24 Feb 2015 11:59:00 +0100 italy-and-switzerland-sign-deal-to-fight-tax-evasion A 50-year-old Swiss man has become the latest victim of an avalanche in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20150212/swiss-skier-dies-in-italian-avalanche Thu, 12 Feb 2015 12:06:00 +0100 swiss-skier-dies-in-italian-avalanche Five thousand boxes of chocolate, stolen from the Swiss luxury chocolate maker Lindt & Sprüngli and valued at €1.5 million, have been found in a warehouse near Naples. https://www.thelocal.it/20141212/pilfered-lindt-chocolate-found-near-naples Fri, 12 Dec 2014 12:24:00 +0100 pilfered-lindt-chocolate-found-near-naples Europe's drugs watchdog on Wednesday said it found no evidence to link the Novartis flu vaccine Fluad to a scare in Italy, where 19 people are reported to have died after being given the jab. https://www.thelocal.it/20141204/drugs-watchdog-clears-novartis-flu-jab-in-italy-scare Thu, 04 Dec 2014 09:25:00 +0100 drugs-watchdog-clears-novartis-flu-jab-in-italy-scare The Italian Pharmaceutical Agency (Aifa) said on Monday it has now been notified of 19 deaths among people who had recently taken a Novartis flu vaccine, but that initial testing had ruled out contamination of two batches of the drug which were taken out of circulation last week. https://www.thelocal.it/20141202/first-tests-rule-out-contamination-of-novartis-flu-jab Tue, 02 Dec 2014 09:18:00 +0100 first-tests-rule-out-contamination-of-novartis-flu-jab Thirteen people in Italy may have died after taking a flu vaccine made by Swiss pharmaceuticals giant Novartis. https://www.thelocal.it/20141201/italy-examinesd-13-deaths-in-novartis-vaccine-probe Mon, 01 Dec 2014 12:02:00 +0100 italy-examinesd-13-deaths-in-novartis-vaccine-probe Nestlé Italy said on Thursday that a disabled staff member, who was initially sacked for publicly criticizing company managers over Facebook, will no longer lose her job. https://www.thelocal.it/20141120/disabled-staff-member-wont-lose-job-nestle Thu, 20 Nov 2014 19:41:00 +0100 disabled-staff-member-wont-lose-job-nestle UPDATED: Swiss food giant Nestlé fired a disabled member of staff at its Perugina chocolate division after she posted a message on Facebook in which she “undermined the authority” of managers. https://www.thelocal.it/20141120/nestl-sacked-disabled-worker-over-facebook-post Thu, 20 Nov 2014 17:15:00 +0100 nestl-sacked-disabled-worker-over-facebook-post An Italian climber was killed after falling from a mountain on the Swiss side of the Alps. https://www.thelocal.it/20140903/italian-climber-died-in-swiss-alps Wed, 03 Sep 2014 15:39:00 +0200 italian-climber-died-in-swiss-alps Switzerland’s relationship with the EU was on the agenda when Swiss President Didier Burkhalter met Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi during an official visit to Rome on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140730/swiss-eu-relations-on-discussion-table-in-rome Wed, 30 Jul 2014 10:48:00 +0200 swiss-eu-relations-on-discussion-table-in-rome The mystery has deepened into the death this week of a 16-year-old Swiss boy who succumbed to a knife wound during a school trip to Rome. https://www.thelocal.it/20140411/mystery-deepens-over-swiss-boys-death-in-rome Fri, 11 Apr 2014 12:25:00 +0200 mystery-deepens-over-swiss-boys-death-in-rome An Italian has been stopped by police on a Swiss train, after his suspiciously large package turned out to be €40,000 in banknotes stuffed into his underwear. https://www.thelocal.it/20140319/smuggler-exposed-with-forty-thousand-euros-in-pants Wed, 19 Mar 2014 18:21:00 +0100 smuggler-exposed-with-forty-thousand-euros-in-pants The burnt body of a 43-year-old Swiss woman was found on Wednesday in a wooded area of Italy's central Emilia-Romagna region, police have said. https://www.thelocal.it/20140306/swiss-womans-burnt-body-found-in-italy Thu, 06 Mar 2014 13:08:00 +0100 swiss-womans-burnt-body-found-in-italy Could Sardinia become Switzerland's 27th canton? In a bid to ease Italy's economic woes, a Facebook campaign has been set up to sell the southern Italian island of Sardinia to the Alpine country. https://www.thelocal.it/20140226/campaign-launches-to-sell-sardinia-to-swiss Wed, 26 Feb 2014 16:43:00 +0100 campaign-launches-to-sell-sardinia-to-swiss A Swiss vote to limit mass immigration will only serve to fuel right-wing populism in neighbouring countries and is also a concern for Italians in border towns who depend on Switzerland for jobs, the mayor of Bellano, a town on the shore of Lake Como told The Local. https://www.thelocal.it/20140210/swiss-vote-will-fuel-right-wing-populism Mon, 10 Feb 2014 13:53:00 +0100 swiss-vote-will-fuel-right-wing-populism A Swiss court has ordered Bern to stop transferring secret banking data to Italy in connection with a money laundering case, according to a ruling published on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20130722/swiss-court-blocks-bank-data-transfer-to-italy Mon, 22 Jul 2013 18:38:00 +0200 swiss-court-blocks-bank-data-transfer-to-italy