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 Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Monday visited the construction site of a planned new hospital for the city of Taranto, which is set to be built far quicker than originally planned. https://www.thelocal.it/20201012/we-have-to-do-it-quickly-italy-aims-to-complete-new-southern-hospital-in-under-400-days Mon, 12 Oct 2020 13:33:38 +0200 we-have-to-do-it-quickly-italy-aims-to-complete-new-southern-hospital-in-under-400-days Freed from concerns about the unpredictable Scottish weather, Damian Killeen writes about his newfound enjoyment of hanging out laundry since moving to Taranto, southern Italy - along with a new companion. https://www.thelocal.it/20200210/life-in-italy-now-ive-got-the-hang-of-it-doing-the-washing-has-become-almost-a-pleasure Mon, 10 Feb 2020 18:09:51 +0100 life-in-italy-now-ive-got-the-hang-of-it-doing-the-washing-has-become-almost-a-pleasure Italy is negotiating a new plan to save the Taranto steel plant, involving partial state ownership, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said. https://www.thelocal.it/20191210/italy-proposes-new-plan-to-rescue-tarantos-arcelormittal-steel-plant Tue, 10 Dec 2019 10:46:22 +0100 italy-proposes-new-plan-to-rescue-tarantos-arcelormittal-steel-plant Workers at the Taranto steelmill faced an uncertain future on Friday as global giant ArcelorMittal decides if it will walk away from Europe's biggest integrated plant. https://www.thelocal.it/20191109/workers-disillusioned-as-arcelormittal-mulls-taranto-exit Sat, 09 Nov 2019 08:32:09 +0100 workers-disillusioned-as-arcelormittal-mulls-taranto-exit ArcelorMittal said on Monday it was pulling out of the purchase of Italy's struggling steel firm Ilva after parliament scrapped a legal protection deemed necessary to undertake crucial environmental work without criminal liability. https://www.thelocal.it/20191104/arcelormittal-pulls-out-of-deal-to-buy-ilva-italy-toxic-steel-plant-taranto Mon, 04 Nov 2019 18:18:34 +0100 arcelormittal-pulls-out-of-deal-to-buy-ilva-italy-toxic-steel-plant-taranto In Taranto, steel giant ArcelorMittal is attempting to clean up Italy's most polluting plant. But is it a case of too little, too late? https://www.thelocal.it/20190812/the-towering-task-of-cleaning-up-tarantos-toxic-steel-plant Mon, 12 Aug 2019 10:49:14 +0200 the-towering-task-of-cleaning-up-tarantos-toxic-steel-plant Italians living near one of the biggest steelworks in Europe have appealed to the government to protect their health after a dramatic photo showed water near the plant running red. https://www.thelocal.it/20171115/red-water-ilva-steelworks-taranto Wed, 15 Nov 2017 11:48:14 +0100 red-water-ilva-steelworks-taranto European Union anti-trust authorities have opened an investigation into global steel giant ArcelorMittal's bid to buy struggling Italian steel producer Ilva, officials said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20171109/eu-opens-probe-into-arcelormittal-purchase-of-ilva Thu, 09 Nov 2017 10:20:03 +0100 eu-opens-probe-into-arcelormittal-purchase-of-ilva Schools in part of the southern Italian city of Taranto were closed Wednesday on health grounds in an unprecedented step sparked by concerns over wind-born toxic emissions from the giant Ilva steelworks. https://www.thelocal.it/20171025/italian-schools-closed-toxic-wind-ilva-steel-plant Wed, 25 Oct 2017 18:18:40 +0200 italian-schools-closed-toxic-wind-ilva-steel-plant Workers at the troubled Ilva steel plant are staging a one-day strike over plans for almost 4,000 jobs to be cut as part of a takeover by a consortium led by the global steel giant ArcelorMittal. https://www.thelocal.it/20171009/workers-at-troubled-italian-steel-plant-strike-over-huge-job-cuts Mon, 09 Oct 2017 14:50:28 +0200 workers-at-troubled-italian-steel-plant-strike-over-huge-job-cuts A consortium led by global steel giant ArcelorMittal has been chosen to take over Italy's huge but struggling steel producer Ilva, the Italian government said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170606/arcelormittal-group-wins-italy-steel-giant-takeover Tue, 06 Jun 2017 12:32:05 +0200 arcelormittal-group-wins-italy-steel-giant-takeover AcciaItalia, a consortium built around the Indian company Jindal South West Steel, has improved its offer to take over Italy's giant but struggling Ilva steel producer, media reports said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170604/acciaitalia-consortium-improves-bid-for-ilva-reports Sun, 04 Jun 2017 21:16:54 +0200 acciaitalia-consortium-improves-bid-for-ilva-reports Both takeover bids for Italy's giant Ilva steel producer envisage slashing at least 40 percent of its 14,200 jobs, unions said on Tuesday after talks with the government and administrators. https://www.thelocal.it/20170531/up-to-40-percent-of-jobs-could-be-slashed-at-italys-ilva-steelworks Wed, 31 May 2017 10:55:01 +0200 up-to-40-percent-of-jobs-could-be-slashed-at-italys-ilva-steelworks In the fields around Taranto, Puglia, more and more farmers are sowing fields of cannabis in a bid to save their precious soil which has been rendered unsafe thanks to years of pollution from Europe's biggest steel plant. https://www.thelocal.it/20160603/puglias-farmers-sow-fields-of-cannabis-to-save-soils-from-steel-plant-pollution Fri, 03 Jun 2016 15:00:37 +0200 puglias-farmers-sow-fields-of-cannabis-to-save-soils-from-steel-plant-pollution A mega-trial opened on Tuesday of industrialists, politicians and officials blamed for toxic emissions from the Ilva steel plant in southern Italy that caused at least 400 premature deaths - only to be immediately adjourned because of a procedural mix-up. https://www.thelocal.it/20151021/trial-over-italys-toxic-steel-plant-on-hold Wed, 21 Oct 2015 10:01:47 +0200 trial-over-italys-toxic-steel-plant-on-hold In the impoverished city of Taranto, work that has provoked cancer is preferable to starving. https://www.thelocal.it/20150401/italys-steel-workers-risk-cancer-or-hunger Wed, 01 Apr 2015 11:08:29 +0200 italys-steel-workers-risk-cancer-or-hunger Italy's cabinet on Wednesday said the country's loss-making Ilva steel plant, one of the most polluting in Europe, would be nationalized for up to three years. https://www.thelocal.it/20141225/italy-to-nationalize-troubled-steel-plant Thu, 25 Dec 2014 09:21:30 +0100 italy-to-nationalize-troubled-steel-plant Italy is the worst country in Europe at applying EU law, proving to be especially bad when it comes to employment rules, the European Commission said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141002/unruly-italy-is-eus-most-disobedient-country Thu, 02 Oct 2014 12:20:00 +0200 unruly-italy-is-eus-most-disobedient-country An Italian teenager has died after she tried to take a ‘selfie’ photograph at the seaside, but slipped and fell 20 metres onto the rocks below. https://www.thelocal.it/20140612/italian-teen-dies-in-selfie-photo-fall Thu, 12 Jun 2014 11:04:00 +0200 italian-teen-dies-in-selfie-photo-fall The brutal murder of a three-year-old boy in a mafia ambush in southern Italy shows that the so-called "code of honour" among members of organised crime groups is pure myth, according to experts. https://www.thelocal.it/20140320/child-killing-shows-mafia-code-of-conduct-is-myth Thu, 20 Mar 2014 09:53:00 +0100 child-killing-shows-mafia-code-of-conduct-is-myth