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 Two small packages wrapped in rags sparked a bomb scare on Thursday morning, causing one of Venice's most popular tourist attractions to be evacuated. https://www.thelocal.it/20160324/tourist-tat-sparks-bomb-alert-at-doges-palace-in-venice Thu, 24 Mar 2016 16:50:40 +0100 tourist-tat-sparks-bomb-alert-at-doges-palace-in-venice An Italian tourist was detained in Istanbul on Sunday for allegedly publishing information on the internet about the banned PKK Kurdish separatist group, which Turkish officials consider to be a terrorist organization. https://www.thelocal.it/20160321/italian-held-in-turkey-for-promoting-alleged-terrorist-group Mon, 21 Mar 2016 13:29:36 +0100 italian-held-in-turkey-for-promoting-alleged-terrorist-group First it was the calamity of the French trains too fat for platforms. Now French rail chiefs have been left embarrassed by a new fleet of regional trains that are too high to get through the tunnels into Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20150703/new-french-trains-too-high-to-get-to-italy Fri, 03 Jul 2015 16:26:15 +0200 new-french-trains-too-high-to-get-to-italy Malta prepared on Thursday to say goodbye to power cuts thanks to an underwater cable linking it to mainland Europe, which will serve as back up if the country's power stations overload. https://www.thelocal.it/20150410/malta-ends-power-cuts-with-link-to-italy Fri, 10 Apr 2015 10:19:04 +0200 malta-ends-power-cuts-with-link-to-italy