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 It is fair to say that when people visit or move to Italy, they will probably come across some typical sayings and Italian expressions that may sound completely out of context, and sometimes even slightly weird. https://www.thelocal.it/20160803/how-to-decipher-these-odd-italian-expressions Wed, 03 Aug 2016 15:30:00 +0200 how-to-decipher-these-odd-italian-expressions A cat sanctuary on a remote Sardinian beach, where visitors can play with kitties in the surf or watch them lounging on the sand, has been named one of the island's best tourist destinations by travel website, TripAdvisor. https://www.thelocal.it/20160526/this-cat-filled-beach-has-been-named-one-of-sardinias-top-tourist-spots Thu, 26 May 2016 13:30:20 +0200 this-cat-filled-beach-has-been-named-one-of-sardinias-top-tourist-spots Italy’s top court has ruled that a drunk driver did absolutely nothing wrong when he tried to bribe a police officer. https://www.thelocal.it/20160121/italys-top-court-just-ruled-that-bribing-a-police-officer-is-legal Thu, 21 Jan 2016 11:29:06 +0100 italys-top-court-just-ruled-that-bribing-a-police-officer-is-legal Google has revealed what Italians searched for the most during 2015, with everything from ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ to Milan’s Expo making it into the top-10. https://www.thelocal.it/20151216/what-did-italians-google-the-most-in-2015 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 15:10:45 +0100 what-did-italians-google-the-most-in-2015 First-half goals from Mohamed Salah and Gervinho in a 2-1 win over leaders Fiorentina fired Roma to the top of Serie A as the Giallorossi underlined their scudetto credentials in style on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20151026/salah-and-gervinho-fire-roma-top-of-serie-a Mon, 26 Oct 2015 09:26:15 +0100 salah-and-gervinho-fire-roma-top-of-serie-a Italy's Court of Cassation has ruled that a man who backed out of his wedding at the last-minute must cover the wedding costs incurred by his jilted ex. https://www.thelocal.it/20151019/italy-court-orders-cheating-groom-to-pay-wedding-costs Mon, 19 Oct 2015 15:46:36 +0200 italy-court-orders-cheating-groom-to-pay-wedding-costs Good news for Italian car fans. An Italian version of the BBC car show Top Gear is set to hit TV screens in Italy from March 2016. https://www.thelocal.it/20150728/top-gear-italy-to-launch-next-year Tue, 28 Jul 2015 11:50:40 +0200 top-gear-italy-to-launch-next-year Since the summer, many of you have kindly contributed your photos of Italy to the "picture of the day" feature on The Local Italy's Facebook page. As 2014 winds down, we've rounded up ten of the best. https://www.thelocal.it/20141230/top-ten-photos-of-italy-by-the-locals-readers Tue, 30 Dec 2014 13:52:00 +0100 top-ten-photos-of-italy-by-the-locals-readers From mayors getting arrested and an unelected prime minister to a singing nun and a star-studded marriage, it's been another belter of a year for Italy. Here's our countdown of the ten biggest stories from Italy that made world headlines in 2014. https://www.thelocal.it/20141230/italys-top-ten-stories-in-2014 Tue, 30 Dec 2014 08:25:00 +0100 italys-top-ten-stories-in-2014 UPDATED: Rome threatened to withdraw its ambassador from India Wednesday on as a diplomatic row over two Italian marines accused of killing Indian fishermen during an anti-piracy mission escalated. https://www.thelocal.it/20141217/napolitano-displeased-about-india-court-ruling Wed, 17 Dec 2014 10:00:00 +0100 napolitano-displeased-about-india-court-ruling India's top court ruled Tuesday that an Italian marine detained for the 2012 killing of two fishermen must return in January after he was allowed to go home for medical treatment. https://www.thelocal.it/20141216/indian-court-refuses-to-extend-italian-marines-leave Tue, 16 Dec 2014 09:37:00 +0100 indian-court-refuses-to-extend-italian-marines-leave Italy brought the world musical greats such as Pavarotti and Mina. But others (if you’re old enough to remember them) are probably best forgotten. Here, The Local lists ten of Italy's greatest one-hit wonders - mostly from the 1980s and 90s. https://www.thelocal.it/20141204/top-ten-global-one-hit-wonders-from-italy Thu, 04 Dec 2014 13:21:00 +0100 top-ten-global-one-hit-wonders-from-italy Rome has a huge and varied number of drinking holes to cater to the constant influx of students to the city. The Local takes you on a crawl of ten of the best. https://www.thelocal.it/20141024/ten-of-the-best-students-bars-in-rome Fri, 24 Oct 2014 18:12:00 +0200 ten-of-the-best-students-bars-in-rome Waiting staff at a restaurant on an Italian island got a surprise when the American film director Steven Spielberg called in for lunch and left them a €300 tip. Generous though the tip was, it’s not the biggest staff have received, the restaurant’s owner told The Local. https://www.thelocal.it/20140901/spielberg-leaves-300-tip-in-italian-restaurant Mon, 01 Sep 2014 15:30:00 +0200 spielberg-leaves-300-tip-in-italian-restaurant Italy’s constitutional court on Wednesday ruled that a ban on the use of donor sperm and eggs, which forms part of the country's restrictive law on fertility treatment, is “unlawful” and “unconstitutional”. https://www.thelocal.it/20140409/italys-top-court-says-ban-on-sperm-donors-is-unlawful-2 Wed, 09 Apr 2014 16:08:00 +0200 italys-top-court-says-ban-on-sperm-donors-is-unlawful-2