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 has added the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and Belgium to its list of high-risk countries from which travellers must get tested for coronavirus. https://www.thelocal.it/20201008/italy-expected-to-make-coronavirus-tests-mandatory-for-travellers-from-the-uk-netherlands-belgium Thu, 08 Oct 2020 17:01:11 +0200 italy-expected-to-make-coronavirus-tests-mandatory-for-travellers-from-the-uk-netherlands-belgium Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi has asked to be put on trial immediately for allegedly making a false statement to an anti-corruption official, as she is confident of her innocence. https://www.thelocal.it/20180103/rome-mayor-seeks-immediate-trial-in-cronyism-case Wed, 03 Jan 2018 13:35:33 +0100 rome-mayor-seeks-immediate-trial-in-cronyism-case The European Court of Human Rights has accepted a case submitted by Amanda Knox's lawyers over rights violations she allegedly suffered at the hands of Italian authorities during the 2007 investigation into the murder of British student Meredith Kercher. https://www.thelocal.it/20160518/amanda-knoxs-case-against-italy-accepted-by-court-of-human-rights Wed, 18 May 2016 12:24:52 +0200 amanda-knoxs-case-against-italy-accepted-by-court-of-human-rights A former Vatican accountant known as "Mr 500" for his cash-rich lifestyle was acquitted by an Italian court on Monday of corruption and attempted money-smuggling. https://www.thelocal.it/20160119/court-acquits-vaticans-mr-500-of-money-smuggling Tue, 19 Jan 2016 09:16:05 +0100 court-acquits-vaticans-mr-500-of-money-smuggling A three-day limit on daytime travel in Milan gets underway on Monday as the northern Italian city tries to bring air pollution down from dangerous levels. https://www.thelocal.it/20151228/milan-limits-daytime-traffic-to-battle-smog Mon, 28 Dec 2015 08:31:17 +0100 milan-limits-daytime-traffic-to-battle-smog Madagascar's state prosecutor on Thursday sought the maximum sentence of hard labour for life for 12 suspects on trial for the lynching of two Europeans and a local man in 2013. https://www.thelocal.it/20151009/suspects-face-hard-labour-over-lynching-of-italian Fri, 09 Oct 2015 11:15:22 +0200 suspects-face-hard-labour-over-lynching-of-italian Roma striker Gervinho has hit out at claims he requested a helicopter and a private beach as part of the deal that would take him from the Serie A club to Al-Jazira in the United Arab Emirates. https://www.thelocal.it/20150701/gervinho-denies-obscene-demands-to-al-jazira Wed, 01 Jul 2015 14:52:44 +0200 gervinho-denies-obscene-demands-to-al-jazira A trip to Italy taking in both Rome and Venice will get easier from Sunday when some of the country's high-speed trains start travelling directly to the capital's main airport. https://www.thelocal.it/20141210/rome-venice-train-link-to-boost-italy-tourism Wed, 10 Dec 2014 09:29:00 +0100 rome-venice-train-link-to-boost-italy-tourism Italian authorities have accelerated the transfer of refugees from a centre in the outskirts of Rome, amid escalating violence as residents called for foreigners to be driven out of the area. https://www.thelocal.it/20141114/refugee-children-moved-as-violence-mounts-at-rome-centre Fri, 14 Nov 2014 14:33:00 +0100 refugee-children-moved-as-violence-mounts-at-rome-centre Italian President Giorgio Napolitano will testify on October 28th at a trial into allegations that the government held secret negotiations with the Sicilian mafia, over a series of deadly bombings in the early 1990s. https://www.thelocal.it/20141003/italian-president-to-testify-at-mafia-trial-on-october-28th Fri, 03 Oct 2014 11:33:00 +0200 italian-president-to-testify-at-mafia-trial-on-october-28th Italian President Giorgio Napolitano must testify at a trial into allegations that the government held secret negotiations with the Sicilian mafia over a series of deadly bombings in the early 1990s, a Palermo court has said. https://www.thelocal.it/20140925/italian-president-must-testify-at-mafia-trial-court Thu, 25 Sep 2014 20:04:00 +0200 italian-president-must-testify-at-mafia-trial-court Police in the northern Italian city of Trieste have dismantled a human trafficking ring that used Italy as a base to smuggle illegal migrants into northern Europe. https://www.thelocal.it/20140512/italian-police-crack-human-smuggling-ring Mon, 12 May 2014 11:36:00 +0200 italian-police-crack-human-smuggling-ring The head of Italy's anti-establishment Five Star Movement party (M5S), Beppe Grillo, was sentenced to four months in prison on Monday for breaking a police seal on a building during a protest. https://www.thelocal.it/20140303/grillo-faces-jail-over-train-protest Mon, 03 Mar 2014 17:08:00 +0100 grillo-faces-jail-over-train-protest A belly-dancer whose striptease in a Rome restaurant in the 1950s caused a scandal and inspired filmmaker Federico Fellini for his cult movie La Dolce Vita has died in Rome, aged 78, Italian media reported on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140131/la-dolce-vita-striptease-dancer-dies-in-rome Fri, 31 Jan 2014 09:20:00 +0100 la-dolce-vita-striptease-dancer-dies-in-rome Italy is seriously concerned over unrest in Libya and the government's ability to rein in local militias, Defence Minister Mario Mauro said Monday during a visit to Washington. https://www.thelocal.it/20140114/italy-worried-over-libya-situation-defence-minister Tue, 14 Jan 2014 09:20:00 +0100 italy-worried-over-libya-situation-defence-minister