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 A US student on trial for killing an Italian policeman during a failed drug bust last year tearfully apologised on Wednesday, saying he would never forgive himself. https://www.thelocal.it/20200917/us-student-charged-with-murder-of-italian-policeman-apologises-in-court Thu, 17 Sep 2020 11:53:09 +0200 us-student-charged-with-murder-of-italian-policeman-apologises-in-court Lawyers are sounding the alarm over the continued exclusion of the press from criminal hearings in Italy, despite the near-total lifting of other coronavirus lockdown rules. https://www.thelocal.it/20200625/italys-lawyers-slam-dangerous-media-blackout-at-trials Thu, 25 Jun 2020 11:32:58 +0200 italys-lawyers-slam-dangerous-media-blackout-at-trials Italian prosecutors hid evidence that a key figure in the murder of a Rome cop by two US students was a police informer, a defence lawyer told AFP Saturday. https://www.thelocal.it/20200621/rome-prosecutors-hid-evidence-in-murder-case-against-us-students Sun, 21 Jun 2020 12:41:39 +0200 rome-prosecutors-hid-evidence-in-murder-case-against-us-students The Italian Senate has stripped League party leader Matteo Salvini of his parliamentary immunity, opening the way for a potentially career-derailing trial over alleged abuse of power and illegally detaining migrant while he was a government minister. https://www.thelocal.it/20200213/italys-senate-has-voted-to-send-salvini-to-trial-what-happens-now Thu, 13 Feb 2020 15:56:19 +0100 italys-senate-has-voted-to-send-salvini-to-trial-what-happens-now The anti-immigrant League party has voted in favour of its leader Matteo Salvini standing trial for allegedly “kidnapping” migrants at sea, while the party's opponents abstained from the vote. https://www.thelocal.it/20200121/italys-league-party-votes-for-salvini-to-stand-trial-in-migrant-kidnap-case Tue, 21 Jan 2020 10:16:46 +0100 italys-league-party-votes-for-salvini-to-stand-trial-in-migrant-kidnap-case A court on Tuesday adjourned the trial of a high-profile pro-migrant former mayor in populist-ruled Italy on charges he set up fake marriages to help asylum seekers stay in the country. https://www.thelocal.it/20190611/trial-of-italys-migrant-model-mayor-adjourned Tue, 11 Jun 2019 19:48:34 +0200 trial-of-italys-migrant-model-mayor-adjourned An international tribunal will hear in July next year the case of two Italian marines accused of killing two fishermen in India, the court based in The Hague said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20181219/international-court-to-hear-case-of-italian-marines-accused-of-killing-india-fishermen Wed, 19 Dec 2018 17:26:57 +0100 international-court-to-hear-case-of-italian-marines-accused-of-killing-india-fishermen 25 parties have been formally notified of the Pescara forest police force's conclusion of its 22-month-long investigation into the 2017 Hotel Rigopiano avalanche disaster, Italian media reported on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20181126/pescara-forest-police-concludes-hotel-rigopiano-avalanche-investigation-25-notified Mon, 26 Nov 2018 19:10:00 +0100 pescara-forest-police-concludes-hotel-rigopiano-avalanche-investigation-25-notified Scandal-hit Italian former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is to go on trial for allegedly paying a witness to give false testimony about his notorious parties. https://www.thelocal.it/20181116/bunga-bungas-back-new-trial-looms-for-berlusconi Fri, 16 Nov 2018 16:01:00 +0100 bunga-bungas-back-new-trial-looms-for-berlusconi An Italian court on Friday handed down hefty prison sentences to former government officials and mafia bosses in a landmark trial over alleged collusion in the 1990s between the state and the Sicilian mob. https://www.thelocal.it/20180421/italy-judge-hands-down-hefty-sentences-in-mafia-collusion-trial Sat, 21 Apr 2018 11:59:31 +0200 italy-judge-hands-down-hefty-sentences-in-mafia-collusion-trial Up to 50 witnesses could be called to a hearing in March to determine if there is enough evidence for Vatican finance chief Cardinal George Pell to stand trial on sex abuse charges, a court heard on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20171006/up-to-50-witnesses-for-cardinal-pell-sex-abuse-hearing Fri, 06 Oct 2017 10:53:37 +0200 up-to-50-witnesses-for-cardinal-pell-sex-abuse-hearing A Venice judge on Tuesday found two men guilty of carrying out 'recruitment' for terrorist group Isis. https://www.thelocal.it/20170412/venice-court-finds-two-guilty-of-isis-recruitment Wed, 12 Apr 2017 13:54:38 +0200 venice-court-finds-two-guilty-of-isis-recruitment Italy's former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi will go on trial in July accused of witness tampering and pay-offs over his alleged "bunga bunga" sex parties, a court ruled on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170405/silvio-berlusconi-will-go-on-trial-over-bunga-bunga-bribes Wed, 05 Apr 2017 16:04:40 +0200 silvio-berlusconi-will-go-on-trial-over-bunga-bunga-bribes Silvio Berlusconi will learn by the end of this month if he is to stand trial for allegedly buying the silence of call girls and others who attended his infamous "bunga bunga" sex parties. https://www.thelocal.it/20170111/bunga-bunga-bribes-trial-on-hold-berlusconi-ruling-nears Wed, 11 Jan 2017 13:58:09 +0100 bunga-bunga-bribes-trial-on-hold-berlusconi-ruling-nears Prosecutors in Milan on Thursday asked for Silvio Berlusconi to be sent for trial for allegedly buying the silence of witnesses to his notorious 'bunga bunga' sex parties. https://www.thelocal.it/20161216/berlusconi-trial-sought-over-bunga-bunga-bribes Fri, 16 Dec 2016 10:15:27 +0100 berlusconi-trial-sought-over-bunga-bunga-bribes Italian judges are to rule Tuesday whether the alleged captain of a migrant boat that sank in 2015, killing up to 900 people, is responsible for the Mediterranean's worst disaster since World War II. https://www.thelocal.it/20161213/verdict-expected-in-deadly-shipwreck-trial Tue, 13 Dec 2016 10:14:52 +0100 verdict-expected-in-deadly-shipwreck-trial An Italian judge on Wednesday sent 'Ruby the heart stealer' and 22 others for trial on charges of lying under oath after being bribed to protect former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. https://www.thelocal.it/20161019/judge-sends-23-for-trial-in-sex-lies-and-berlusconi-case Wed, 19 Oct 2016 17:56:42 +0200 judge-sends-23-for-trial-in-sex-lies-and-berlusconi-case Rudy Guede, who in 2008 was handed a 16-year prison term for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher, has asked for a review of his trial. https://www.thelocal.it/20160802/rudy-guede-seeks-review-of-meredith-kercher-murder-trial Tue, 02 Aug 2016 17:10:31 +0200 rudy-guede-seeks-review-of-meredith-kercher-murder-trial A Vatican drama of sex, lies and press freedom was to peak on Thursday with a verdict in the trial of two journalists and sources accused of leaking details about financial mismanagement within the Holy See. https://www.thelocal.it/20160707/press-freedom-at-stake-as-vatileaks-verdict-expected Thu, 07 Jul 2016 16:00:07 +0200 press-freedom-at-stake-as-vatileaks-verdict-expected The former mayor of Rome, Ignazio Marino, will stand a fast-track trial in September over the expenses scandal which saw him toppled from city hall last October. https://www.thelocal.it/20160621/ex-rome-mayor-to-face-fast-track-expenses-trial-in-september Tue, 21 Jun 2016 13:00:25 +0200 ex-rome-mayor-to-face-fast-track-expenses-trial-in-september