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 Italian police were left red-faced on Friday after thieves robbed a bank despite warnings from local residents that they could hear a tunnel being dug, according to media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20160812/italy-bank-thieves-in-audacious-tunnel-escape Fri, 12 Aug 2016 22:43:08 +0200 italy-bank-thieves-in-audacious-tunnel-escape A road tunnel under the Alps that connects Cuneo, in Piedmont, and Tende and Nice, in southern France, has been advancing at a rate of just 50 centimetres a day since digging began last year. https://www.thelocal.it/20160311/italian-alpine-tunnel-advances-just-50cm-a-day Fri, 11 Mar 2016 17:36:32 +0100 italian-alpine-tunnel-advances-just-50cm-a-day Thieves armed with toy weapons who dug a tunnel into a post office in Florence stole €70,000 on Monday after locking terrified staff in the vault. https://www.thelocal.it/20140127/thieves-rob-florence-post-office-with-toy-guns Mon, 27 Jan 2014 14:32:00 +0100 thieves-rob-florence-post-office-with-toy-guns