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 Five Turkish warships threatened to engage an Italian drillship Friday and forced it to turn back after it tried to break a two-week blockade off Cyprus, Cypriot officials said. https://www.thelocal.it/20180224/turkey-navy-forces-back-italian-drillship-cyprus Sat, 24 Feb 2018 11:59:32 +0100 turkey-navy-forces-back-italian-drillship-cyprus Two people were injured on Monday as protesters defied a ban on demonstrations to denounce the Turkish president's visit to Rome. https://www.thelocal.it/20180205/recep-tayyip-erdogan-visit-rome-italy-protest-kurds Mon, 05 Feb 2018 16:32:54 +0100 recep-tayyip-erdogan-visit-rome-italy-protest-kurds An Italian journalist arrested in Turkey while researching refugees near the Syrian border has been freed after two weeks in detention, Italy's foreign ministry said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170424/italian-journalist-arrested-in-turkey-has-been-freed Mon, 24 Apr 2017 11:14:41 +0200 italian-journalist-arrested-in-turkey-has-been-freed Italy on Wednesday called on Turkey to release a journalist arrested this month near the Syrian border while he was researching refugees. https://www.thelocal.it/20170419/italy-asks-turkey-to-release-reporter-jailed-while-reporting-on-refugee-crisis Wed, 19 Apr 2017 15:58:45 +0200 italy-asks-turkey-to-release-reporter-jailed-while-reporting-on-refugee-crisis A six-year-old girl has returned to Milan five years after being kidnapped by her Syrian father, the Italian foreign ministry has said. https://www.thelocal.it/20170313/kidnapped-girl-returns-to-italy-five-years-after-being-taken-to-syria Mon, 13 Mar 2017 14:23:05 +0100 kidnapped-girl-returns-to-italy-five-years-after-being-taken-to-syria Italian prosecutors have dropped a case against the son of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for money laundering, they announced on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160922/bologna-prosecutors-drop-case-against-erdogans-son Thu, 22 Sep 2016 11:56:58 +0200 bologna-prosecutors-drop-case-against-erdogans-son Two Turkish military attachés posted in Greece fled to Italy at the weekend following last month's failed coup, Turkey's top diplomat said on Thursday, saying Ankara was working to track them down. https://www.thelocal.it/20160811/turkey-attaches-in-greece-fled-to-italy-after-coup Thu, 11 Aug 2016 15:25:26 +0200 turkey-attaches-in-greece-fled-to-italy-after-coup 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 Violent clashes between fans of Lazio and Galatasaray have led to hundreds of arrests and one stabbed fan in hospital ahead of the sides' Europa League fixture at Rome's Stadio Olimpico on Thursday, reports said. https://www.thelocal.it/20160225/one-person-stabbed-as-football-fans-clash-ahead-of-rome-game Thu, 25 Feb 2016 18:56:04 +0100 one-person-stabbed-as-football-fans-clash-ahead-of-rome-game Italian prosecutors are investigating the son of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for money laundering amid accusations he smuggled large amounts of cash into the country, a judicial source told AFP on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160218/erdogans-son-probed-for-money-laundering-in-italy Thu, 18 Feb 2016 11:15:04 +0100 erdogans-son-probed-for-money-laundering-in-italy The EU said on Wednesday it had agreed on how to finance a €3 billion ($3.3 billion) deal to aid Syrian refugees in Turkey, in exchange for Ankara's help stemming the flow of migrants, after resolving a dispute with Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20160204/eu-approves-turkey-refugee-fund-after-italy-row-solved Thu, 04 Feb 2016 09:27:26 +0100 eu-approves-turkey-refugee-fund-after-italy-row-solved A 25-year-old man has been arrested in the Calabrian city of Cosenza as part of Italy’s anti-terrorism sweep. https://www.thelocal.it/20160125/italian-police-arrest-suspected-jihadist Mon, 25 Jan 2016 10:21:55 +0100 italian-police-arrest-suspected-jihadist Italy’s forestry police have uncovered a massive olive oil scam in Puglia, which involved the import of oils from Syria, Turkey, Morocco and Tunisia, which were tampered with before being sold as authentic Italian extra virgin olive oil. https://www.thelocal.it/20151203/italy-busts-syria-linked-olive-oil-scam Thu, 03 Dec 2015 18:00:43 +0100 italy-busts-syria-linked-olive-oil-scam Italy is willing to keep its troops in Afghanistan “at current levels”, it was reported on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20151020/italy-willing-to-keep-troops-in-afghanistan Tue, 20 Oct 2015 11:17:26 +0200 italy-willing-to-keep-troops-in-afghanistan An Italian teenage girl is being held in Turkey on suspicion of trying to cross the country’s border into Syria to join the Isis terrorist group. https://www.thelocal.it/20151016/italian-girl-suspected-of-wanting-to-join-isis Fri, 16 Oct 2015 17:05:46 +0200 italian-girl-suspected-of-wanting-to-join-isis Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's son Bilal on Wednesday said he had temporarily moved to Italy to complete his doctoral studies but denied fleeing Turkey after being implicated in a corruption scandal. https://www.thelocal.it/20151007/erdogans-son-moves-to-italy-denies-fleeing-turkey Wed, 07 Oct 2015 16:25:39 +0200 erdogans-son-moves-to-italy-denies-fleeing-turkey A Turkish-born Austrian citizen who was arrested in Italy on charges relating to terrorism offences in Turkey has been released. https://www.thelocal.it/20150416/italy-releases-austrian-accused-of-terrorism-charges Thu, 16 Apr 2015 18:47:58 +0200 italy-releases-austrian-accused-of-terrorism-charges Pope Francis uttered the word "genocide" on Sunday to describe the mass murder of Armenians 100 years ago, sparking fury from Turkey which slammed the term as "far from historical reality". https://www.thelocal.it/20150413/popes-armenian-genocide-speech-sparks-row-with-turkey Mon, 13 Apr 2015 10:20:16 +0200 popes-armenian-genocide-speech-sparks-row-with-turkey A court in Venice will on Thursday mull a request from Turkey to extradite a man, who was arrested near the city on Tuesday on suspicion of being linked to an ultra-leftist group blamed for two recent deadly shootouts in Istanbul. https://www.thelocal.it/20150409/italy-mulls-extraditing-turkish-terror-suspect Thu, 09 Apr 2015 12:24:31 +0200 italy-mulls-extraditing-turkish-terror-suspect Italian police have arrested a Turkish national allegedly linked to a ultra-leftist group blamed for two recent deadly shootouts in Istanbul, the Agi news agency reported on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150407/italy-arrests-man-linked-to-turkish-radicals Tue, 07 Apr 2015 10:37:53 +0200 italy-arrests-man-linked-to-turkish-radicals