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 group of con artists has gone on trial for allegedly tricking a German businessman out of €1.3 million, by pretending to sell him the US embassy and the UN food agency headquarters. https://www.thelocal.it/20150316/gang-tricks-german-into-buying-us-embassy Mon, 16 Mar 2015 10:18:19 +0100 gang-tricks-german-into-buying-us-embassy Ahead of his arrival in Rome on Friday the new US ambassador to Italy, John R. Phillips, has released a video in which he practices his Italian and praises his new home. https://www.thelocal.it/20130912/video-us-ambassador-woos-italians-on-youtube Thu, 12 Sep 2013 15:29:00 +0200 video-us-ambassador-woos-italians-on-youtube