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's coalition government remains divided over the crisis in Venezuela, making it one of the few EU countries not to have backed opposition leader Juan Guaido. https://www.thelocal.it/20190212/salvini-calls-guaido-after-meeting-venezuela-delegation Tue, 12 Feb 2019 11:11:35 +0100 salvini-calls-guaido-after-meeting-venezuela-delegation Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido is to send a delegation to Italy, where the government is one of few European Union countries not to have backed the self-proclaimed interim president. https://www.thelocal.it/20190206/venezuelan-opposition-wants-to-send-a-delegation-to-italy Wed, 06 Feb 2019 18:14:29 +0100 venezuelan-opposition-wants-to-send-a-delegation-to-italy Italy on Monday blocked a bid to toughen the EU's common position on Venezuela, diplomatic sources said, even as a dozen of its member states recognized opposition chief Juan Guaido as interim leader. https://www.thelocal.it/20190205/italy-blocks-eu-venezuela-nicolas-maduro-juan-guaido Tue, 05 Feb 2019 10:19:41 +0100 italy-blocks-eu-venezuela-nicolas-maduro-juan-guaido The European Union and several of its member governments gave embattled Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro an ultimatum on Saturday, saying they would recognise opposition leader Juan Guaido as president unless he calls elections within eight days. https://www.thelocal.it/20190127/eu-nations-put-venezuelas-maduro-on-notice Sun, 27 Jan 2019 11:25:37 +0100 eu-nations-put-venezuelas-maduro-on-notice Venezuelans are concerned over the safety of a "twin" viaduct of the collapsed Morandi bridge in Genoa, Italy, after a fire on the concrete structure caused a major blackout. https://www.thelocal.it/20180817/fears-over-twin-of-collapsed-genoa-bridge-in-venezuela Fri, 17 Aug 2018 15:00:00 +0200 fears-over-twin-of-collapsed-genoa-bridge-in-venezuela An Italian, a Swiss and a Venezuelan journalist, arrested on Friday while attempting to report from a notorious prison in northern Venezuela, were released on Sunday, human rights and press freedom groups said. https://www.thelocal.it/20171009/venezuela-frees-italian-journalist-held-while-investigating-prison Mon, 09 Oct 2017 11:23:24 +0200 venezuela-frees-italian-journalist-held-while-investigating-prison An Italian, a Swiss and a Venezuelan journalist have been arrested as they prepared a report on a prison in northern Venezuela, human rights and press freedom groups said. https://www.thelocal.it/20171008/journalists-including-italian-swiss-arrested-over-venezuela-prison-report Sun, 08 Oct 2017 19:15:06 +0200 journalists-including-italian-swiss-arrested-over-venezuela-prison-report Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday welcomed an offer by Pope Francis for Vatican mediation in the crisis-torn country but opposition leaders rebuffed the overture. https://www.thelocal.it/20170501/pope-francis-offers-to-act-as-mediator-in-venezuelan-conflict Mon, 01 May 2017 18:20:45 +0200 pope-francis-offers-to-act-as-mediator-in-venezuelan-conflict Pope Francis on Monday granted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro a surprise private audience at the Vatican in the midst of a deep political crisis in the South American country. https://www.thelocal.it/20161025/pope-grants-venezuela-president-private-audience Tue, 25 Oct 2016 10:53:00 +0200 pope-grants-venezuela-president-private-audience Italian police have arrested a fugitive wanted in the 2012 killing of a Frenchman in Venezuela, whose dismembered body was thrown out to sea in a suitcase, media reports said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141208/italy-arrest-fugitive-sought-for-venezuela-murder Mon, 08 Dec 2014 10:05:00 +0100 italy-arrest-fugitive-sought-for-venezuela-murder Venezuela's oil giant PDVSA announced on Wednesday it was teaming with Italy's ENI and Spain's Repsol on a $7 billion (€5.14bn) investment to exploit a massive natural gas field. https://www.thelocal.it/20140605/italys-eni-in-514-billion-venezuelan-gas-deal Thu, 05 Jun 2014 10:18:00 +0200 italys-eni-in-514-billion-venezuelan-gas-deal The plane carrying Italian fashion executive Vittorio Missoni has been found, nearly six months after vanishing off the coast of Venezuela. https://www.thelocal.it/20130627/missoni-plane-found-after-disappearing-in-caribbean Thu, 27 Jun 2013 20:18:00 +0200 missoni-plane-found-after-disappearing-in-caribbean