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 French survivors of the Costa Concordia disaster have pointed the finger at Italian authorities over the missing jewelry, money and electrical goods they were storing in the ship's safes. https://www.thelocal.it/20160905/french-concordia-survivors-blame-italy-for-stolen-possessions Mon, 05 Sep 2016 12:45:55 +0200 french-concordia-survivors-blame-italy-for-stolen-possessions Five Italians were among the 84 people killed in an attack in the southern French city of Nice on Thursday night, the Foreign Ministry confirmed on Tuesday morning. https://www.thelocal.it/20160719/five-italians-confirmed-dead-in-nice-attack Tue, 19 Jul 2016 10:36:48 +0200 five-italians-confirmed-dead-in-nice-attack Five Italian nationals are still missing after Thursday night's attack in the southern French city of Nice, in which 84 people were killed. https://www.thelocal.it/20160718/three-italians-still-missing-after-nice-attack Mon, 18 Jul 2016 12:44:21 +0200 three-italians-still-missing-after-nice-attack Relatives of victims of one of Italy's worst rail accidents gathered to identify their dead Wednesday, as rescue workers at the scene of the head-on collision between two trains dismantled the wreckage in search of missing bodies. https://www.thelocal.it/20160713/puglia-train-collision-mourners-identify-the-dead Wed, 13 Jul 2016 12:01:17 +0200 puglia-train-collision-mourners-identify-the-dead Italy will later this week repatriate the bodies of nine people killed in a terrorist attack at a cafe in the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160704/dhaka-attack-bodies-of-nine-italian-victims-to-be-flown-home-this-week Mon, 04 Jul 2016 10:53:10 +0200 dhaka-attack-bodies-of-nine-italian-victims-to-be-flown-home-this-week The driver of a coach that crashed in Spain at the weekend killing 13 foreign students, including seven Italians, who is under investigation for manslaughter, is in critical condition in hospital, officials said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160323/driver-in-coach-crash-that-killed-7-italians-in-critical-condition Wed, 23 Mar 2016 11:02:46 +0100 driver-in-coach-crash-that-killed-7-italians-in-critical-condition A nine-year-old Italian boy was among the 28 people killed when extremists attacked a hotel and café in Burkina Faso on Friday, according to Italian media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20160118/nine-year-old-italian-boy-killed-among Mon, 18 Jan 2016 09:35:12 +0100 nine-year-old-italian-boy-killed-among Some of the victims of a deadly fire on the Norman Atlantic ferry may have been attacked by sharks after jumping into the sea to escape the flames, according to Italian media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20150113/ferry-fire-victims-may-have-been-attacked-by-sharks Tue, 13 Jan 2015 09:03:00 +0100 ferry-fire-victims-may-have-been-attacked-by-sharks Pope Francis acknowledged on Monday that the suicides of clerical sex abuse victims weigh on his conscience as he thanked victims for shining a light on the "terrible darkness" at the heart of the Catholic Church. https://www.thelocal.it/20140707/pope-meets-sex-abuse-victims-for-first-time Mon, 07 Jul 2014 13:59:00 +0200 pope-meets-sex-abuse-victims-for-first-time Pope Francis plans on Friday to demonstrate a stand against organised crime by meeting with relatives of mafia victims, a step to help overcome the Church's historic ties with dons claiming to be God-fearing Catholics. https://www.thelocal.it/20140321/pope-meets-mafia-victims-in-stand-against-underworld Fri, 21 Mar 2014 18:26:00 +0100 pope-meets-mafia-victims-in-stand-against-underworld Italian emergency workers searched house by house on the island of Sardinia on Tuesday after a Mediterranean cyclone triggered flash floods, leaving 18 people dead and forcing thousands to seek emergency shelter. https://www.thelocal.it/20131119/search-for-victims-as-sardinia-floods-kill Tue, 19 Nov 2013 17:15:00 +0100 search-for-victims-as-sardinia-floods-kill Italy will hold a state funeral for the victims of a shipwreck off the southern island of Lampedusa last week, Prime Minister Enrico Letta said on Wednesday. So far, 232 asylum-seekers have been confirmed dead. Between 450 and 500 were reported to have been on board when the boat caught fire and sunk. https://www.thelocal.it/20131009/italy-to-hold-state-funeral-for-shipwreck-victims Wed, 09 Oct 2013 14:35:00 +0200 italy-to-hold-state-funeral-for-shipwreck-victims The youngest victim of the Monteforte Irpino bus crash on Sunday night was 16, while the eldest was 88, according to a list published in the Naples edition of Corriere del Mezzogiorno. https://www.thelocal.it/20130730/youngest-to-die-in-bus-crash-was-16 Tue, 30 Jul 2013 11:55:00 +0200 youngest-to-die-in-bus-crash-was-16 Italy was preparing on Monday to bury 38 people killed when a coach carrying pilgrims plunged off a flyover near Naples, as investigators said they will examine the driver's body for traces of drugs and alcohol. https://www.thelocal.it/20130729/italy-coach-crash-kills-38 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 18:58:00 +0200 italy-coach-crash-kills-38