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 told Austria on Thursday it would prove Vienna was "wasting money" on anti-migrant measures and closing the border between the two countries would be "an enormous mistake". https://www.thelocal.it/20160429/italy-brands-austrias-migrant-fence-a-waste-of-money Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:50:22 +0200 italy-brands-austrias-migrant-fence-a-waste-of-money Italy and Austria were set for showdown talks Thursday as Italian politicians and media reacted furiously to Vienna's new anti-migrant measures that could close the border between the two countries. https://www.thelocal.it/20160428/tense-talks-as-italy-fumes-over-austria-migrant-slap Thu, 28 Apr 2016 14:26:29 +0200 tense-talks-as-italy-fumes-over-austria-migrant-slap Heavy rain in Italy caused a wall in the ancient city of Pompeii to fall down, the latest in a series of weather-related collapses at the country’s most celebrated archaeological site. https://www.thelocal.it/20150205/pompeii-wall-collapses-amid-heavy-rain Thu, 05 Feb 2015 11:09:00 +0100 pompeii-wall-collapses-amid-heavy-rain A Russian tourist has been arrested for allegedly carving the letter K on a wall of the Colosseum. https://www.thelocal.it/20141121/russian-tourist-carved-letter-k-on-colosseum Fri, 21 Nov 2014 19:05:00 +0100 russian-tourist-carved-letter-k-on-colosseum