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 Pope Francis appealed on Wednesday for an immediate ceasefire in Syria, calling for "at least" a truce enabling civilians, especially children, to be evacuated, after Aleppo came under fierce air assault. https://www.thelocal.it/20161012/pope-francis-begs-for-immediate-syria-ceasefire Wed, 12 Oct 2016 13:07:30 +0200 pope-francis-begs-for-immediate-syria-ceasefire Around 100,000 people took part in a march 'for peace and against indifference' between Perugia and Assisi in central Italy on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20161010/100000-italians-march-against-indifference Mon, 10 Oct 2016 14:42:48 +0200 100000-italians-march-against-indifference Pope Francis on Tuesday denounced those who wage war in the name of God, as he met faith leaders and victims of war in Assisi to discuss growing religious fanaticism and escalating violence around the world. https://www.thelocal.it/20160920/pope-condemns-war-at-summit-of-world-religions Tue, 20 Sep 2016 16:34:22 +0200 pope-condemns-war-at-summit-of-world-religions Two Italians were kidnapped in the south of conflict-torn Libya on Monday, Italy's foreign ministry has said, without revealing any more details about the incident or the victims' identities. https://www.thelocal.it/20160920/two-italian-expats-snatched-in-libya-foreign-ministry Tue, 20 Sep 2016 10:38:43 +0200 two-italian-expats-snatched-in-libya-foreign-ministry Florence's Ponte Vecchio is one of the world’s most famous bridges. Rebuilt after a flood in 1345, it was the only bridge across the Arno that the escaping Germans did not destroy during the Second World War. Many put the bridge’s survival down to a Nazi official, as Stephen Caruso reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20160525/did-a-nazi-official-save-florences-ponte-vecchio-from-destruction-gerhard-wolf-second-world-war-italy Wed, 25 May 2016 09:00:16 +0200 did-a-nazi-official-save-florences-ponte-vecchio-from-destruction-gerhard-wolf-second-world-war-italy An 84-year-old woman suffered a cruel and unusual death on after venturing into a wardrobe to look for some biscuits that her son had hidden from her. https://www.thelocal.it/20151218/italy-woman-84-dies-in-biscuit-hunting-accident Fri, 18 Dec 2015 13:33:42 +0100 italy-woman-84-dies-in-biscuit-hunting-accident Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi warned Thursday that bombing the Islamic State group in Syria would not, on its own, eliminate a terror threat with its roots in Europe's own backyard. https://www.thelocal.it/20151210/bombs-will-not-destroy-homemade-terror-renzi Thu, 10 Dec 2015 19:03:37 +0100 bombs-will-not-destroy-homemade-terror-renzi Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni on Wednesday said Rome would host an international conference on conflict-ravaged Libya on December 13th, aimed at stopping the country from falling apart and at containing the Isis group. https://www.thelocal.it/20151203/rome-to-host-conference-on-war-torn-libya Thu, 03 Dec 2015 09:16:57 +0100 rome-to-host-conference-on-war-torn-libya UPDATED: Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has said that the conflict in Libya was Italy's main priority, following a meeting with French President François Hollande on Thursday morning. https://www.thelocal.it/20151126/italy-could-deploy-more-troops-in-libya-in-isis-fight Thu, 26 Nov 2015 19:00:51 +0100 italy-could-deploy-more-troops-in-libya-in-isis-fight Russian President Vladimir Putin and Italy's billionaire former leader Silvio Berlusconi on Friday met for informal talks in Crimea which Moscow annexed from Ukraine last year, an official said. https://www.thelocal.it/20150911/old-pals-reunite-at-crimea-war-monument Fri, 11 Sep 2015 17:25:57 +0200 old-pals-reunite-at-crimea-war-monument They’ve been described as the best guard animals that exist, but the more quirky characteristics of geese are causing angst among residents in a town in the northern Italian region of Trentino-Alto Adige. https://www.thelocal.it/20150630/italian-town-declares-war-on-aggressive-geese Tue, 30 Jun 2015 18:33:50 +0200 italian-town-declares-war-on-aggressive-geese A British man has taken on the challenge of running the equivalent of ten marathons in seven days through the Italian hills, in tribute to his grandparents. https://www.thelocal.it/20150410/brit-set-to-run-10-marathons-in-a-week-in-italy Fri, 10 Apr 2015 10:22:25 +0200 brit-set-to-run-10-marathons-in-a-week-in-italy Syrians should be relocated from countries such as Italy to elsewhere in Europe, in order to evenly share the growing burden of new arrivals, the UN’s Refugee Agency told The Local on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150312/relocate-syrian-refugees-within-europe-un Thu, 12 Mar 2015 13:29:52 +0100 relocate-syrian-refugees-within-europe-un As Rome rings alarm bells over the deteriorating situation in Libya, The Local investigates the ramifications of a conflict across the Mediterranean. https://www.thelocal.it/20150304/why-libya-is-ringing-alarm-bells-in-italy Wed, 04 Mar 2015 17:21:00 +0100 why-libya-is-ringing-alarm-bells-in-italy Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday warned that any attempt to expand territory held by separatists in Ukraine would be "unacceptable" and told Russia to withdraw 1,000 items of military equipment from Ukraine's territory, speaking after meeting Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. https://www.thelocal.it/20150226/nato-chief-warns-russia-after-italy-meet Thu, 26 Feb 2015 15:35:00 +0100 nato-chief-warns-russia-after-italy-meet Libya's neighbour Tunisia and its former colonial power Italy issued a joint call on Wednesday for reconciliation among militias leading to a political settlement in the conflict-riven country. https://www.thelocal.it/20150226/put-libya-at-top-of-global-agenda-fm Thu, 26 Feb 2015 09:15:00 +0100 put-libya-at-top-of-global-agenda-fm Pope Francis warned on Friday that the millions of people affected by the Syria crisis risk being forgotten because of the "globalisation of indifference" toward the conflict. https://www.thelocal.it/20140531/pope-we-need-to-remember-syria-victims Sat, 31 May 2014 13:01:00 +0200 pope-we-need-to-remember-syria-victims Italy's foreign minister and the mayor of Rome will on Friday participate in a candlelight vigil to mark three years since the start of the Syrian civil war, a conflict which has displaced 40 percent of the population and left more than 146,000 people dead. https://www.thelocal.it/20140314/italy-marks-three-years-since-start-of-syria-war Fri, 14 Mar 2014 14:06:00 +0100 italy-marks-three-years-since-start-of-syria-war Top diplomats from governments that support the Syrian opposition are to hold talks in Rome on Sunday, according to a news report. https://www.thelocal.it/20130902/friends-of-syria-to-meet-in-rome-report Mon, 02 Sep 2013 20:17:00 +0200 friends-of-syria-to-meet-in-rome-report After calls for action in Syria by their French neighbours, protesters took to the streets of Rome on Thursday night to fight against what they see as an "imperialist" plot. https://www.thelocal.it/20130830/italians-fight-against-imperialist-war-in-syria Fri, 30 Aug 2013 14:19:00 +0200 italians-fight-against-imperialist-war-in-syria