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 The historic city of Matera in southern Italy has warned people not to use tap water after high levels of bacteria were detected in the water supply. https://www.thelocal.it/20181019/italy-matera-tap-water-contaminated-water-supply Fri, 19 Oct 2018 13:32:30 +0200 italy-matera-tap-water-contaminated-water-supply The European Union's top court on Thursday fined crisis-ridden Italy €25 million for years of failure to treat urban sewage, warning of steeper fines with more delays. https://www.thelocal.it/20180531/eus-top-court-fines-italy-for-failure-to-treat-sewage Thu, 31 May 2018 16:24:12 +0200 eus-top-court-fines-italy-for-failure-to-treat-sewage Plans to ration water in Rome amid a prolonged drought have been averted. https://www.thelocal.it/20170731/italy-drought-no-water-rationing-in-rome Mon, 31 Jul 2017 17:28:53 +0200 italy-drought-no-water-rationing-in-rome The foulest stench is in the air, but the zombie-like creatures lurching through rubbish-strewn streets of Rome are not monsters in Michael Jackson's "Thriller", but heat-weary tourists and furious residents. https://www.thelocal.it/20170729/eternal-citys-woes-turn-up-heat-on-rome-mayor Sat, 29 Jul 2017 13:18:24 +0200 eternal-citys-woes-turn-up-heat-on-rome-mayor Ten former executives with Italian chemicals firm Montedison were found guilty Friday on appeal of allowing industrial waste to pollute the water supply of 700,000 people in the central eastern region of Pescara. https://www.thelocal.it/20170218/italian-execs-convicted-over-polluted-water-supply Sat, 18 Feb 2017 12:32:27 +0100 italian-execs-convicted-over-polluted-water-supply The European Commission on Monday said that Italy urgently needed to improve its waste management, water infrastructure and air pollution. https://www.thelocal.it/20170207/italy-faces-eu-fine-over-smog-and-waste-water-management Tue, 07 Feb 2017 16:44:08 +0100 italy-faces-eu-fine-over-smog-and-waste-water-management Twelve days after the devastating earthquake in central Italy, authorities have warned that the water in amatrice is not safe to drink. https://www.thelocal.it/20160905/more-aftershocks-and-undrinkable-water-in-amatrice Mon, 05 Sep 2016 17:00:26 +0200 more-aftershocks-and-undrinkable-water-in-amatrice Three young people were injured, two seriously, on Tuesday night after a water taxi in Venice cut through the boat they were on. https://www.thelocal.it/20160817/three-injured-as-venice-water-taxi-slices-boat-in-two Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:18:29 +0200 three-injured-as-venice-water-taxi-slices-boat-in-two Wearing dark wellington boots, a red and black all-weather coat, jeans and a smart striped shirt, Christo - as he is universally known - crossed his hands while standing in the middle of Lake Iseo in northern Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20160617/famed-artist-christo-invites-public-to-walk-on-water Fri, 17 Jun 2016 15:01:46 +0200 famed-artist-christo-invites-public-to-walk-on-water Visitors to Venice this summer will be forced to wait patiently to board water buses in the tourist-clogged canal city after authorities there said locals must be allowed to get on first. https://www.thelocal.it/20160407/locals-first-venice-makes-tourists-wait-in-line-for-water-bus Thu, 07 Apr 2016 16:43:09 +0200 locals-first-venice-makes-tourists-wait-in-line-for-water-bus Hundreds of tourists converged on the Trevi Fountain in Rome on Tuesday evening to witness it gush once again with water after a €2 million makeover paid for by the fashion house, Fendi. https://www.thelocal.it/20151103/romes-trevi-fountain-springs-back-to-life Tue, 03 Nov 2015 19:30:53 +0100 romes-trevi-fountain-springs-back-to-life A priest in Sicily is at the centre of a dispute after inviting his followers to drink 'sacred' water from a source which he claims was revealed to him by the voice of the Virgin Mary. https://www.thelocal.it/20150916/sicily-priest-in-hot-water-over-miracle-spring Wed, 16 Sep 2015 17:24:14 +0200 sicily-priest-in-hot-water-over-miracle-spring A study published by Italian consumers Altroconsumo this week would suggest not. https://www.thelocal.it/20150703/are-italys-drinking-fountains-safe Fri, 03 Jul 2015 19:28:25 +0200 are-italys-drinking-fountains-safe High tides are nothing new in Venice and tourists are often seen donning waterproofs and carrying their umbrellas when the high water overflows onto the charming alleys surrounding its historic sites. https://www.thelocal.it/20150102/2014-worst-on-record-for-venice-high-tides Fri, 02 Jan 2015 11:49:00 +0100 2014-worst-on-record-for-venice-high-tides The quality of Italy’s bathing water is better than that of its rival holiday destinations: France and Spain, according to a report released on Tuesday by the European Environment Agency (EEA). https://www.thelocal.it/20140528/italys-bathing-water-quality-among-europes-best Wed, 28 May 2014 14:42:00 +0200 italys-bathing-water-quality-among-europes-best An Italian official was forced on Friday to reassure residents their water is safe to drink, after tests showed that toxic waste had leaked into the supply in the central region of Abruzzo. https://www.thelocal.it/20140328/abruzzo-water-is-no-longer-toxic-governor Fri, 28 Mar 2014 19:51:00 +0100 abruzzo-water-is-no-longer-toxic-governor The mayor of Rome has signed a ten-month ban on using the public water in an area north-west of the Italian capital, after tests showed it was contaminated. https://www.thelocal.it/20140303/rome-water-pollution-sparks-public-ban Mon, 03 Mar 2014 13:40:00 +0100 rome-water-pollution-sparks-public-ban A hostage situation erupted in northern Italy when an angry customer held a water company director at knifepoint after the man had his taps turned off. https://www.thelocal.it/20131022/water-boss-held-hostage-after-tap-turned-off Tue, 22 Oct 2013 12:30:00 +0200 water-boss-held-hostage-after-tap-turned-off It is now even safer to swim at bathing spots across Italy, according to a study by the ministry of health. https://www.thelocal.it/20130617/italys-waters-are-even-safer-to-swim-in Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:44:00 +0200 italys-waters-are-even-safer-to-swim-in