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 Italian police on Tuesday arrested a married couple on suspicion of sending weapons to a faction of terrorist group Isis. https://www.thelocal.it/20170201/italian-couple-arrested-for-sending-weapons-to-isis Wed, 01 Feb 2017 12:45:39 +0100 italian-couple-arrested-for-sending-weapons-to-isis Italy is the eighth-largest exporter of major weapons in the world and is increasing its share of foreign sales, largely owing to the financial crisis, a military expenditure expert told The Local on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150316/italy-among-worlds-top-arms-exporters Mon, 16 Mar 2015 12:02:17 +0100 italy-among-worlds-top-arms-exporters Italy's coastguard on Friday called on the government to change its status so that its 11,000 seamen can carry weapons, amid mounting concern over the possibility of attacks by people traffickers or terrorists. https://www.thelocal.it/20150227/fearing-attack-italian-coastguards-seek-weapons Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:42:44 +0100 fearing-attack-italian-coastguards-seek-weapons 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 The Italian government said on Wednesday it was ready to send arms to Iraqi Kurds fighting militant group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (Isis), as Prime Minister Matteo Renzi made a flying visit to the conflict-wracked country. https://www.thelocal.it/20140821/italy-to-arm-iraq-fighters-against-isis Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:43:00 +0200 italy-to-arm-iraq-fighters-against-isis Residents in the Calabrian port of Gioia Tauro, which is host to a shipment of deadly Syrian chemical agents, are fearing the impact the weapons will have on their health and the environment. https://www.thelocal.it/20140701/we-dont-want-syrias-weapons-italian-mayor Tue, 01 Jul 2014 12:54:00 +0200 we-dont-want-syrias-weapons-italian-mayor The US cargo ship MV Cape Ray left the Spanish port of Rota on Wednesday and headed for the Calabrian port of Gioia Tauro, where it will load Syrian chemical weapons materials to be destroyed. https://www.thelocal.it/20140626/syrian-chemical-arms-set-to-be-destroyed-in-italy Thu, 26 Jun 2014 10:42:00 +0200 syrian-chemical-arms-set-to-be-destroyed-in-italy Customs officers in the northern Italian port of La Spezia have identified a shipment from China found last autumn as materials that could be used to make weapons of mass destruction. https://www.thelocal.it/20140617/weapons-materials-founds-in-la-spezia Tue, 17 Jun 2014 17:10:00 +0200 weapons-materials-founds-in-la-spezia The head of the world's chemical weapons watchdog on Thursday prepared to outline plans for the destruction of Syria's arsenal, including a transfer operation in an Italian port that has already sparked controversy. https://www.thelocal.it/20140116/italy-opposition-as-syria-arms-transit-port-to-be-named Thu, 16 Jan 2014 11:43:00 +0100 italy-opposition-as-syria-arms-transit-port-to-be-named The head of the world's chemical weapons watchdog on Thursday will announce to Italy's parliament the port through which a shipment of arms from Syria slated for destruction will transit, the foreign ministry said. https://www.thelocal.it/20140113/italy-transit-port-for-syria-chemical-arms-set-to-be-named Mon, 13 Jan 2014 16:49:00 +0100 italy-transit-port-for-syria-chemical-arms-set-to-be-named Italian Foreign Minister Emma Bonino said on Friday there had to be "definite information" on an alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria before reacting. https://www.thelocal.it/20130823/italy-urges-caution-on-syria-chemical-attack Fri, 23 Aug 2013 19:56:00 +0200 italy-urges-caution-on-syria-chemical-attack