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 An Italian lawyer is suing Emirates airline after spending a nine-hour flight crushed by an overweight passenger in the seat next to him. https://www.thelocal.it/20160922/italian-lawyer-sues-airline-after-flight-next-to-fat-passenger Thu, 22 Sep 2016 15:31:24 +0200 italian-lawyer-sues-airline-after-flight-next-to-fat-passenger An Italian woman has claimed she was turned down for a job at a bakery in Latina, Lazio, because she is "too fat". https://www.thelocal.it/20150901/italian-woman-too-fat-for-bakery-job Tue, 01 Sep 2015 17:57:38 +0200 italian-woman-too-fat-for-bakery-job Pizza-loving Pope Francis has been told to cut down and exercise more, reports said on Thursday as the pontiff made the latest in a string of allusions to feeling weary. https://www.thelocal.it/20150403/pizza-loving-pope-piles-on-the-pounds Fri, 03 Apr 2015 10:03:47 +0200 pizza-loving-pope-piles-on-the-pounds