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 A man from Lazio is taking his wife to court for “mistreatment of the family” because she did not cook or clean enough, Italian media reported on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160204/wife-risks-6-years-in-jail-for-not-doing-housework Thu, 04 Feb 2016 11:16:32 +0100 wife-risks-6-years-in-jail-for-not-doing-housework Long-serving Roma captain Francesco Totti could retire at the end of the current season and is already considering his options elsewhere within football, his wife said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160104/wife-hints-at-totti-retirement Mon, 04 Jan 2016 17:59:53 +0100 wife-hints-at-totti-retirement An Egyptian man with two wives in Monza, northern Italy, was keeping his second wife and three children in a garage under the home of his first wife, who had no idea her husband was a bigamist. https://www.thelocal.it/20151102/italy-bigamist-hides-second-family-in-garage Mon, 02 Nov 2015 13:37:48 +0100 italy-bigamist-hides-second-family-in-garage Telephoning your lover's wife to reveal an affair is a crime. At least according to a ruling by Italy's Court of Cassation. https://www.thelocal.it/20150707/italian-fined-for-revealing-affair-to-lovers-wife Tue, 07 Jul 2015 17:36:45 +0200 italian-fined-for-revealing-affair-to-lovers-wife An elderly Italian man died after falling over in a cemetery near Treviso while visiting his wife’s grave, Italian media reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20150209/italian-man-dies-while-visiting-wifes-grave Mon, 09 Feb 2015 13:25:00 +0100 italian-man-dies-while-visiting-wifes-grave A man in Pisa called the police during the night after finding a “burglar” in his home, only to discover the intruder was his wife’s lover. https://www.thelocal.it/20140915/cuckold-calls-cops-on-wifes-burglar-lover Mon, 15 Sep 2014 18:02:00 +0200 cuckold-calls-cops-on-wifes-burglar-lover A man in Rome has begged police to put him in jail to escape his wife, after nearly three months of constantly fighting with her while he was under house arrest. https://www.thelocal.it/20140827/rome-man-begs-for-jail-to-escape-wife Wed, 27 Aug 2014 13:09:00 +0200 rome-man-begs-for-jail-to-escape-wife UPDATED: A 31-year-old man killed his wife and two children because he was in love with someone else, it was revealed on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140616/milan-man-killed-family-over-unrequited-love Mon, 16 Jun 2014 10:31:00 +0200 milan-man-killed-family-over-unrequited-love A ruling by Italy's highest court has denied a woman from Pisa the right to financial support from her ex-husband. The reason? Her "compulsive shopping" was a breach of the marital contract and considered to be on a par with adultery. https://www.thelocal.it/20131120/ex-wife-loses-alimony-over-shopping-addiction Wed, 20 Nov 2013 14:48:00 +0100 ex-wife-loses-alimony-over-shopping-addiction A 73-year-old pensioner from Rome shot his wife dead while "playing" with his gun. https://www.thelocal.it/20130904/italian-pensioner-kills-wife-in-joke-gone-wrong Wed, 04 Sep 2013 18:39:10 +0200 italian-pensioner-kills-wife-in-joke-gone-wrong