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 MPs unanimously approved a new law on Tuesday criminalizing the unsolicited sharing of compromising erotic pictures or video, known as "revenge porn". https://www.thelocal.it/20190403/italy-makes-revenge-porn-a-crime Wed, 03 Apr 2019 11:19:10 +0200 italy-makes-revenge-porn-a-crime As US President Donald Trump's anti-Muslim decree fuels a tumultuous global debate, Italy is quietly experimenting with an integration project to better the lives of both asylum seekers and locals. https://www.thelocal.it/20170208/how-italy-is-tackling-migrant-crisis-with-integration-schemes-that-benefit-both-newcomers-and-locals Wed, 08 Feb 2017 15:30:08 +0100 how-italy-is-tackling-migrant-crisis-with-integration-schemes-that-benefit-both-newcomers-and-locals Taxation and bureaucracy are the veritable banes of doing business in Italy. But the looming UK referendum on the EU is also worrying foreign entrepreneurs. Emma Cuthbertson speaks to six businesswomen to get more insight into the challenges faced. https://www.thelocal.it/20160607/from-taxes-to-brexit-what-is-worrying-italys-foreign-entrepreneurs-the-most Tue, 07 Jun 2016 09:00:53 +0200 from-taxes-to-brexit-what-is-worrying-italys-foreign-entrepreneurs-the-most Immigrants in Italy help pay the pensions of 620,000 people through the billions they contribute each year to the welfare system, according to a study published on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20151023/italys-foreigners-help-pay-620000-pensioners Fri, 23 Oct 2015 13:52:40 +0200 italys-foreigners-help-pay-620000-pensioners Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has rejected claims by the Isis terror group that it was behind the murder of an Italian aid worker and a Japanese citizen. https://www.thelocal.it/20151005/bangladesh-denies-isis-killed-italian-man Mon, 05 Oct 2015 15:03:20 +0200 bangladesh-denies-isis-killed-italian-man Russia on Friday blocked a European Union move to get the World Trade Organization to order Moscow to void its import duties on vans from Italy and Germany. https://www.thelocal.it/20140926/russia-eu-lock-horns-over-italy-vehicle-duties Fri, 26 Sep 2014 20:21:00 +0200 russia-eu-lock-horns-over-italy-vehicle-duties A 20-year-old man and a woman, aged 19, died after falling seven floors from an apartment building in Milan. A British woman living opposite said the man appeared “to drag” the woman down with him. https://www.thelocal.it/20140916/two-people-plunge-to-death-from-milan-building Tue, 16 Sep 2014 14:38:00 +0200 two-people-plunge-to-death-from-milan-building More than 30 years since Simone Origone first donned a pair of skis, the Italian this week reached a new speed skiing world record. The Local speaks to him about living an adrenaline-filled life in the mountains. https://www.thelocal.it/20140404/the-worlds-fastest-man-on-skis-2 Fri, 04 Apr 2014 17:37:00 +0200 the-worlds-fastest-man-on-skis-2 Italian Simone Origone has broken his own world record in speed skiing by reaching 252.4km/h on the slope at Chabrieres in the French Alps. https://www.thelocal.it/20140401/italian-breaks-speed-skiing-world-record-2 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 18:54:08 +0200 italian-breaks-speed-skiing-world-record-2 An elderly Italian woman missing from her home in the northern Italian city of Vicenza since the end of January had travelled to Switzerland to end her life, Italian media reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20140220/lonely-italian-woman-went-to-switzerland-to-die Thu, 20 Feb 2014 15:25:00 +0100 lonely-italian-woman-went-to-switzerland-to-die The Italian woman whose baby was forcibly removed from her womb by British social services during a work trip to the UK has been identified by the Italian press as 35-year-old Alessandra Pacchieri. https://www.thelocal.it/20131203/identity-of-italian-woman-whose-baby-was-removed-from-womb Tue, 03 Dec 2013 10:56:00 +0100 identity-of-italian-woman-whose-baby-was-removed-from-womb