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 56-year-old woman from Treviso in Veneto has given birth without assisted fertility treatment, according to reports in the Italian press. https://www.thelocal.it/20180105/56-year-old-italian-woman-has-natural-birth-reports Fri, 05 Jan 2018 15:20:48 +0100 56-year-old-italian-woman-has-natural-birth-reports A woman from Veneto is the first Italian to be fitted with a bionic hand. https://www.thelocal.it/20180104/veneto-woman-is-first-in-italy-to-be-fitted-with-a-bionic-hand Thu, 04 Jan 2018 17:17:40 +0100 veneto-woman-is-first-in-italy-to-be-fitted-with-a-bionic-hand The ex-colleague of a 46-year-old woman who died after being set on fire on Tuesday has been arrested in the Tuscany city of Lucca. https://www.thelocal.it/20160803/man-arrested-after-woman-set-on-fire-in-lucca-dies Wed, 03 Aug 2016 16:05:35 +0200 man-arrested-after-woman-set-on-fire-in-lucca-dies A mystery woman shocked watching tourists on Tuesday morning when she waded into Rome's Trevi Fountain in a bid to recreate an iconic scene from Federico Fellini's 1960 film 'La Dolce Vita'. https://www.thelocal.it/20160719/another-woman-wades-into-trevi-fountain-to-rehash-la-dolce-vita-scene-rome-italy Tue, 19 Jul 2016 18:17:24 +0200 another-woman-wades-into-trevi-fountain-to-rehash-la-dolce-vita-scene-rome-italy Aged 116, Emma Morano, who attributes her extraordinarily long life to staying single and eating two raw eggs a day, has become the oldest person in the world. https://www.thelocal.it/20160513/italian-woman-becomes-worlds-oldest-thanks-to-raw-eggs-and-staying-single Fri, 13 May 2016 12:37:44 +0200 italian-woman-becomes-worlds-oldest-thanks-to-raw-eggs-and-staying-single A 37-year-old woman was hit by a car and killed after being abandoned by her husband on a motorway in northern Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20160314/woman-killed-after-husband-abandons-her-on-italy-motorway Mon, 14 Mar 2016 15:51:21 +0100 woman-killed-after-husband-abandons-her-on-italy-motorway Maria Franca Fissola, the widow of Italy's chocolate magnate Michele Ferrero, was named the richest Italian on the planet on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160302/nutella-makers-widow-is-now-the-worlds-richest-italian Wed, 02 Mar 2016 11:06:22 +0100 nutella-makers-widow-is-now-the-worlds-richest-italian A homeless woman gave birth on a street near the Vatican in the early hours of Wednesday morning – and has now been given a year’s free accommodation. https://www.thelocal.it/20160120/homeless-woman-gives-birth-near-the-vatican Wed, 20 Jan 2016 17:53:00 +0100 homeless-woman-gives-birth-near-the-vatican Italy’s Health Ministry said on Tuesday it is investigating the death of a 19-year-old during an abortion at a hospital in Naples. https://www.thelocal.it/20160113/woman-dies-during-abortion-in-naples Wed, 13 Jan 2016 13:25:07 +0100 woman-dies-during-abortion-in-naples Stray cats in the northern Italian city of Bologna got some good news this week when they inherited a city-centre apartment worth €230,000. https://www.thelocal.it/20151203/bologna-cats-inherit-plush-apartment Thu, 03 Dec 2015 17:33:08 +0100 bologna-cats-inherit-plush-apartment Emma Morano became the longest living Italian ever on Sunday when she celebrated her 116th birthday. Her secret? Staying single, apparently. https://www.thelocal.it/20151130/oldest-ever-italian-turns-116-due-to-staying-single Mon, 30 Nov 2015 11:00:41 +0100 oldest-ever-italian-turns-116-due-to-staying-single The local authority of Comacchio declared Gaetana Simoni dead on August 13th 2012 in a bureaucratic blunder, causing endless problems for the 42-year-old ever since. https://www.thelocal.it/20151126/woman-killed-by-italys-burdensome-red-tape Thu, 26 Nov 2015 15:37:42 +0100 woman-killed-by-italys-burdensome-red-tape An investigation is underway after a 40-year-old pregnant woman and her unborn baby died nine hours after being discharged from a clinic in Milan. https://www.thelocal.it/20151022/clinic-probed-after-pregnant-mum-and-unborn-baby-die Thu, 22 Oct 2015 16:21:49 +0200 clinic-probed-after-pregnant-mum-and-unborn-baby-die A 92-year-old grandmother miraculously escaped without serious injury after falling down a 15-metre deep well near her home in northern Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20150929/92-year-old-italian-woman-survives-well-tumble Tue, 29 Sep 2015 15:41:36 +0200 92-year-old-italian-woman-survives-well-tumble 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 A 46-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of abduction after locking a 25-year-old man in the basement of her home near Naples because he denied her sex, Italian media reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20150825/italian-cougar-locks-up-man-for-refusing-sex Tue, 25 Aug 2015 17:07:47 +0200 italian-cougar-locks-up-man-for-refusing-sex Italian police on Monday arrested two men accused of raping a young American tourist in a nightclub in the coastal town of Sorrento recently. https://www.thelocal.it/20150824/two-arrested-over-american-womans-rape Mon, 24 Aug 2015 17:15:28 +0200 two-arrested-over-american-womans-rape A cocker spaniel was hailed a 'hero' in Italy on Monday after saving his owner from a sexual molester by biting the aggressor and sending him fleeing. https://www.thelocal.it/20150811/heroic-cocker-spaniel-saves-owner-from-attack Tue, 11 Aug 2015 10:45:41 +0200 heroic-cocker-spaniel-saves-owner-from-attack A 41-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly starving, abusing, humiliating and keeping a 77-year-old man in a bed surrounded by metal bars - in his own home - for four years. https://www.thelocal.it/20150807/rome-pensioner-held-captive-for-four-years Fri, 07 Aug 2015 12:03:36 +0200 rome-pensioner-held-captive-for-four-years A 66-year-old British woman is thought to have drowned in a swimming pool at her home near Florence in the early hours of Sunday morning. https://www.thelocal.it/20150706/british-woman-found-dead-in-tuscan-pool Mon, 06 Jul 2015 11:01:50 +0200 british-woman-found-dead-in-tuscan-pool