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 The body of a man who died five years ago was found on Thursday in his home in Sardinia. https://www.thelocal.it/20160526/italian-man-lay-dead-in-his-flat-for-five-years-before-being-found Thu, 26 May 2016 17:54:23 +0200 italian-man-lay-dead-in-his-flat-for-five-years-before-being-found On April 6th 2009, an earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale devastated the medieval city of L'Aquila, killing 308 people. https://www.thelocal.it/20160406/seven-years-after-the-earthquake-whats-life-like-in-laquila Wed, 06 Apr 2016 18:55:25 +0200 seven-years-after-the-earthquake-whats-life-like-in-laquila Gianluigi Buffon celebrated 20 years of playing in Serie A on Thursday as the Juventus and Italy goalkeeping great was hailed by his fellow professionals. https://www.thelocal.it/20151120/buffon-celebrates-20-years-in-serie-a Fri, 20 Nov 2015 07:00:54 +0100 buffon-celebrates-20-years-in-serie-a A football fan from Switzerland ended up living on the streets of Milan for ten years after losing his way while leaving the city’s San Siro stadium, where he had been watching his team play Inter Milan, according to a Swiss media report. https://www.thelocal.it/20151102/swiss-football-fan-lost-in-milan-for-ten-years Mon, 02 Nov 2015 12:12:41 +0100 swiss-football-fan-lost-in-milan-for-ten-years 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 An man living in the Ligurian city of Genoa has been issued with an identity card after 62 years, having lived his entire life invisible to the Italian state. https://www.thelocal.it/20150730/italian-man-discovers-identity-after-62-years Thu, 30 Jul 2015 14:00:27 +0200 italian-man-discovers-identity-after-62-years A teacher at a school in Costigliole Saluzzo, a town in the northern Italian province of Cuneo, has been sentenced to 11 years and four months in prison for sexually abusing 19 pupils. https://www.thelocal.it/20150318/teacher-jailed-for-sexually-abusing-19-pupils Wed, 18 Mar 2015 11:45:10 +0100 teacher-jailed-for-sexually-abusing-19-pupils The Italian government is threatening to take disciplinary action against Rome municipal police after just one in five showed up for work on New Year’s Eve. https://www.thelocal.it/20150102/outcry-after-rome-police-call-in-sick-on-nye Fri, 02 Jan 2015 15:24:00 +0100 outcry-after-rome-police-call-in-sick-on-nye Giuliano Scarpellini was surprised to find a postcard addressed to his dead father amongst his morning mail, before realizing the holiday greetings were sent 51 years ago. https://www.thelocal.it/20130903/italian-postcard-delivered-51-years-late-or-dead-man-gets-postcard-51-years-late Tue, 03 Sep 2013 18:53:00 +0200 italian-postcard-delivered-51-years-late-or-dead-man-gets-postcard-51-years-late