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 Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is facing an upward struggle to master the English language skills after videos mocking his latest efforts clocking up more than two million YouTube hits. https://www.thelocal.it/20140722/renzis-bad-english-videos-go-viral Tue, 22 Jul 2014 13:34:00 +0200 renzis-bad-english-videos-go-viral From Brad Pitt trying to pass himself off as an Italian to an amusing video explaining the difference between “scopare” and “scappare”, YouTube is full of language-related gems. https://www.thelocal.it/20140530/top-10-videos-how-not-to-speak-italian Fri, 30 May 2014 10:29:00 +0200 top-10-videos-how-not-to-speak-italian Francesco Brambilla, 93, only discovered YouTube last week, when curiosity about his son's new tablet computer led him to the site. He was then surprised to discover himself in a video taken of his regiment ahead of its departure to the Russian front in 1942. https://www.thelocal.it/20131122/italian-war-veteran-finds-himself-on-youtube Fri, 22 Nov 2013 14:56:00 +0100 italian-war-veteran-finds-himself-on-youtube Father Bruno Maggioni, from Limbiate near Milan, has become a star on YouTube after a video of him singing and dancing at a wedding was posted on the video website. https://www.thelocal.it/20130718/singing-priest-becomes-youtube-hit Thu, 18 Jul 2013 19:10:00 +0200 singing-priest-becomes-youtube-hit