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The panther has not been found in spite of a two week hunt. Photo: Xcaret Panther/Flickr

Italian park held hostage by 'veggie' panther

Experts at the nature reserve of Torbiere del Sebino, Lombardy, are being led on a wild goose chase by a suspected escaped panther that they have been pursuing without success for two weeks.

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Mule testicles, anyone? Photo: Umbria Lovers/Flickr

Ten Italian dishes with truly disgusting names

What's in a name? From 'mule testicles' to 'priest-chokers', Italy is full of foods with confusingly off-putting names. Here The Local lists ten of the most revolting examples.

The alleged attacker has now been arrested. Police car photo: Shutterstock

Rape suspect arrested after bumping into victim

A man accused of brutally raping a transwoman at knife-point in northern Italy has been arrested after his victim bumped into him weeks later.

Waitress grabbed in bus stop rape attempt

The protest will be the first to take place in Siena during the event. Photo: Fabio Muzzi

Historic Palio protest gets go ahead in Siena

Authorities in Siena have given the green light to the first ever anti-Palio protest to take place in the city during Italy's most famous horse race.

The scammers posed as Trenitalia officials at Termini station. Photo: Gabriel Buoys/AFP

Thieves pose as rail officials to scam tourists

Italian railway police have busted two Romanian men who were trying an elaborate scam on tourists travelling on trains out of Rome's Termini station.

The letter was sent to the French embassy at Palazzo Farnese in Rome. Photo: Myrabella/Wikicommons

Letter bomb sent to French embassy in Rome

An investigation has been launched in Rome after an explosive package was sent to the French embassy.

Photo: Shutterstock

Italy stumped over tattoo on severed leg

Rome police were stumped on Wednesday after the discovery of a severed leg tattooed with the phrase "a good day to die."

Giuseppe Ammendola, boss of a clan within the Naples-based Camorra syndicate, was on holiday in Torvaianica, near Rome. Photo: Didi

Italy nabs fugitive mobster on beach

Italian police on Wednesday arrested a mobster fugitive named on the country's top 100 most dangerous list as he sunned himself on a beach near Rome, according to media reports.

Rescuers are working to recover the bodies, which are on the Prè de Bar glacier in Val Ferret, Courmayeur. Photo: Justin

Two killed in Mont Blanc glider crash

A pilot and his passenger were killed on Wednesday after crashing on the Italian side of Mont Blanc.

The advert calls Parmigiano Reggiano "the PornHub Premium of cheeses." Photo: Screengrab/YouTube

Our cheese is not like porn: Italian makers

The Italian consortium of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese makers is seeking legal action against the American pornographic website, PornHub, after the cheese was featured in a new ad campaign for the adult entertainment giant.

Features

The unfinished polo stadium in Giarre, Sicily. Photo: Incompiuto Siciliano/Flickr

Five 'ghost' buildings that cost Italy dearly

Italy is a country of half-finished projects. In fact, there are 671 incomplete public works projects across the country, according to data compiled by Linkiesta.

Diego Angemi and Francesco Ceccarini. Photo: private

Italian couple tie the knot at Swedish Pride festival

UPDATED: Two Italian expats in Sweden got married in front of hundreds of thousands of people at the Stockholm Pride Parade on Saturday afternoon – to send a message about gay rights to their home country.

Of the almost 6,000 minors who landed on Italy’s shores during the first six months of this year, more than 3,830 arrived alone. Photo: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP

What happens to Italy’s missing migrant kids?

Almost 5,000 refugee children have disappeared after arriving on Italy’s shores since last summer, with many passing through the small Sicilian port town of Pozzallo. The Local spoke to one woman there, who has witnessed both their fear and determination to survive.

The Local List

Athlete Gianmarco Tamberi and his half-beard. Photo: Screengrab/YouTube

Six dodgy fashion trends to emerge from Italy

The Italians are generally known as a pretty stylish bunch, but someone should tell that to Gianmarco Tamberi, the high-jumper who is currently sporting a half-beard.

The ill-fated hotel is much loved by local pigeons. Photo: agrigentonotizie.it

Ghost hotel 'celebrates' 61 years without guests

Work began on Italy's Grande Hotel San Calogero more than 60 years ago, but in spite of being renovated and inaugurated twice, the hotel has never entertained a single guest.

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Football

Italian international fullback Federico Balzaretti announced on Wednesday. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFP

Roma's Balzaretti retires over groin injury

Italian international fullback Federico Balzaretti announced on Wednesday he was retiring due to a long-standing groin injury.

Migrant crisis

98,000 migrants have arrived in Italy since the start of the year. Photo: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP

Sixty missing in new migrant shipwreck

Around 60 migrants are missing in waters off Libya, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said on Wednesday after interviewing survivors who were picked up from their stricken craft.

Five Star Movement leader Beppe Grillo said he will leave politics and return to comedy. Photo: Andreas Solaro/AFP

'I will leave politics and return to comedy': Grillo

Beppe Grillo, the leader of Italy's anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S), said he plans to leave politics and return to his old job as a comedian.

The pensioner was stranded in the Lagorai mountain range for nine days and nights. Photo: IN3YSG/Wikicommons

Lost pensioner survives on herbs for nine days

A diabetic Italian pensioner, who was stranded in the mountains for nine days in northern Italy, has told how he survived by eating herbs.

Migrant crisis

A child stands on the beach after a boat carrying migrants arrived on a beach on the Greek island of Kos. Photo: Angelo Tzortzinis/AFP

Italian tourists help save migrants in Kos

An Italian couple, who were woken by migrant children crying while sleeping on their boat anchored off the Greek island of Kos in the early hours of Tuesday, sprung to their rescue.

Andrea Bocelli surprised a couple by singing at their wedding service. Photo: Aaron Davidson/Getty Images North America/AFP

Bocelli crashes wedding with Ave Maria rendition

A young entrepreneur and his new wife were left stunned when the world-renowned tenor Andrea Bocelli turned up and sang during their wedding service.

Italy's Exor has boosted its stake in The Economist Group. Photo: PhiIippe Lopez/AFP

Italy's Exor boosts stake in The Economist Group

The Italian investment firm Exor has increased its ownership in The Economist Group after British publishing company, Pearson, sold its 50 percent stake in the group.

The storms marked the end of a long heatwave. Photo: Giorgio Galleoti

Two dead as storms batter Italy

Two people were killed as storms and flooding struck Italy over the past few days.

Italy has arrested almost 900 migrant smugglers since January 2014. Photo: Mahmud Turkhi

Italy arrests almost 900 traffickers since Jan 2014

Italy has arrested nearly 900 suspected people traffickers since January 2014 but the kingpins remain at large, police data published on Tuesday in Catholic daily Avvenire showed.

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Pizza shop owner killed in Brescia shooting

A woman was killed and her husband is fighting for his life after they were shot on a street in the Lombardy city of Brescia on Tuesday morning.

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The farmhouse where Ramos stayed. Photo: Josef Ruckhofer

Wallet lost during WWII returned to US soldier

A wallet lost 70 years ago by an American soldier in Austria during World War II was returned to its rightful owner thanks to a doctor who discovered the item in his late grandfather's farmhouse.

Photo: Alistair Paterson

Rich Swiss youth burns Ferrari in fraud attempt

A German court has put the son of a Swiss millionaire on probation after he set fire to his Ferrari so that he could get another luxury vehicle on his insurance.

No mere gun can harm a Wonderbra! Photos: DPA

Bra stops bullet in hunting mishap miracle

A woman in Mecklenberg-Western Pomerania survived being accidentally shot in a hunting accident, Gadebusch-Rehnaer Zeitung reported on Friday – because her bra somehow stopped the bullet.

A large police presence has been on the scene near Copenhagen Central Station since the early hours of Friday. Photo: Bax Lindhardt/Scanpix

Assault shuts down Copenhagen train traffic

An employee of rail company DSB was attacked and tied up in the early hours of Friday, causing traffic chaos and a large police operation.

Tourists behaving badly

Peter Dench documented Brits on holiday in Ibiza Photo: Peter Dench

Caught on camera: Brits behaving badly in Ibiza

A British photojournalist has captured his fellow countrymen at their worst as they enjoy the excesses that Ibiza has to offer. The Local talks to Peter Dench on the publication of his new book "British Abroad".

Suspects reportedly planned to dissolve the victim's body in acid. Photo: AFP

'Breaking Bad inspired killers of French student'

Four people who planned to dissolve a French woman's body in acid were inspired by hit US TV show Breaking Bad, a prosecutor revealed on Friday.

Two of the rioters at Lunner reception centre after being handcuffed by police. Photo: Torstein Boe / NTB scanpix

Norway to deport or jail rioting asylum children

Norway is threatening to imprison or even deport a group of teenaged asylum seekers after they mounted a rebellion at a reception centre 50km north of Oslo.

Ikea stabbings

Emergency services outside the Ikea store in Västerås on Monday. Photo: Fredrik Sandberg/TT

Two arrested after deadly double stabbing at Ikea

UPDATED: A man and a woman have died following a stabbing inside an Ikea store in Västerås, north west of Stockholm. Police have arrested two suspects.

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