The Local Europe https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Europe in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Do Taylor Swift's ancestors really come from a small parish in rural Sweden? A community history group tried to get to the bottom of a persistent genealogy rumour surrounding US mega star Taylor Swift and a small parish in north-central Sweden. https://www.thelocal.com/20240515/do-taylor-swifts-ancestors-really-come-from-a-small-parish-in-rural-sweden Wed, 15 May 2024 13:49:23 +0200 do-taylor-swifts-ancestors-really-come-from-a-small-parish-in-rural-sweden Spain to investigate deaths of thousands of Spaniards in Nazi camps Spanish prosecutors on Monday said they were investigating whether General Francisco Franco's dictatorship collaborated with Nazi Germany during World War II to send thousands of exiled Spaniards in France to death camps. https://www.thelocal.com/20250505/spain-probes-deaths-of-thousands-of-spaniards-in-nazi-camps Mon, 05 May 2025 18:24:26 +0200 spain-probes-deaths-of-thousands-of-spaniards-in-nazi-camps HISTORY: Almost two centuries on, who was Kaspar Hauser? It's one of the great all-time mysteries, not just of German history. A young man appears in Nuremberg, seemingly raised in complete isolation. But was he a prince? https://www.thelocal.com/20231211/history-almost-two-centuries-on-who-was-kaspar-hauser Mon, 11 Dec 2023 17:43:15 +0100 history-almost-two-centuries-on-who-was-kaspar-hauser Dante Day: How Italy is celebrating its national poet Dante Alighieri, the giant of world literature who wrote the Divine Comedy, was commemorated on Thursday for Italy's national 'Dantedi' (Dante Day), in the year that marks 700 years since his death. https://www.thelocal.com/20210325/dante-day-how-italy-is-celebrating-its-national-poet Thu, 25 Mar 2021 18:40:17 +0100 dante-day-how-italy-is-celebrating-its-national-poet Dante's last laugh: Why Italy's national poet isn't buried where you think he is Dante Alighieri will forever be associated with Florence, city of his birth and the dialect he helped elevate such that it would become the basis of Italy's national language. Yet when Dante died 700 years ago, Florence isn't where he ended up. https://www.thelocal.com/20190904/dantes-tomb-italy-ravenna-florence Wed, 04 Sep 2019 11:50:20 +0200 dantes-tomb-italy-ravenna-florence