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 Thousands of people joined a march against fascism in northern Italy on Saturday, in response to anti-immigration action by far-right groups. https://www.thelocal.it/20171209/thousands-march-against-fascism-in-italy Sat, 09 Dec 2017 20:36:24 +0100 thousands-march-against-fascism-in-italy Italian politicians have called for the Interior Ministry to ban a march called by a far-right party on the anniversary of dictator Benito Mussolini's rise to power. https://www.thelocal.it/20170907/calls-to-block-fascist-march-in-rome Thu, 07 Sep 2017 13:26:27 +0200 calls-to-block-fascist-march-in-rome Five or six police officers were lightly injured following clashes outside the G7 ministers' meeting in Italy on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170411/police-officers-injured-in-clashes-outside-italy-g7-meet Tue, 11 Apr 2017 13:10:56 +0200 police-officers-injured-in-clashes-outside-italy-g7-meet Thousands of people took to the streets on Tuesday in a protest organized by anti-mafia organization Libera. https://www.thelocal.it/20170321/thousands-march-in-anti-mafia-protests-italy-calabria-locri-libera Tue, 21 Mar 2017 11:38:02 +0100 thousands-march-in-anti-mafia-protests-italy-calabria-locri-libera Police in Naples on Tuesday banned a protest march which had been planned by employees of archaeological site Pompeii. https://www.thelocal.it/20170208/pompeii-protest-march-banned-by-naples-police Wed, 08 Feb 2017 10:27:45 +0100 pompeii-protest-march-banned-by-naples-police The Women's Marches on Saturday are thought to have brought up to four million people together from across the globe to demonstrate for civil rights. One of the organizers of the Milan event, Rachael Martin, explains why women marched - and need to keep marching - in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20170125/why-women-need-to-keep-marching-in-italy Wed, 25 Jan 2017 11:35:00 +0100 why-women-need-to-keep-marching-in-italy Around 100,000 people took part in a march 'for peace and against indifference' between Perugia and Assisi in central Italy on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20161010/100000-italians-march-against-indifference Mon, 10 Oct 2016 14:42:48 +0200 100000-italians-march-against-indifference An Italian man admitted on Wednesday to throwing two rocks at police during demonstrations against the opening of the new European Central Bank (ECB) building in Frankfurt. https://www.thelocal.it/20150603/blockupy-demonstrator-admits-throwing-rocks-at-cops Wed, 03 Jun 2015 12:34:51 +0200 blockupy-demonstrator-admits-throwing-rocks-at-cops Two of Italy’s biggest trade union confederations have agreed to hold a general strike against the economic and social policies of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on December 12th. https://www.thelocal.it/20141119/italy-labour-strike-set-for-december-12th Wed, 19 Nov 2014 12:57:00 +0100 italy-labour-strike-set-for-december-12th Italy's biggest trade union confederation on Wednesday called a general strike against the economic and social policies of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. https://www.thelocal.it/20141113/italian-unions-call-general-strike-against-jobs-shake-up-plans Thu, 13 Nov 2014 09:17:00 +0100 italian-unions-call-general-strike-against-jobs-shake-up-plans Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi defended his job reform plans on Sunday, comparing naysayers to grumpy pensioners, a day after a mass protest in Rome against the measures. https://www.thelocal.it/20141027/renzi-compares-reform-critics-to-grumpy-pensioners Mon, 27 Oct 2014 09:00:00 +0100 renzi-compares-reform-critics-to-grumpy-pensioners Two Italian men who engaged in a "long and passionate" kiss during a demonstration have been charged with breach of the peace following a police report which claimed their act had "disgusted" passersby. https://www.thelocal.it/20141023/men-face-charges-over-passionate-public-kiss Thu, 23 Oct 2014 17:32:00 +0200 men-face-charges-over-passionate-public-kiss The woman who kissed a riot policeman during protests near the northern Italian city of Turin in November has been detained for "sexual violence" and "offence to a public official". https://www.thelocal.it/20131212/italian-protesters-kiss-was-sexual-violence Thu, 12 Dec 2013 17:52:00 +0100 italian-protesters-kiss-was-sexual-violence Italian police cracked down on alleged militants and confiscated potential weapons on Friday on the eve of an anti-austerity protest in Rome amid fears that the demonstration could turn violent. https://www.thelocal.it/20131018/italian-police-gear-up-for-rome-protest Fri, 18 Oct 2013 19:19:00 +0200 italian-police-gear-up-for-rome-protest Rome will be on high alert this weekend as an estimated 15,000 people take to the streets to protest against austerity. Mayor Ignazio Marino called for "no violence" as he announced that 4,000 police officers will be drated in to patrol the two-day demonstration, which begins on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20131018/rome-prepares-for-a-weekend-of-fire Fri, 18 Oct 2013 12:55:00 +0200 rome-prepares-for-a-weekend-of-fire