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 Right-wing populist League party leader Matteo Salvini has seen his popularity fall as the coronavirus pandemic drowned out his anti-immigrant message - but will he make a comeback as Italy leaves lockdown behind? https://www.thelocal.it/20200609/analysis-how-italys-far-right-was-stalled-by-the-coronavirus-crisis Tue, 09 Jun 2020 12:24:06 +0200 analysis-how-italys-far-right-was-stalled-by-the-coronavirus-crisis A court in Italy has sentenced a former far-right extremist to life in prison for his part in a bombing at a railway station that killed 85 people 40 years ago. https://www.thelocal.it/20200110/italian-far-right-extremist-life-sentence-bologna-bombing Fri, 10 Jan 2020 10:43:39 +0100 italian-far-right-extremist-life-sentence-bologna-bombing Police have seized guns, crossbows and other weapons from an Italian neo-Nazi group with ties to the Calabrian mafia. https://www.thelocal.it/20191128/italian-police-seize-weapons-in-raid-on-new-neo-nazi-party Thu, 28 Nov 2019 13:21:56 +0100 italian-police-seize-weapons-in-raid-on-new-neo-nazi-party Italy's culture ministry said it had evicted a would-be "gladiator school" for right-wing populists from a 13th-century Italian monastery, in a blow to former Trump advisor Steve Bannon. https://www.thelocal.it/20191011/italy-evicts-bannon-backed-far-right-boot-camp-from-monastery Fri, 11 Oct 2019 11:35:12 +0200 italy-evicts-bannon-backed-far-right-boot-camp-from-monastery Italian police seized an air-to-air missile, machine guns and rocket launchers during raids sparked by an investigation into far-right extremist groups on Monday, a huge haul of weapons that authorities said was almost without precedent. https://www.thelocal.it/20190716/italian-police-seize-combat-ready-missiles-during-raids-on-far-right Tue, 16 Jul 2019 10:48:26 +0200 italian-police-seize-combat-ready-missiles-during-raids-on-far-right Publishers are boycotting the famous Turin book fair over the presence of the neo-fascist publisher of Italian deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini’s new book. https://www.thelocal.it/20190507/turin-book-fair-boycott-over-salvinis-far-right-publisher Tue, 07 May 2019 19:46:43 +0200 turin-book-fair-boycott-over-salvinis-far-right-publisher Two of Europe's loudest anti-immigrant voices met in Hungary on Thursday to discuss forming closer ties between their parties. https://www.thelocal.it/20190503/italys-salvini-bonds-with-orban-at-razor-wire-fence-in-hungary Fri, 03 May 2019 11:01:11 +0200 italys-salvini-bonds-with-orban-at-razor-wire-fence-in-hungary Italian dictator Benito Mussolini's great-grandson plans to run in next month's European parliamentary elections on behalf of an Italian far-right party, local media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20190409/mussolinis-great-grandson-will-stand-for-the-eu-elections-in-italy Tue, 09 Apr 2019 14:16:08 +0200 mussolinis-great-grandson-will-stand-for-the-eu-elections-in-italy Right-wing populist parties are gearing up to campaign for European Parliament elections next month, but policy differences and the Brexit drama threaten their dream to "unite the right". https://www.thelocal.it/20190406/far-right-parties-kick-off-campaigns-for-europe-election Sat, 06 Apr 2019 12:09:34 +0200 far-right-parties-kick-off-campaigns-for-europe-election Authorities in Rome said they would move some 60 Roma people from a public shelter on the city outskirts after a mob gathered outside the refuge to demand their removal. https://www.thelocal.it/20190403/rome-torre-maura-roma-protests Wed, 03 Apr 2019 14:38:36 +0200 rome-torre-maura-roma-protests Civil rights are at risk with "increasing support for 'strongmen' who bypass political institutions," report says. https://www.thelocal.it/20190109/italys-democracy-ranking-drops Wed, 09 Jan 2019 10:44:16 +0100 italys-democracy-ranking-drops Two reporters for Italy’s L'Espresso magazine were assaulted by far-right extremists yesterday at the Verano cemetery in Rome. https://www.thelocal.it/20190108/two-journalists-attacked-by-far-right-extremists-in-rome Tue, 08 Jan 2019 11:25:56 +0100 two-journalists-attacked-by-far-right-extremists-in-rome Around 100 far-right activists on Saturday tried to block a French alpine pass used by migrants in a bid to "ensure that no illegal immigrant can return to France". https://www.thelocal.it/20180421/right-wing-migration-demo-blocks-france-italy-border-crossing Sat, 21 Apr 2018 17:09:05 +0200 right-wing-migration-demo-blocks-france-italy-border-crossing Austria's hard-right Freedom Party has a shot at sharing power after elections on Sunday, having narrowly lost out in a presidential vote last year. https://www.thelocal.it/20171014/how-far-right-parties-are-faring-across-europe Sat, 14 Oct 2017 14:59:53 +0200 how-far-right-parties-are-faring-across-europe Far-right groups from across Europe are set descend on Milan for a weekend of "debate, concerts and tattoos". https://www.thelocal.it/20130814/neo-nazis-prepare-to-party-in-milan Wed, 14 Aug 2013 13:44:00 +0200 neo-nazis-prepare-to-party-in-milan