The Local Italy 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 Fury as mayor hopeful vows to give road fascist's name Rome mayor candidate, Georgia Meloni, has angered the city's Jewish community by promising to rename a road after a famous Italian fascist if elected. https://www.thelocal.it/20160523/jewish-community-angered-by-rome-mayor-hopefuls-vow-to-name-road-after-fascist Mon, 23 May 2016 12:56:46 +0200 jewish-community-angered-by-rome-mayor-hopefuls-vow-to-name-road-after-fascist Trump sparks furore for tweeting Mussolini 'lion' quote Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for the US presidential elections, has created controversy by retweeting a quote from Italy's Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. https://www.thelocal.it/20160229/trump-causes-storm-by-tweeting-quote-from-italys-mussolini Mon, 29 Feb 2016 12:41:57 +0100 trump-causes-storm-by-tweeting-quote-from-italys-mussolini Italy's Fendi sets up home in fascist folly Luxury fashion company Fendi on Thursday unveiled its new headquarters in a long-abandoned, now renovated architectural folly created by the WWII fascist leader Benito Mussolini in Rome. https://www.thelocal.it/20151023/italys-fendi-sets-up-home-in-fascist-folly Fri, 23 Oct 2015 10:08:02 +0200 italys-fendi-sets-up-home-in-fascist-folly Teachers shocked by 4-year-old's fascist salute A nursery school in Cantù, a city in Como province, has threatened to expel a four-year-old boy unless he stops doing a fascist Roman salute. https://www.thelocal.it/20150512/teachers-shocked-after-boy-4-does-fascist-salute Tue, 12 May 2015 13:21:36 +0200 teachers-shocked-after-boy-4-does-fascist-salute Scientists reconstruct DNA from fascist sperm Forensic experts in Italy said on Thursday they had reconstructed the DNA of a national war hero and poet by analyzing semen he left on a handkerchief given to a lover 100 years ago. https://www.thelocal.it/20150313/scientists-reconstruct-dna-from-fascist-sperm Fri, 13 Mar 2015 09:55:38 +0100 scientists-reconstruct-dna-from-fascist-sperm Fascist law used against teacher in crucifix row An Italian teacher has been disciplined under fascist-era rules for removing a crucifix from the wall of his classroom in a move denounced on Monday as "stupefying" by campaigners for secular education. https://www.thelocal.it/20141215/fascist-law-used-against-teacher-in-crucifix-row Mon, 15 Dec 2014 17:30:00 +0100 fascist-law-used-against-teacher-in-crucifix-row Pope apologizes for Fascist era persecution Pope Francis has asked forgiveness from Protestant Pentecostalists persecuted by Catholics under Italian fascism in the 1930s, religious news agency i.media said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140729/pope-asks-forgiveness-for-fascist-era-persecution Tue, 29 Jul 2014 10:00:00 +0200 pope-asks-forgiveness-for-fascist-era-persecution Mayor wants museum to remember Mussolini The mayor of Predappio, the birthplace of Benito Mussolini in central Italy, has called for a museum to open to remember the fascist leader and his role in Italian history. https://www.thelocal.it/20140424/mayor-wants-fascism-museum-in-mussolini-birthplace Thu, 24 Apr 2014 13:00:00 +0200 mayor-wants-fascism-museum-in-mussolini-birthplace Fascist-era 'black face' song not criminal: court Publicly singing the Little Black Face (Faccetta Nera), a song which romanticizes the invasion of Ethiopia by Benito Mussolini, does not amount to promoting fascism, an Italian court has ruled. https://www.thelocal.it/20140129/fascist-era-black-face-song-not-criminal-court Wed, 29 Jan 2014 13:33:00 +0100 fascist-era-black-face-song-not-criminal-court