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 A suspected far-right extremist held in connection with a deadly attack in New Zealand wrote the name of an Italian mass shooter on his weapon in apparent homage. https://www.thelocal.it/20190315/new-zealand-shooting-brenton-tarrant-luca-traini-italy-shooter-macerate Fri, 15 Mar 2019 18:40:57 +0100 new-zealand-shooting-brenton-tarrant-luca-traini-italy-shooter-macerate A far-right sympathiser who went on a shooting spree against Africans in a revenge attack in the central Italian town of Macerata was Wednesday jailed for 12 years, media reports said. https://www.thelocal.it/20181004/italian-who-shot-at-africans-jailed-for-12-years-reports Thu, 04 Oct 2018 11:05:00 +0200 italian-who-shot-at-africans-jailed-for-12-years-reports An investigation has revealed more than 100 fraudulent claims for hundreds of thousands of euros of state funds intended for victims of the devastating earthquake that shook central Italy in 2016. https://www.thelocal.it/20180619/marche-italy-earthquake-scam-false-compensation-claims Tue, 19 Jun 2018 13:18:20 +0200 marche-italy-earthquake-scam-false-compensation-claims The trial of Luca Traini, a far-right sympathizer who injured six Africans during a violent revenge attack in the Italian town of Macerata, opened on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180510/luca-traini-macerata-shooter-trial-italy Thu, 10 May 2018 11:19:47 +0200 luca-traini-macerata-shooter-trial-italy Police are investigating after antifascists in the central Italian city of Macerata strung up a dummy of Benito Mussolini and encouraged children to whack it for sweets. https://www.thelocal.it/20180427/mussolini-pinata-macerata-italy Fri, 27 Apr 2018 15:06:05 +0200 mussolini-pinata-macerata-italy An earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale hit the central Italian region of Macerata early on Tuesday morning, with the tremors felt as far away as Rome. https://www.thelocal.it/20180410/earthquake-central-italy-macerata-marche-damage-ingv Tue, 10 Apr 2018 10:48:58 +0200 earthquake-central-italy-macerata-marche-damage-ingv "There's starting to be too many of them," says a young man at a bar in the central Italian city of Macerata. He does not wish to give his name, but the "them" he talks about are migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. https://www.thelocal.it/20180223/macerata-immigration-italian-election-migrants Fri, 23 Feb 2018 14:02:11 +0100 macerata-immigration-italian-election-migrants Amid a tense election campaign, protesters turned out in several cities where Italian far-right parties had scheduled rallies over the past three days. https://www.thelocal.it/20180219/forza-nuova-casapound-antifascist-protests-bologna-naples-venice Mon, 19 Feb 2018 13:14:08 +0100 forza-nuova-casapound-antifascist-protests-bologna-naples-venice Pope Francis on Monday criticized media which "denigrates" migrants through emotive or incomplete reporting on their situation. https://www.thelocal.it/20180213/pope-criticizes-misrepresentative-media-reporting-on-migrants Tue, 13 Feb 2018 09:56:20 +0100 pope-criticizes-misrepresentative-media-reporting-on-migrants After the usually peaceful Italian town of Macerata was shaken by two violent crimes within a week, thousands of demonstrators turned out at the weekend to protest against racist and sexist violence. https://www.thelocal.it/20180212/in-pictures-thousands-italians-march-macerata-fascism-racism-sexism-violence Mon, 12 Feb 2018 09:50:34 +0100 in-pictures-thousands-italians-march-macerata-fascism-racism-sexism-violence Thousands of anti-fascist demonstrators rallied in the central Italian town of Macerata on Saturday a week after a far-right gunmen shot and wounded six Africans in a racially-motivated attack. https://www.thelocal.it/20180211/anti-fascist-protesters-rally-in-flashpoint-italian-town Sun, 11 Feb 2018 10:30:31 +0100 anti-fascist-protesters-rally-in-flashpoint-italian-town Italy's President Sergio Mattarella warned on Friday against the "grave risks of extreme nationalism" as the country was gripped by high racial tensions ahead of next month's elections. https://www.thelocal.it/20180209/italy-president-warns-against-extreme-nationalism Fri, 09 Feb 2018 17:46:17 +0100 italy-president-warns-against-extreme-nationalism Police clashed with extreme-right protesters on Thursday evening in the central Italian town of Macerata, where tension is currently high following a shooting attack by a far-right sympathizer who targeted dark-skinned foreigners. https://www.thelocal.it/20180209/far-right-demonstrators-clash-police-banned-protest-macerata Fri, 09 Feb 2018 11:43:56 +0100 far-right-demonstrators-clash-police-banned-protest-macerata Key figures in Italy's ruling centre-left Democratic Party have warned of racial tensions and a possible revival of fascist sentiment following a racist shooting in central Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20180208/support-macerata-shooter-luca-traini-return-fascism Thu, 08 Feb 2018 10:51:51 +0100 support-macerata-shooter-luca-traini-return-fascism Around 200 people participated in a torchlit march in Macerata, central Italy on Tuesday, in honour of an 18-year-old woman whose dismembered body was found there last week. https://www.thelocal.it/20180207/absurd-violence-torchlight-march-death-italian-pamela-mastropietro Wed, 07 Feb 2018 13:27:58 +0100 absurd-violence-torchlight-march-death-italian-pamela-mastropietro The lawyer representing a man accused of injuring six in a shooting spree targeting immigrants has said the level of solidarity for the shooter is "alarming". https://www.thelocal.it/20180206/lawyer-of-macerata-shooter-alarming-solidarity-for-the-crime Tue, 06 Feb 2018 11:00:16 +0100 lawyer-of-macerata-shooter-alarming-solidarity-for-the-crime "I'm scared it could have been me," a Nigerian man admits outside a hospital in Italy on Sunday, a day after six Africans were shot in a racially-motivated attack. https://www.thelocal.it/20180205/it-could-have-been-me-shooting-highlights-racial-tensions-ahead-of-italy-election Mon, 05 Feb 2018 10:28:26 +0100 it-could-have-been-me-shooting-highlights-racial-tensions-ahead-of-italy-election A shaven-headed far-right supporter suspected of wounding six Africans Saturday in brazen drive-by shootings in central Italy was arrested, as the country's interior minister said "racial hatred" had prompted the attack. https://www.thelocal.it/20180204/italy-shooter-motivated-by-racial-hatred-minister Sun, 04 Feb 2018 10:41:31 +0100 italy-shooter-motivated-by-racial-hatred-minister A man draped in an Italian flag has injured six in a drive-by shooting apparently targeted at foreigners in Macerata, central Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20180203/six-tourists-injured-in-italy-shooting Sat, 03 Feb 2018 15:04:56 +0100 six-tourists-injured-in-italy-shooting A technical error caused the earthquake experts at Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (Ingv) to falsely report a 5.1 magnitude quake in central Italy on Thursday morning. https://www.thelocal.it/20170615/the-earthquake-that-wasnt-tech-error-geology-institute-ingv-fears-of-magnitude Thu, 15 Jun 2017 11:26:02 +0200 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