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 An openly neofascist publishing house was excluded from Turin book fair on Thursday after an outcry over the inclusion of the far-right company, which has ties to Italy's Matteo Salvini. https://www.thelocal.it/20190509/neofascist-publisher-altaforte-barred-turin-book-fair Thu, 09 May 2019 15:42:08 +0200 neofascist-publisher-altaforte-barred-turin-book-fair Mussolini's great-grandson, who is running for a European Parliament seat with a small far-right Italian party, tried to nuance his fascist grandfather's legacy in comments to the foreign press in Rome on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20190509/mussolini-great-grandson-defends-fascist-era-italy Thu, 09 May 2019 10:55:25 +0200 mussolini-great-grandson-defends-fascist-era-italy Neo-fascists believed to be hardcore fans of Serie A side Lazio held a far-right flash mob ahead of Wednesday's Coppa Italia semi-final second leg against AC Milan, according to reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20190424/italian-football-fans-lazio-mussolini-banner-milan Wed, 24 Apr 2019 21:59:04 +0200 italian-football-fans-lazio-mussolini-banner-milan 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 The right-wing Italian president of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani apologized on Thursday after talking up dictator Benito Mussolini's contributions in a radio interview. https://www.thelocal.it/20190314/mussolini-antonio-tajani-european-parliament Thu, 14 Mar 2019 14:07:52 +0100 mussolini-antonio-tajani-european-parliament 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 Can a forest be fascist? This may seem a facetious question, but it is one that Italians have been discussing of late due to a fire that occurred at the end of August. https://www.thelocal.it/20171010/into-the-fascist-forest-a-real-italian-controversy-mussolini Tue, 10 Oct 2017 11:33:18 +0200 into-the-fascist-forest-a-real-italian-controversy-mussolini 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 Police officers from Italy's anti-terrorism unit Digos on Sunday raided a self-styled 'fascist beach club' near Venice following a newspaper's exposé. https://www.thelocal.it/20170710/veneto-beach-ordered-to-remove-fascist-propaganda-police-raid Mon, 10 Jul 2017 16:22:05 +0200 veneto-beach-ordered-to-remove-fascist-propaganda-police-raid The sale of trinkets and souvenirs bearing the image of Benito Mussolini has been outlawed in the region of Italy where the fascist dictator was born and raised. https://www.thelocal.it/20160729/mussolinis-region-votes-criminalize-fascist-souvenirs Fri, 29 Jul 2016 14:55:43 +0200 mussolinis-region-votes-criminalize-fascist-souvenirs A series of papers containing minutes of Benito Mussolini's last meeting as leader of the Social Republic are set to go under the hammer in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20160627/papers-showing-minutes-of-mussolinis-final-meeting-go-on-sale-in-italy-auction Mon, 27 Jun 2016 17:45:38 +0200 papers-showing-minutes-of-mussolinis-final-meeting-go-on-sale-in-italy-auction Tiptoeing through pigeon droppings in a building where Benito Mussolini once barked out orders, the mayor sighs wearily as he recounts his long battle to get agreement on what do with the crumbling structure. https://www.thelocal.it/20160427/mussolini-museum-project-awakes-demons-of-italys-past Wed, 27 Apr 2016 10:12:07 +0200 mussolini-museum-project-awakes-demons-of-italys-past 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 The Italian government is reportedly ready to break a 70-year taboo by funding a controversial museum dedicated to fascism in Benito Mussolini's hometown of Predappio - a place of pilgrimage for modern-day fans of the wartime dictator. https://www.thelocal.it/20160216/italy-government-to-pay-2-million-for-fascist-museum-in-mussolini-hometown Tue, 16 Feb 2016 11:45:48 +0100 italy-government-to-pay-2-million-for-fascist-museum-in-mussolini-hometown A yacht once owned by Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini has been seized from an Italian businessman with alleged links to the ongoing 'Mafia Capitale' case. https://www.thelocal.it/20160201/mussolinis-love-boat-seized-from-alleged-tax-evader Mon, 01 Feb 2016 14:40:09 +0100 mussolinis-love-boat-seized-from-alleged-tax-evader An ex-partisan who famously claimed to have killed fascist dictator Benito Mussolini has died at his home in Brescia, aged 94. https://www.thelocal.it/20151117/man-who-claimed-to-have-shot-mussolini-dies-in-italy Tue, 17 Nov 2015 09:45:07 +0100 man-who-claimed-to-have-shot-mussolini-dies-in-italy 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 He gagged the press, sent Jews to death camps and led Italy to defeat. So why do some Italians openly idolize Mussolini 70 years after his death, asks Angela Giuffrida. https://www.thelocal.it/20150414/italians-who-worship-mussolini Tue, 14 Apr 2015 12:52:53 +0200 italians-who-worship-mussolini A long-lost 1923 Hollywood film featuring Benito Mussolini was screened in Italy on Tuesday after being re-discovered by a student in the United States. https://www.thelocal.it/20141008/newly-found-mussolini-film-screened-in-italy Wed, 08 Oct 2014 10:22:00 +0200 newly-found-mussolini-film-screened-in-italy Italian dictator Benito Mussolini's official car, an Alfa Romeo convertible, has fetched €180,000 at auction in France, the auctioneer said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140615/mussolinis-alfa-romeo-sold-at-french-auction-2 Sun, 15 Jun 2014 09:40:00 +0200 mussolinis-alfa-romeo-sold-at-french-auction-2