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 AC Milan brought their match with Bologna to a brief halt on Saturday, summoning inspiration from American civil rights icon Martin Luther King to demonstrate solidarity with goalkeeper Mike Maignan who was racially abused last weekend. https://www.thelocal.it/20240128/milan-display-martin-luther-king-quote-in-racism-protest Sun, 28 Jan 2024 17:10:44 +0100 milan-display-martin-luther-king-quote-in-racism-protest FIFA president Gianni Infantino called for worldwide stadium bans for fans and "automatic forfeits" for teams whose supporters hurl "abhorrent" abuse following racist incidents in Italy and England on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.it/20240121/fifa-president-condemns-abhorrent-racism-during-football-match-in-italy Sun, 21 Jan 2024 10:19:14 +0100 fifa-president-condemns-abhorrent-racism-during-football-match-in-italy There was an outcry in Italy on Thursday after a group of parents pulled their children out of a school in Bari over the number of “foreign” pupils in their class. https://www.thelocal.it/20231012/italian-parents-pull-children-out-of-school-with-too-many-foreign-pupils Thu, 12 Oct 2023 12:07:19 +0200 italian-parents-pull-children-out-of-school-with-too-many-foreign-pupils The United Nations committee responsible for combating racism singled out Italian football in its latest report on Thursday, saying attacks against black athletes were becoming "recurrent". https://www.thelocal.it/20230901/un-committee-warns-italy-over-racist-abuse-in-football Fri, 01 Sep 2023 11:29:33 +0200 un-committee-warns-italy-over-racist-abuse-in-football France international Samuel Umtiti left the pitch in tears after he and Lecce teammate Lameck Banda suffered racist abuse from visiting Lazio fans in Italy's Serie A on Wednesday, marking yet another case of racism in Italian football. https://www.thelocal.it/20230105/lecce-player-leaves-pitch-in-tears-after-racial-abuse-from-lazio-fans Thu, 05 Jan 2023 10:46:39 +0100 lecce-player-leaves-pitch-in-tears-after-racial-abuse-from-lazio-fans After the shocking killing of a Nigerian street vendor in broad daylight in a small Italian town, the police investigation should consider racist motivations, says Judith Sunderland at Human Rights Watch. https://www.thelocal.it/20220802/what-lay-behind-the-brutal-killing-of-a-nigerian-in-italy Tue, 02 Aug 2022 15:04:16 +0200 what-lay-behind-the-brutal-killing-of-a-nigerian-in-italy Players from the Serie A football club will display a 'Black Lives Matter' anti-racism badge on their shirts for the remainder of the season which resumes this weekend, the Italian club announced on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20200618/italys-as-roma-players-add-black-lives-matter-badge-to-shirts Thu, 18 Jun 2020 17:52:45 +0200 italys-as-roma-players-add-black-lives-matter-badge-to-shirts Peaceful demonstrations took place around Italy last weekend as Italians joined people in the United States and around the world in protesting racism and police violence. https://www.thelocal.it/20200608/in-photos-italy-black-lives-matter-protests-racism-police-brutality Mon, 08 Jun 2020 15:49:26 +0200 in-photos-italy-black-lives-matter-protests-racism-police-brutality Prominent figures in Chinese communities in Italy warned on Thursday of episodes of "latent racism" against their compatriots by Italians fearful of a deadly virus which originated in China. https://www.thelocal.it/20200130/coronavirus-spike-in-reports-of-racist-abuse-of-chinese-people-in-italy Thu, 30 Jan 2020 17:57:32 +0100 coronavirus-spike-in-reports-of-racist-abuse-of-chinese-people-in-italy Facebook has taken down a video of Italy's anti-immigrant League leader Matteo Salvini buzzing the intercom of a 17-year-old Tunisian-Italian to ask if he was dealing drugs, a lawyer said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20200128/facebook-removes-video-of-italys-salvini-ringing-teenagers-doorbell Tue, 28 Jan 2020 17:01:45 +0100 facebook-removes-video-of-italys-salvini-ringing-teenagers-doorbell Lazio were fined 20,000 euros on Wednesday for the racist abuse some of their fans aimed at Mario Balotelli during their 2-1 Serie A win at Brescia at the weekend. https://www.thelocal.it/20200108/lazio-football-club-fined-20000-over-balotelli-racist-abuse Wed, 08 Jan 2020 16:33:05 +0100 lazio-football-club-fined-20000-over-balotelli-racist-abuse The head of Serie A on Tuesday apologised for using art featuring monkeys in an anti-racism campaign. https://www.thelocal.it/20191218/italy-serie-a-apologizes-monkey-anti-racism-campaign Wed, 18 Dec 2019 09:58:07 +0100 italy-serie-a-apologizes-monkey-anti-racism-campaign The Italian newspaper Corriere dello Sport has been widely condemned over a front page story headlined “Black Friday” about the football players Romelu Lukaku and Chris Smalling. https://www.thelocal.it/20191205/italian-newspaper-defends-black-friday-headline-on-footballers-lukaku-and-smalling Thu, 05 Dec 2019 15:11:56 +0100 italian-newspaper-defends-black-friday-headline-on-footballers-lukaku-and-smalling Italian club Verona's partial one-match stadium closure for racist chants directed at Brescia striker Mario Balotelli in a Serie A game earlier this month has been suspended on appeal. https://www.thelocal.it/20191122/veronas-partial-stadium-ban-for-balotelli-racist-abuse-suspended Fri, 22 Nov 2019 10:48:22 +0100 veronas-partial-stadium-ban-for-balotelli-racist-abuse-suspended After a recent spate of high-profile hate crimes in Italy, a poll has revealed a growing number of Italians think such attacks may be acceptable. https://www.thelocal.it/20191112/poll-finds-more-than-half-of-all-italians-think-racist-attacks-can-be-justified Tue, 12 Nov 2019 17:16:16 +0100 poll-finds-more-than-half-of-all-italians-think-racist-attacks-can-be-justified Kicking racism out of stadiums won't be possible until Italian society sheds its outdated ideas on race, writes Marco Antonsich, who studies demographic changes in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20191111/why-racist-abuse-of-italian-footballers-goes-way-beyond-the-pitch Mon, 11 Nov 2019 11:30:53 +0100 why-racist-abuse-of-italian-footballers-goes-way-beyond-the-pitch Rightwing opposition leader Matteo Salvini, who says he too receives threats every day, asked why threats against 89-year-old Holocaust survivor Liliana Segre were given more attention. https://www.thelocal.it/20191108/i-get-threats-too-italys-salvini-denies-minimising-threats-to-holocaust-survivor Fri, 08 Nov 2019 15:16:28 +0100 i-get-threats-too-italys-salvini-denies-minimising-threats-to-holocaust-survivor Brescia forward Balotelli said a “handful of idiots” were responsible for abuse directed at him during this weekend's Serie A game. https://www.thelocal.it/20191106/verona-get-one-match-partial-stadium-ban-over-balotelli-racist-cants Wed, 06 Nov 2019 11:25:09 +0100 verona-get-one-match-partial-stadium-ban-over-balotelli-racist-cants Mario Balotelli on Monday reacted with anger after the head of Verona's hardcore ultras fans group fuelled a racism row by denying any abuse had been directed at the Brescia forward, who he said could not even be considered Italian. https://www.thelocal.it/20191104/light-hearted-not-racist-verona-denies-racially-abusing-mario-balotelli-video Mon, 04 Nov 2019 10:35:03 +0100 light-hearted-not-racist-verona-denies-racially-abusing-mario-balotelli-video FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Sunday the problem of racism in Italian football has "not improved" after a Serie A match between Atalanta and Fiorentina was halted for several minutes because of racist abuse of Brazilian Dalbert. https://www.thelocal.it/20190923/fifa-chief-urges-italy-to-crack-down-on-racism-in-football Mon, 23 Sep 2019 13:01:16 +0200 fifa-chief-urges-italy-to-crack-down-on-racism-in-football