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 Serie A club Verona have been fined €20,000 ($24,000) for racist chants by their fans toward Juventus midfielder Blaise Matuidi last weekend. https://www.thelocal.it/20180104/verona-fined-20000-for-matuidi-racist-abuse Thu, 04 Jan 2018 10:42:50 +0100 verona-fined-20000-for-matuidi-racist-abuse Lazio could face a UEFA racism probe after Sparta Prague's Ivory Coast midfielder Tiemoke Konate was targeted with monkey chants during a 3-0 Stadio Olimpico win that ended Italian interest in Europe this season. https://www.thelocal.it/20160318/lazio-facing-racism-probe-as-italian-euro-hopes-end Fri, 18 Mar 2016 14:54:42 +0100 lazio-facing-racism-probe-as-italian-euro-hopes-end Carlo Tavecchio, the president of the Italian Football Federation, is back under the spotlight for allegedly making discriminatory comments about Jews and gay people. https://www.thelocal.it/20151102/italy-football-chief-insults-jews-and-gays Mon, 02 Nov 2015 10:10:02 +0100 italy-football-chief-insults-jews-and-gays A former Northern League councillor who posted a comment on Facebook calling for three of Italy’s volcanoes to wipe out the south and its inhabitants is due to go on trial on racism charges. https://www.thelocal.it/20140731/woman-faces-trial-for-racism-against-southern-italians Thu, 31 Jul 2014 10:45:00 +0200 woman-faces-trial-for-racism-against-southern-italians Mario Balotelli has been subjected to racist abuse while training with Italy's national squad in Tuscany, in an incident the striker said usually happens "only in Rome or in Florence". https://www.thelocal.it/20140522/racism-against-balotelli-only-in-rome-or-florence Thu, 22 May 2014 12:10:00 +0200 racism-against-balotelli-only-in-rome-or-florence Insulting players from an all-immigrant football team on the pitch does not amount to racism, an Italian team has claimed, as their league was thrown into disarray after four teams quit in a xenophobia row. https://www.thelocal.it/20140317/pitch-insults-dont-make-us-racist-footballers Mon, 17 Mar 2014 11:35:00 +0100 pitch-insults-dont-make-us-racist-footballers Google searches don't just give you a world of information - they also use your search to help predict what others want to know. Here we list some of the things that people are trying to find out about Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20140129/ten-things-google-says-about-italy Wed, 29 Jan 2014 14:56:00 +0100 ten-things-google-says-about-italy Italy's first black minister Cecile Kyenge, who has been deluged with racist slurs since her appointment in April, urged Europe's leaders on Wednesday not to spread populism or use it to win votes. https://www.thelocal.it/20131205/kyenge-warns-leaders-against-spreading-populism Thu, 05 Dec 2013 09:46:00 +0100 kyenge-warns-leaders-against-spreading-populism Senator Roberto Calderoli has been ordered to stand trial for comparing Integration Minister Cecile Kyenge to an orangutan. https://www.thelocal.it/20131107/senator-to-face-trial-for-racist-slur Thu, 07 Nov 2013 10:54:50 +0100 senator-to-face-trial-for-racist-slur More than a fifth of Italians think that having a black minister is wrong, according to a poll released this week. https://www.thelocal.it/20131011/fifth-of-italians-against-having-black-minister Fri, 11 Oct 2013 10:00:00 +0200 fifth-of-italians-against-having-black-minister A street merchant in central Naples who made a t-shirt with an offensive slogan directed at the Italian football player Mario Balotelli, claims that the offending t-shirt has now been sold. https://www.thelocal.it/20130927/racist-balotelli-t-shirt-sold-in-naples Fri, 27 Sep 2013 14:25:00 +0200 racist-balotelli-t-shirt-sold-in-naples Top officials from 17 European nations signed a declaration on Monday against racism, showing support for Italy's first black minister Cécile Kyenge, the victim of a slurry of racist attacks. https://www.thelocal.it/20130924/attacks-against-black-minister-spark-eu-pact Tue, 24 Sep 2013 10:02:00 +0200 attacks-against-black-minister-spark-eu-pact An award-winning Italian winemaker is being shunned by the sector after a bizarre racist tirade on Facebook against Italy's first black government minister. https://www.thelocal.it/20130830/italian-winemaker-shunned-over-racist-rant Fri, 30 Aug 2013 20:16:00 +0200 italian-winemaker-shunned-over-racist-rant