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 Thousands of tourists had their travel plans plunged into chaos on Thursday after an airport in Sicily was closed to allow a British WWII bomb to be detonated. https://www.thelocal.it/20150604/wwii-bomb-closes-sicily-airport Thu, 04 Jun 2015 14:51:19 +0200 wwii-bomb-closes-sicily-airport 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 Francesco Brambilla, 93, only discovered YouTube last week, when curiosity about his son's new tablet computer led him to the site. He was then surprised to discover himself in a video taken of his regiment ahead of its departure to the Russian front in 1942. https://www.thelocal.it/20131122/italian-war-veteran-finds-himself-on-youtube Fri, 22 Nov 2013 14:56:00 +0100 italian-war-veteran-finds-himself-on-youtube