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Tag: Europe

Europe

Italy: mega-march against Berlusconi

Up to two million marched in Rome’s Circus Maximus Oct. 25 to protest the government of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi under the slogans “Save Italy” and “Another Italy is possible.” Walter Veltroni, leader of the center-left opposition, told the crowds… Read moreItaly: mega-march against Berlusconi

Europe

Croatia: terror blast kills journalist

High-profile Croatian journalist Ivo Pukanic, publisher of the muckraking opposition weekly Nacional, was killed along with his marketing chief Niko Franjic in a bomb blast in central Zagreb Oct. 23. The bomb reportedly exploded under his car and was detonated… Read moreCroatia: terror blast kills journalist

Europe

Naples crime war: life imitates art imitating life

Bernardino Terracciano, the Naples man who played himself in the award-winning film Gomorra about the Neapolitan mob is among seven men arrested Oct. 12 on organized crime charges. Terracciano—the burly, menacing local boss “Zi’ Bernardino” (Uncle Bernardino) in Matteo Garrone’s… Read moreNaples crime war: life imitates art imitating life

Europe

Bosnian war crimes defendant blames al-Qaeda

The UN’s International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) sentenced Bosnian Army Gen. Rasim Delic to three years in prison Sept. 15 for crimes committed by foreign Islamic fighters against captive Bosnian Serb soldiers during the 1992-1995 war. Gen…. Read moreBosnian war crimes defendant blames al-Qaeda

Europe

Italy: Camorra declares “war on the state”

The Camorra, the Naples organized crime machine, has declared “war on the state,” Interior Minister Roberto Maroni told the Italian Senate Sept. 24, one day after the government authorized sending 500 soldiers to the Campania region in response to the… Read moreItaly: Camorra declares “war on the state”

Europe

Neo-fascists riot in Budapest

At least six were injured and 15 arrested as far-right protesters clashed with police, threw stones and petrol bombs and damaged shops and cars along Andrassy Boulevard in Budapest Sept. 20. Police fired tear gas and water cannons on the… Read moreNeo-fascists riot in Budapest

Europe

Anti-Semitism, Islamophobia surge in Europe: survey

We have argued before: “Classical” anti-Semitism and contemporary anti-Arab racism (and Islamophobia) are genetically linked phenomena. The fallacy is that just because one exists, the other doesn’t. On the contrary, the prominence of one should be seen as evidence that… Read moreAnti-Semitism, Islamophobia surge in Europe: survey

Europe

Spain: world migrants say no to walls, yes to legalization

In a major gathering ignored by US mass media, thousands of migrants met in Spain from Sept. 11 to 14 to articulate a set of demands directed at governments across the world. Meeting at the Third World Social Forum on… Read moreSpain: world migrants say no to walls, yes to legalization

Europe

Spain: more Basque parties banned

Spain’s supreme court ruled Sept. 18 to ban the Basque Communist Party (EHAK-PCTV) on the grounds that it is linked to the ETA armed separatist group and the successor party of the Batasuna, which was declared illegal in March 2003…. Read moreSpain: more Basque parties banned

Europe

Denmark: radical t-shirt peddlers convicted

A Danish appeals court Sept. 18 convicted six people of selling t-shirts to aid the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). A seventh defendant was acquitted. Most of the defendants were… Read moreDenmark: radical t-shirt peddlers convicted

Europe

World Court to review Kosova’s independence?

The UN General Committee, which sets the agenda for the General Assembly, voted unanimously Sept. 18 to approve a Serbian resolution calling for a review of Kosova’s declared independence. The resolution, opposed by the US and UK, next goes before… Read moreWorld Court to review Kosova’s independence?

Europe

Spanish Civil War “truth commission”?

Spanish Judge Balthasar Garzón has ordered government and religious authorities across Spain to turn over information about those killed at the hands of Francisco Franco’s fascist forces following his 1936 military uprising. Garzón hopes to draw up a comprehensive list… Read moreSpanish Civil War “truth commission”?

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