David Horowitz, center-right editor of the center-right Jerusalem Post, reports with concern some recent fascist nostalgia in Rome: "Maybe we should shrug off the ongoing little rumpus in Romesurrounding Lazio soccer team captain Paolo Di Canio’s recent Fascistsalute to his… Read moreMussolini thanks soccer captain for Fascist salute
The March 17 attempted assassination of Anatoly Chubais, head of Russia’s state energy monopoly, Unified Energy Systems (EES), and architect of the highly unpopular post-Soviet crash privatization program, has rocked Russia’s political elite. Although Chubais is one of the most… Read moreChubais assassination attempt: inside job?
Prime Minister Tony Blair has won the support of Parliament for a new anti-terrorism law, which will allow the government to move quickly against eight foreign terror suspects who have been granted bail. The House of Lords approved new powers… Read moreDraconian UK terror law passes
Ramush Haradunaj, the ethnic Albanian prime minister of Kosovo (known to the Albanians as Kosova) stepped down from his post and boarded a flight for the The Netherlands March 9, turning himself over to international authorities at The Hague, where… Read moreKosovo prime minister to The Hague
Holocaust denier Ernst Zundel is being deported by Canada back to his German homeland, where he is expected to be arrested for inciting racial hatred. Zundel, who has been sitting in a jail cell in Canada for the last two… Read moreZundel goes home
About 12,000 protesters, many carrying banners reading "Bush go home," "No. 1 Terrorist" and "Warmonger," marched through the German city of Mainz Feb. 23, during President Bush’s official visit. The rally, which was twice as big as expected, never got… Read moreGermans protest Bush
Irish police say they have seized nearly $5 million in a series of raids on suspected Republican safehouses across the country, uncovering what hardline Justice Minister Michael McDowell called a "colossal crime machine, laundering huge sums of money." One suspected… Read moreAnti-Republican raids across Ireland
The NY Times notes today that when accused Serbian war criminal Vladimir Lazarevic surrendered himself to the UN tribunal at The Hague last month, he was hailed in his own country as a national hero. Serbia’s Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica… Read moreAccused Serbian war criminal hailed as hero
The UK Independent reports Feb. 14 that over 5,000 neo-Nazis swarmed the official 60th anniversary commemoration of the Allied bombardment of Dresden, effectively "hijacking" the event in the east German city. Bused in from all over Germany, they overwhelmed the… Read moreNeo-Nazis “hijack” Dresden commemoration
The Basque separatist group ETA reportedly claimed responsibility for a car bomb that exploded outside a Madrid convention center Feb. 9, injuring at least 40. The blast went off hours before Spain’s King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia were to… Read moreETA militants arrested after Madrid blast
The Irish Republican Army announced Feb. 2 it is withdrawing from the Northern Ireland peace talks and rescinding its disarmament proposal, accusing both London and Dublin of bad faith by blaming the IRA for a $50 million Belfast bank heist… Read moreIRA quits peace talks; Ulster back to brink?
It has hardly made international headlines, but there has been a wave of bombings at Spanish resorts by ETA in recent months–not claiming any lives, but causing several injuries and wreaking some property damage. Now the Basque regional government is… Read moreDeja Vu in Spain: Basques v. Fascists
