Tag Archives: Brescia

[en] Berlusconi calls for supporters, attracts thousands of protesters instead.

Posted on 2013/05/14 by

Berlusconi has a love-hate relationship with the piazzas – or squares – of Italy. He hates them when they are full of his opponents, as happened in 2001 during the anti-G8 protests in Genoa, less than two months after the … Continue reading →

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[en] Brescia: 38 years after fascist blast, rallying students are charged by police

Posted on 2012/06/01 by

Clashes between protesters and police took place in Brescia on May 28, during the annual commemoration of the victims of the neofascist bombing of Piazza della Loggia in 1974. Thirty-eight years ago on the same day, an explosive device went … Continue reading →

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