Tag Archives: Milan

The BBC reports: Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo have been announced as the hosts of the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. The International Olympic Committee voted for Italy’s joint bid ahead of Stockholm, Sweden, to stage the event. Skating sports and ice hockey will be held in Milan, while most alpine skiing events will take place in the resort of Cortina. …

Yesterday I reported that Italy’s neo-Nazi New Front Party planned to hold a burning of LGBT children’s books in a central plaza in Milan. Local activists had demanded that city authorities stop the event and that may have happened. Not stopped, however, was a large counter-protest by LGBT activists and allies, who this afternoon staged a public reading of numerous …

Two days after a civil unions bill advanced in the Italian Senate, tomorrow Italy’s neo-Nazi New Front Party will stage a public burning of LGBT children’s books in Milan. Local progressives are demanding that city authorities step in to stop the event. Members of the Democratic Party are outraged: “Burning books with a theme of homosexuality was a typical behavior …