World & Nation
Admirers of Benito Mussolini in northern Italy raised their arms in the fascist salute to honor the dictator on the 79th anniversary of his execution.
April 28, 2024
An Italian right-wing party is offering 1,500 euros ($1,930) to parents who name their babies after wartime fascist dictator Benito Mussolini or his wife Rachele, saying their names are under threat.
Nov. 26, 2008
Fascist sympathizers sang in praise of Benito Mussolini as they marched to the slain Italian dictator’s crypt, 100 years after Mussolini rose to power.
Oct. 30, 2022
Music
Romano Mussolini, an accomplished jazz pianist and last living child of Italy’s World War II dictator Benito Mussolini, has died.
Feb. 4, 2006
Exactly 100 years ago Friday, the Black Shirt March on Rome triggered events that brought Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini to power.
Oct. 27, 2022
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said fascist dictator Benito Mussolini never killed anyone, provoking outrage in Italy’s Jewish community and opposition party demands for an apology.
Sept. 12, 2003
Dino Grandi, the Fascist stalwart who engineered the fall of dictator Benito Mussolini in 1943, died during the weekend at the age of 92, his family said today.
May 23, 1988
Half a century after his death, Benito Mussolini is fascinating many Italians again. Some say his reputation was due for a reevaluation.
May 10, 2002
Miriam Petacci, 68, who spent her life defending her sister’s love for dictator Benito Mussolini.
June 8, 1991
Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini once privately suggested that the Vatican consider excommunicating Adolf Hitler, a historian said Saturday, citing a document recently disclosed by the Holy See.
Sept. 28, 2003