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July 07, 2024

Europe

Will Meloni and Le Pen Be Right-Wing Besties? It’s Complicated

Assumptions that Giorgia Meloni and Marine Le Pen would find common ground may be wrong.

By Editors Desk

Will Meloni and Le Pen Be Right-Wing Besties? It’s Complicated

June 05, 2024

People

Amanda Knox’s slander conviction upheld in case related to Meredith Kercher’s murder

By Editors Desk

Knox arriving at the Florence court with her husband on Wednesday. Tiziana Fabi/AFP/Getty Images

December 29, 2023

World

Elon Musk and Italy’s Giorgia Meloni Form a Trans-Atlantic Bond

From immigration to AI, the billionaire and the Italian prime minister are finding common ground.

Behind the pair’s budding friendship lie common interests in political issues such as immigration and demographics. PHOTO: CHIGI PALACE PRESS OFFICE /ZUMA PRESS

December 14, 2023

Europe

Court suspends Italian plan to hold migrants in Albania

A plan for Italy to send tens of thousands of asylum seekers to Albania for processing has been temporarily blocked by the Albanian supreme court.

By Editors Desk

Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni and her Albanian counterpart Edi Rama signed the agreement last month. EPA

December 06, 2023

Europe

Italy Tells China It Will Exit Belt and Road Investment Pact

Minister says joining pact hasn’t produced ‘desired effects’
Italy’s participation in program was due to expire in March

By Editors Desk

Antonio TajaniPhotographer: Tobias Schwarz/AFP/Getty Images

November 12, 2023

Internet Buzz

Escaped circus lion sparks panic in Italy (VIDEOS)

The predator roamed the streets of a small town near Rome for almost six hours

By Editors Desk

FILE PHOTO: A performer with a lion during the 41st Monte-Carlo International Circus Festival on January 19, 2017 © Getty Images / Getty Images / SC Pool - Corbis / Contributor

November 07, 2023

Business

Italy to seize $835m from Airbnb in tax evasion inquiry

An Italian judge has ordered the seizure of €779.5m ($835.5m; £676.8m) from short-term rental giant Airbnb, over alleged tax evasion.

October 21, 2023

People

‘Threesome’: PM publicly dumps boyfriend

They are splitting up following a 10-year relationship after lewd comments were aired on prime time television to the entire nation.

By Editors Desk

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has been in power for one year. Picture Ludovic Marin / AFP

October 04, 2023

Europe

Venice tourist bus plunge leaves 21 dead

At least 21 people including several children have died after a bus crashed off a flyover near Venice and burst into flames, officials say.

By Editors Desk

VIGILI DEL FUOCO | The flyover can be seen directly above the wreckage of the bus in Mestre

September 22, 2023

Europe

From welcoming refugees to the crisis in Lampedusa, six years of French immigration policy

French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin announced on Tuesday that France would not be taking in any of the migrants who arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa last week. FRANCE 24 looks back at six years of French U-turns on immigration policies.

By Editors Desk

Migrants gather on the deck of the Ocean Viking rescue ship on November 6, 2022. © Vincenzo Circosta, AP (archive)

June 12, 2023

Europe

Silvio Berlusconi, master populist who dominated Italian politics, dies at 86

Silvio Berlusconi, the billionaire media tycoon and four-time prime minister who brushed off a litany of legal battles and sex scandals to dominate Italian public life for more than two decades, has died in Milan aged 86.

By Editors Desk

AFP / Berlusconi led centre-right party Forza Italy and was elected to the Senate last September

June 11, 2023

Europe

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, 86, rushed to hospital

Fears are growing for a former PM as he was rushed to hospital just weeks after leaving intensive care.

By Editors Desk

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has been rushed to hospital (Photo by Piero CRUCIATTI / AFP)

May 09, 2023

Russia-Ukraine War

Italy urges citizens to leave Ukraine

Rome's embassy in Kiev has warned that Russia is launching “increasingly heavy missile attacks” on the city

By Editors Desk

April 01, 2023

Tech

Italy bans ChatGPT

The country's data protection authority has demanded that the chatbot’s creator OpenAI take action or face hefty fines

By Editors Desk

welcome screen for the OpenAI "ChatGPT" app © Getty Images / Leon Neal

February 26, 2023

Africa

Children among 59 people killed in sailboat crash off Italy’s coast

Boat believed to be bringing refugees from Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan struck rocks off coast of Calabria

By Editors Desk

Carabinieri officers and Red Cross personnel at a beach near Cutro, southern Italy, on Sunday. Photograph: Giuseppe Pipita/EPA

February 21, 2023

Europe

Photos show devastating reality of Venice

The romantic waterways in Venice have been reduced to nothing but mud as the beloved Italian city experiences freak low tides.

By Editors Desk

The freak water levels have also disrupted the city’s carnival, which has drawn more than 100,000 tourists to the city, now unable to navigate its historic canals. Picture: Newsflash/Australscope

February 14, 2023

World

Italy’s Hard-Right Leader Vexes Europe by Playing Nice, Mostly

Some still fear an authoritarian turn, but Giorgia Meloni has surprised many by showing a pragmatic streak since coming to power. Now Europe is not sure what to do.

By Editors Desk

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy at a news conference with NATO’s general secretary in Rome in November.Credit...Vincenzo Pinto/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

September 28, 2022

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Will the new far-right government of Italy's Meloni turn its back on Europe?

The results of Italy's general election could alter the balance of power within the EU, with far-right, eurosceptic parties set to helm the next government in Rome. Italy is making something of a U-turn from Mario Draghi’s premiership, which put Italy back in the driving seat of Europe and bolstered the influence of a country accustomed to punching below its weight.

By Editors Desk

Italy, a founding member of the EU, is set to be governed by a right-wing administration dominated by eurosceptics. © Tiziana Fabi, AFP

September 25, 2022

Europe

Italy election: Giorgia Meloni's far-right party Brothers of Italy wins most votes - exit polls

Exit polls suggest Giorgia Meloni's far-right Brothers of Italy has come top in Italy's snap general election, which, if confirmed, would likely see her become the country's first female prime minister.

By Editors Desk

Giorgia Meloni, likely Italy’s next prime minister, voted in Rome on Sunday. PHOTO: YARA NARDI/REUTERS

September 25, 2022

Europe

Italy’s Election Front-Runner Sheds Far-Right Image, Courts the West

Giorgia Meloni has distanced herself from nostalgia for Mussolini and campaigned as a conservative whom Italy’s allies needn’t fear

By Editors Desk

Giorgia Meloni co-founded the Brothers of Italy party, which is leading in opinion polls. PHOTO: YARA NARDI/REUTERS

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