Italy PM meets president as coalition close to collapse
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte met President Sergio Mattarella on Thursday to discuss the political situation as rumours swirled of an imminent government collapse, while investors...
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Italy’s Salvini to respond to parliament over Russia case
Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini bowed to demands on Tuesday to address parliament on allegations that his right-wing League party had sought illegal funding...
France recalls Italy ambassador after verbal onslaught
French President Emmanuel Macron’s government recalled its ambassador to Rome on Thursday in a move unprecedented since World War Two, saying it was fed up...
From Italy and within, Macron assailed by political foes
Populists and the far-right in Italy and France are mounting a multi-pronged assault on President Emmanuel Macron, hoping to unsettle his centrist, pro-Europe agenda ahead...
Italy police arrest mafia’s alleged new mob boss in Sicily
Italian police have arrested the suspected new head of the Sicilian mafia and 45 other alleged mobsters in a major blow to organised crime on...
Italy’s interior minister leads demolition of mafia villa
Italy’s Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Monday personally began the demolition of a luxury villa illegally built in Rome by the city’s most infamous mafia...
Italy’s 5-Star struggles to keep up with soaring Salvini
The anti-establishment 5-Star Movement emerged as Italy’s predominant political force at March elections, allowing it to enter government for the first time in its short...
Italy accuses NGO migrant ship of dumping toxic waste
Italian magistrates on Tuesday accused the Doctors without Borders (MSF) charity of illegally dumping toxic waste at ports in southern Italy in what MSF said...
Italy’s Salvini condemned for moving migrants from “model” town
By Gavin Jones Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini on Sunday defended his decision to move hundreds of migrants out of a southern Italian town widely...
Immigration not the solution to ageing population says Salvini
Salvini, who heads the League party, has led a popular crackdown against immigration since Italy’s coalition government took office in June. He was speaking at...
Italy vows migrant ship can’t dock as Paris-Rome clash escalates
Italy said on Wednesday its decision to shut its ports to hundreds of migrants aboard a charity ship was firm, as a clash between Rome and...