Italy holds Netherlands, EU ‘responsible’ for Sea Watch 3 issue
Italy’s interior minister Matteo Salvini said he is holding the Netherlands and the European Union “responsible” for the fate of 42 migrants on board the … Read more
Sea Watch kidnapping case against Salvini shelved
A Catania probe into Interior Minister Matteo Salvini for allegedly kidnapping migrants aboard the Sea-Watch3 NGO rescue ship in January has been shelved.
About … Read more
Salvini says will quit if government can’t cut 10 billion euros in taxes
Deputy Italian Prime Minister Matteo Salvini on Friday vowed to quit the government unless he was able to push through tax cuts for at least … Read more
Salvini should be given Nobel Peace Prize – AFD
German MP Beatrix von Storch reckons Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini should be given the Nobel Peace Prize for his “great contribution to the … Read more
Italy lets 10 stranded migrants disembark, moves to ban rescue ships from its waters
Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini allowed 10 of the 53 migrants stranded on the Sea-Watch 3 rescue ship to disembark but pressed ahead with … Read more
Sea-Watch is ‘using’ migrants – Salvini
Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Friday launched a fresh attack on the Sea-Watch NGO after it refused to take 52 migrants it … Read more
Former senior Italian League party official arrested on corruption charges
Italian police on Wednesday arrested Paolo Arata, former League party energy consultant and former Forza Italia (FI) MP, and his son Francesco, on suspicion of … Read more
Italy shuts Mineo migrant camp in Sicily
Interior minister Matteo Salvini announced the closure of a reception centre for asylum seekers in Sicily.
The decision to close the Mineo asylum camp in … Read more
Boys who averted a tragedy on hijacked bus to get Italian citizenship
Italian news agency ANSA reports that the two Egyptian boys who helped avert a massacre on a hijacked bus near Milan in March will receive … Read more
Italian centre right win Ferrara in post-war first
The Italian centre right won the northern city of Ferrara, traditionally a stronghold for the left, for the first time in the post-War period after … Read more
Italy’s Lega close to deal with UK’s Farage in the European Parliament
Italian Lega MEP Marco Zanni said that the Italian party is close to reaching an agreement with Nigel Farage’s Brexit party for an alliance at … Read more
Europe Votes: Huge win for Salvini in Italy, M5S falls to 3rd place
Matteo Salvini, Lega Party, got a big boost in the European Parliamentary election to become the No. 1 party in Italy, after winning more than … Read more
M5s Di Maio warns Lega’s Salvini about ‘too much tension’ on the streets ahead or European elections
There is “too much tension” in the streets, 5-Star Movement (M5S) and Deputy Premier Luigi Di Maio told fellow Deputy Premier and League leader Matteo … Read more
Berlusconi wants EPP to form alliance with far right
Silvio Berlusconi has joined Hungary’s Viktor Orban in calling on Europe’s conservatives to form an alliance with the far right.
Italy’s ex-prime minister is running … Read more
NGO-run ship Mare Jonio seized
Italian Finance police seized the NGO run ship ‘Mare Jonio’ on Friday after the search-and-rescue ship picked up 30 migrants in the Mediterranean.
The finance … Read more