Italy Italy's Salvini triumphs in Umbria as ruling alliance slumps Far-right League leader Matteo Salvini won a crushing victory in the Italian region of Umbria, results on Monday showed, raising questions about the survival of the ruling coalition. 28/10/2019
Europe News The Brief: European Commission laments the Open Arms situation EU welcomes six European countries accepting migrants from Open Arms ship, calls situation in Mediterranean 'untenable' 16/08/2019
Italy Italy government feud: PM Conte slams minister Salvini as 'disloyal' Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte called Matteo Salvini "disloyal" and "obsessed with immigration" in an open letter. 15/08/2019
Italy Italian police arrest six over deadly nightclub stampede Six people including five teenagers and a 39-year-old woman who had accompanied her daughter to the Lanterna Azzurra nightclub in Corinaldo, were killed in the stampede on December 8, 2018. 03/08/2019
The Cube Why did Sea-Watch 3 decide to enter Italian waters? Those on board tell Euronews that "the real solution to the problem is to have safe and legal passage for anyone fleeing and looking for safe harbour.” 26/06/2019
The Cube Watch again: Defying Rome, migrant rescue ship enters Italian waters Watch again: Defying Rome, migrant rescue ship Sea-Watch 3 enters Italian waters 25/06/2019
Italy Italy lets 10 stranded migrants disembark NGO ship but row deepens The German maritime rescue NGO rescued the 53 migrants off the coast of Libya on Wednesday but has been unable to disembark them after Italy refused them entry with Salvini ordering law enforcement on Thursday to prevent the boat from entering Italian waters. 16/06/2019
Europe News New European far-right coalition named Identity and Democracy Identity and Democracy - the new name for the European Parliament's biggest eurosceptic faction. 13/06/2019
The Cube Salvini calls for EU to scrap fiscal rules after election triumph Salvini, the country's deputy prime minister, said the EU's fiscal rules had failed and that they should be rewritten to focus on cutting unemployment. 29/05/2019
Europe News The Brief: Europe of Nations and Freedom - a closer look In the lead up to the elections we are looking at the European Parliament's political groupings, today it is the turn of the far-right ENF. One of the smallest groups they hope to boost their score and become the third largest after May's elections. 21/05/2019
Belgium Verhofstadt challenges Italy's Salvini to debate ahead of EU elections "Hereby I challenge you to a one-on-one debate, as people have the full right to know what devil's plan you have in mind," the Belgian MEP and EU Commission President spitzenkandidat said in a video on Twitter. 20/05/2019
The Cube 'Win Salvini': Italy's Deputy PM launches social media game show #TheCube | Salvini, who has a significant profile on social media, is urging his followers to increase their engagement across his platforms. 14/05/2019
Europe News The Brief: Hungary threatens to shift political families Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told Euronews that Fidesz would leave the EU's biggest centre-right block after the elections, if the EPP turned to Macron's En Marche or to any other liberal or leftist force. 06/05/2019
Europe News Salvini refuses to celebrate anti-fascist commemoration What is behind Salvini's refusal to celebrate Italy's Liberation day? 28/04/2019
The Cube Salvini uses dated photo of migrants sparking controversy | #TheCube #TheCube | You may recognise this image from last summer when migrant rescue ship Aquarius saved over 140 people stranded at sea. It appears that Interior Minister of Italy, Salvini did not, however when sharing it this week on his Twitter account. 12/04/2019
Europe News The Brief: populist pitch vs political reality The attempt to unite nationalists groups might prove futile, as diverging interests and their leaders' clashing personalities have so far prevented them from teaming up. 08/04/2019
state of the union Saving Europe - destroy or double-down From the far-right to the center - politicians are setting out their grand plans and grand rhetoric for the European Union ahead of May's elections. This week we spoke to Marine Le Pen who said to save Europe we must destroy it, while centre-right German MEP Manfred Weber has other ideas. 05/04/2019
Italy Allowing adoption of embryos 'would attack Italy’s abortion rights’ The right-wing party says abortions are at the root of the country's current demographic crisis. 28/03/2019
Italy NGO ship with 47 migrants docks in Sicily ending a two-week standoff The migrants will be sent to seven EU member states. 31/01/2019
Europe News Europe's political parties look for new alliances ahead of election Populists try to join forces transnationally to beat the establishment 09/01/2019
Europe News European party politics in turmoil before EU elections Cross-country alliances want to rock the boat - can they? 09/01/2019
The Cube Public display of disaffection? Salvini's online split break up Public display of disaffection? Italian talkshow host Elisa Isoardi posted an intimate photo to Instagram to announce her breakup with Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini 06/11/2018