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Protesters for end of controversial migrant deal between Italy and Lib

The deal has been criticised over alleged poor treatment of migrants at detention centres in North Africa.

27/10/2022

Italy

Lampedusa 'almost alone' amid hundreds of migrant arrivals, says mayor

Migrants continue to arrive on Italy’s shores despite a controversial immigration policy.

27/10/2022

Italy

Italian 'white supremacist' arrested on suspicion of inciting hatred

The 23-year-old allegedly spread neo-Nazi content online, possessed weapons, and had made death threats against an Italian senator who survived the Holocaust.

27/10/2022

Italy

Mafia-ridden Naples neighbourhood given fresh hope with new university

It's been called "a victory over prejudice".

27/10/2022

Culture news

Gaddafi-inspired artwork wins prestigious MAXXI art prize

An art piece inspired by the late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's visit to Italy in 2009 has won the prestigious MAXXI Bulgari Prize

27/10/2022

My Europe Series

Italy’s fascist takeover: 100 years on, is the ideology still alive?

The March on Rome resulted in a coup d’état and Mussolini’s rise to power

27/10/2022

Italy

Right-wing Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni wins senate vote

Italy's right-wing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has won the second and final vote of confidence required by the constitution to govern.

26/10/2022

Design

Searching for the Eternal: Celebrating the art of painting on stone

A new exhibition in Rome explores painters from the 17th century who used stone instead of canvas after numerous works of art were looted during invasions. They sought to make their art last forever.

26/10/2022

Italy

Police clash with students protesting Meloni's Brothers of Italy party

Approximately fifty students were at the rally, with some having been reportedly hit with batons.

26/10/2022

Italy

'No affinity for fascism': Meloni makes maiden speech as Italy PM

New prime minister Giorgia Meloni outlined her grand plans for Italy in a maiden speech to parliament on Tuesday.

25/10/2022

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Italy's new PM chairs her first cabinet meeting

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24/10/2022

Italy

Italy's new PM Giorgia Meloni meets French President Macron in Rome

Macron is on an official visit to Italy, and thanked outgoing PM Mario Draghi before meeting Meloni.

24/10/2022

Italy

'A tree for each citizen': Reforestation project to transform Milan

The project, supported by local and regional authorities, is aiming to plant a total of 3 million trees in the northern Italian city's metropolitan area by 2030.

23/10/2022

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Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni sworn in as Italy’s first female prime minister

Meloni's Brothers of Italy party -- a national conservative movement with neo-fascist roots -- emerged as Italy's biggest party in a snap general election held on 25 September.

22/10/2022

Italy

Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni sworn in as Italy’s first female PM

Meloni's appointment also marks the first time the country has had a far-right PM since World War II.

22/10/2022

My Europe Series

Italy has its 68th government in 76 years. Why such a high turnover?

Italy has had more than twice the number of governments than either the United Kingdom or Germany since WWII.

21/10/2022

Italy

Giorgia Meloni appointed as Italy's first female prime minister

"We are ready to provide Italy with a government that can competently and consciously tackle our present-day challenges and emergencies," said Meloni.

21/10/2022

Nature

Trentino: The Italian region embracing ‘back-to-nature’ forestry

In 2018, a devastating storm ripped up thousands of trees in Northern Italy. Then, a bark-beetle plague struck.

20/10/2022

Europe News

Polish MEP to Berlusconi: 'Send the vodka back'

A European lawmaker urged Silvio Berlusconi to send vodka back to Putin after the former Italian PM appeared to say in a leaked recording that he'd received a gift from the Russian president for his birthday.

19/10/2022

Italy

Italian ministry removes Mussolini portrait after uproar

Mussolini's legacy is in the spotlight as Italy prepares to install its most right-wing government since World War II.

19/10/2022

Travel News

Italy airport strikes see hundreds of flights cancelled this Friday

National carrier ITA has cancelled over 200 flights ahead of Friday’s strike and easyJet says disruption is likely.

19/10/2022

Italy

Italy's Meloni scolds ex-PM Berlusconi over 'sweet letters' to Putin

Silvio Berlusconi is in hot water after allegedly saying in leaked audio clips he has "rekindled" his relationship with the Russian president. His team denies this allegation.

19/10/2022

Italy

Some in Sardinia lament loss of Russian oligarchs amid war sanctions

“The damage has been done to us, ordinary people,” said a chauffeur from Sardinia.

18/10/2022

Europe News

Spats spell trouble for Italy's election-winning right-wing coalition

The recent public fracas between the conservative mainstay Silvio Berlusconi and far-right firebrand Giorgia Meloni might mean the three-way alliance might be headed for a rapid end.

16/10/2022

Italy

New Italian parliament speakers, both hardliners, stir controversy

The two new officials leading Italy's Senate and Chamber of Deputies -- far-right politicians Lorenzo Fontana and Ignazio La Russa -- have both been heavily criticised for their conservative and far-right stances.

15/10/2022

Italy

Italy: Working conditions force an exodus of emergency room staff

"Almost 50% of positions in emergency medicine remained vacant (in 2022), and many of those who fill these positions eventually decide to leave", the National Secretary of the doctors' union ANAAO told Euronews.

13/10/2022