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Italy is 'fully committed' to Ukraine support, Meloni tells NATO chief

Meloni, who heads Italy’s first far-right-led government since the end of World War II, has strongly backed Ukraine in the war.

Italy

Dozens of migrants stopped from disembarking by Italy’s new government

Italian authorities prevented 35 migrants they did not deem as “vulnerable” from getting off a boat in Sicily on Sunday as Italy's new far-right-led government takes a hard line against privately run maritime rescue ships operating in its waters.

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Italian rally calls for country to stop sending weapons to Ukraine

Some 30,000 people took to the streets in Rome on Saturday calling for peace and disarmament in Ukraine.

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Meloni hails 'frank, positive' exchange with EU leaders in Brussels

Italy's new far-right leader met with the heads of the European Parliament, Commission and Council on her first trip to Brussels since taking office.

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Italian PM delays justice reforms tied to EU post-pandemic funds

Giorgia Meloni and her cabinet also scrapped a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health workers -- both seen as key decisions made by her predecessor Mario Draghi.

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Italy: Meloni's deputy minister blasted over 2005 Nazi uniform photo

The photo in question shows Bignami in a Nazi uniform standing next to another man wearing an SS armband at a bachelor party.

Italy

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

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

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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

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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.

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'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.

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Italy's new PM chairs her first cabinet meeting

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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Far-right Spanish party Vox hosts rally with international leaders

Former US President Donald Trump threw his weight behind Spain’s far-right party Vox, in a video shown at a rally in Madrid that also featured messages by the leading stars of Europe's populist right

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Cultural choices: What do we know about Giorgia Meloni?

What are the cultural likes and dislikes of Giorgia Meloni, the woman poised to become Italy's first far-right leader since Benito Mussolini? And how might they impact the country's cultural ties and policies?