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Italy's new rightist PM Meloni gets 'cordial' Vatican audience

Italy's new rightist Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met Pope Francis and top Vatican officials on Tuesday, holding what the Holy See called "cordial discussions".

Reuters

Italy's Meloni makes first state visit to meet with Francis

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has made her first official visit to see Pope Francis, fulfilling what she has said is a hoped-for opportunity to better understand the Argentine pontiff

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Italy says "technical issues" delay supply of air defence system to Ukraine

Italy intends to supply Ukraine with a missile defence system to help protect it against Russia attacks but must deal with technical issues before it can be dispatched, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Tuesday.

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Italy's Ukraine arms supply decision delayed until February - paper

Italy will not take a decision on the supply of new arms to Ukraine until February due to political tensions, cost considerations and military shortages, newspaper la Repubblica reported on Monday.

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Rescue charities say new Italian rules will cause migrant deaths

Sea rescue charities on Thursday condemned tough anti-immigration measures recently introduced by the Italian government, saying the new rules will cause ever more deaths in the Mediterranean.

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Italy clamps down on illegal rave parties

Italy's lower house of parliament on Friday gave its final approval to a government decree cracking down on unlicensed rave parties, laying out jail terms and fines for the organisers.

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Italy PM Meloni determined to bring Expo 2030 world fair to Rome

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Thursday she would do her best to ensure that the Expo 2030 world fair is held in Rome, even though she had little time to work on the project launched by her predecessor.

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Italy’s Rightist Government Tightens Rules for Migrant Rescues

Italy's rightist government has approved measures to fine charities who rescue migrants at sea and impound their ships if they break a new, tougher set of rules - a move that one campaign group said could threaten lives. A cabinet decree approved late on Wednesday, seen by Reuters, said these…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Meloni says ex-PM and political foe Draghi a tough act to follow

Giorgia Meloni admitted on Thursday that her predecessor and supposed political foe Mario Draghi was a tough act to follow as prime minister, and suggested she was happy to seek advice from her high-profile predecessor.

Reuters

Italy orders COVID tests for China arrivals, EU seeks common rule

Italy imposes mandatory testing for air passengers from China, but other EU countries seem reluctant to follow suit.

Al Jazeera

PM Meloni slams colleagues for referring to EU graft scandal as an 'Italian job'

Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Thursday slammed colleagues for characterising the Qatargate graft scandal at the European Parliament as an "Italian job," a reference to the 1969 heist film, calling the reference "a stain on our nation".

France 24

Iran's crackdown on protesters unacceptable and intolerable, Italy PM says

Iran's repression of protesters, including with the death penalty, is unacceptable and intolerable, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Thursday.

Reuters

EU graft scandal a "socialist job" not an Italian one, PM says

Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Thursday blamed media outlets for calling the graft scandal at the European Parliament an "Italian job," and said it should rather be called a "Socialist job," as members of that party are involved.

Reuters

Italy's parliament gives final approval to government's 2023 budget

The Italian government on Thursday comfortably won a vote of confidence in the Senate over its expansionary 2023 budget, obtaining parliament's final approval of the package a few days before the end-year deadline.

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Italy's rightist government tightens rules for migrant rescues

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Italy minister cautious on supplying air defence systems to Ukraine

Italy's defence minister struck a cautious tone on whether Italy would be able to supply Ukraine with air defence systems, as requested by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Italy Summons Iranian Ambassador over Protests

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has summoned the Iranian ambassador to protest the “unacceptable” response to women-led protests in the Islamic republic, his office said Tuesday. Ambassador designate Mohammad Reza Sabouri has been called in to a meeting on Wednesday, the foreign ministry said in a note to the media,…

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Italy's Meloni reaffirms support for Ukraine in call with Zelenskiy

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Tuesday reaffirmed her government's "full support" for Ukraine in a call with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, her office said in a statement.

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Italy’s lower House approves Giorgia Meloni budget law

Italy’s lower house has approved Giorgia Meloni’s budget law, following a confidence vote in which the new prime minister secured wide backing for her economic plans.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iraq Tells Visiting Italy PM It Seeks Closer Economic Ties

Iraq's prime minister appealed to visiting Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni on Friday for closer economic ties with his oil-rich country suffering from power cuts and decaying infrastructure. Meloni, who leads the eurozone's third-largest economy, is on her first bilateral trip outside Europe.

France 24

Is there trouble in store between Rome and Brussels?

The election in September of the far-right Giorgia Meloni as Italian premier has sent shockwaves around Europe, not least in Brussels. Meloni has raised fears that she'll roll back reforms put in place by her predecessor, encourage a harsher climate when it comes to dealing with asylum seekers and even…

Al Jazeera

Economic ties head the agenda as Italy’s Meloni visits Iraq

Meloni, who is in Baghdad on her first bilateral trip outside Europe, hailed Italy’s support for Iraq.

Reuters

PM Meloni urges Italians to turn off lights in solidarity with Ukraine

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Thursday called on Italians to switch off gas and electricity for an hour a day in solidarity with Ukraine, which has been under Russian attack for 10 months.

Salon

The code behind the far-right's success

Forget the deplorables and focus instead on the persuadables

Reuters

Italy's Meloni honours Jewish journalists from fascist era

Italy's hard-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Tuesday pledged to fight "every kind of discrimination and anti-Semitism" as she unveiled a plaque for 35 Jewish journalists persecuted under fascist-era racial laws.

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