The Latest Breaking News from Giorgia Meloni

Ex-Obama campaigner voted head of Italy's Democratic Party

A 37-year-old U.S.-Italian national and longtime left-wing political operative who worked on two presidential campaigns for former U.S. President Barack Obama has defied polls to become the first woman to head Italy’s opposition Democratic Party

The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2023

Italy shipwreck death toll rises to 62 as more bodies pulled from sea

Remains of wooden boat strewn along Calabrian coast alongside passengers’ belongings

The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2023

Elly Schlein voted leader of Italy’s most important leftwing party in surprise win

First female leader of Democratic party promises it will become ‘a problem’ for Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government

The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2023

Factbox-Migrant arrivals in Italy on the rise, despite high danger

The shipwreck of a boat off southern Italy has killed dozens of migrants and cast a spotlight on the perilous journeys made by thousands of people who cross the Mediterranean and come to Italy.

Reuters · Feb 26, 2023

More than 50 migrants die after shipwreck near southern Italy

An accident involving an overloaded migrant boat that collided with reefs and broke apart near the southern Italian city of Crotone on Sunday has killed 59 people, the mayor said.

France 24 · Feb 26, 2023

Dozens of migrants drown in boat wreck off southern Italy

At least 43 people died after their boat sank early on Sunday morning off the Italian coastal city of Crotone in the southern region of Calabria, according to Italian media.

Radio France Internationale · Feb 26, 2023

Beaten and divided, Italy's centre-left seeks new leader

Italy's centre-left Democratic Party (PD) will chose a new leader this weekend who it hopes can pull the group out of a tail spin and provide a credible challenge to the nationalist prime minister, Giorgia Meloni.

Reuters · Feb 24, 2023

Ukraine's Zelenskiy brushes off criticism from Italy's Berlusconi

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy brushed off criticism from Silvio Berlusconi on Tuesday, saying Italy's ex-prime minister had not had to live under daily bombardment and blackouts caused by Russian air strikes.

Reuters · Feb 21, 2023

Putin rages against West in speech decried as absurd propaganda

Russian leader says he will pull Moscow out of a nuclear treaty and blames Ukraine for the invasion he started.

Al Jazeera · Feb 21, 2023

Italy's Meloni backs Ukraine on Kyiv visit but rules out sending planes

Italy will keep supporting Ukraine in resisting Russian attacks but has no plans to offer fighter jets, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Tuesday during a visit to Kyiv.

Reuters · Feb 21, 2023