The Latest Breaking News from Matteo Piantedosi

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's battle with migrant rescue charities is increasingly ending up in court, with judges often siding with NGOs but not yet calling the law into question.

A migrant reception centre in Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa was overwhelmed Thursday as authorities worked to transfer to the mainland thousands of people who arrived on small, unseaworthy boats in a 24-hour span this week.

Italy’s prime minister has arrived in Libya for talks with officials from the country's west-based government that will focus on energy and migration

Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani and Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi have visited Tunis to discuss cooperation in combating human trafficking, according to the Italian news agency Nova. During his meeting with Tunisian officials on Wednesday, Tajani said his country has a shared vision with Tunisia…

EU countries are failing to provide a united front against the threat posed by dozens of secret Chinese "service stations" on their soil, a human rights group behind the exposure of the alleged facilities said on Thursday.

Italy’s new prime minister Giorgia Meloni assured the EU there was no cause for alarm as her far-right government came to power. Her first actions on migrants and civil liberties tell a different story.

NGO alleges ‘crimes against humanity’ committed with deal approved by European Council

Heavy rains lashed southern Ischia island, causing floods and triggering a landslide, leaving 100 stranded.

Several people are missing after heavy rain triggers a landslide that sweeps through a town on the Italian island of Ischia, destroying buildings and washing away cars into the sea.