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Matteo Salvini revives ancient dream of building bridge to Sicily

Italy’s infrastructure minister says plan is one of his goals, despite cost, impracticability and seismic risk

The Guardian - UK

Italy's prime minister meets Emmanuel Macron on her first day in office

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni took her first steps on the international stage on Sunday, meeting French President Emmanuel Macron just hours after she formally took office.

Radio France Internationale

Macron meets with far-right Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni

French President Emmanuel Macron promised Sunday to work with Giorgia Meloni with "dialogue and ambition", after his first meeting with Italy's new prime minister in Rome.

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Italy's 'political earthquake' as Giorgia Meloni is first far-right leader since WWII

Giorgia Meloni's appointment has been described as a "political earthquake" in European politics, as minorities fear their rights will be severely impacted by her Brothers of Italy party

Daily Mirror

David Pratt: Far-right gain power in Italy and Trump's shadow hangs over US midterms

IT’S a long political journey from being a teenage activist in 1992 to being sworn in as Italy’s first female prime minister yesterday. But…

The National (Scotland)

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

Ceremony took place amid tensions within Meloni’s coalition after partner Berlusconi boasted about Putin ties.

Al Jazeera

Fall of Liz Truss gives Italy’s far right a lesson in what not to do

Giorgia Meloni’s radical economic agenda had resembled Kwasi Kwarteng’s. It won’t any longer

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Is Meloni a far-right firebrand or moderate?

As Giorgia Meloni becomes Italy’s first female premier, the world is watching closely to see if she will emerge as a firebrand leader of a far-right party with neo-fascist roots or the more moderate right-wing politician who succeded in capturing 26% of the vote

The Independent UK

Italy’s Giorgia Meloni: an ambiguous figure with a tough job ahead

Far-right Brothers of Italy leader is now in charge of navigating economic crisis – and she’s wasting no time

The Guardian - UK

Factbox-Key ministers in new Italian Meloni government

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government was sworn into office on Saturday. Her cabinet was made up of 24 ministers. Here the profiles of some of the key figures:

Reuters

Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni has been sworn in as Italian premier

Giorgia Meloni was sworn in on Saturday as Italy's first far-right premier since the end of World War II. She is also the first woman to be premier.

WEKU

Italy’s far-right Meloni becomes country’s first woman to lead government

Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni was named Italian prime minister on Friday, becoming the first woman to head a government in Italy. Her appointment is an historic event for the eurozone's third largest economy and for the Brothers of Italy party, which has never been in government.

Radio France Internationale

Right-wing Meloni sworn in as Italy's first woman prime minister

Giorgia Meloni was sworn in as Italy's first woman prime minister on Saturday alongside her cabinet team, giving the country its most right-wing government since World War Two.

Reuters

EXPLAINER: Is Meloni a far-right firebrand or moderate?

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Key ministers in new Italian government

Giorgia Meloni's Italian government will be sworn in on Saturday at 10 a.m. (0800 GMT). Her cabinet will be made up of 24 ministers. Here the profiles of some of the key figures:

The Independent UK

Italy's Meloni steeped herself in far-right ideology as teen

As a young teen, Italy's Giorgia Meloni embarked on an ideological quest that has propelled her to the height of government power

Reuters

Giorgia Meloni: The long climb to Italy's political summit

In 2019, Giorgia Meloni made a speech that has come to define her: "I am a woman, I am a mother, I am Italian, I am a Christian, and you can't take that away from me," she told cheering supporters in Rome.

The Independent UK

History-maker Giorgia Meloni becomes Italy’s first female PM

Far right figure Meloni has accepted a mandate to form a new government

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Italy's right asks president to name Meloni prime minister

Giorgia Meloni said on Friday her rightist coalition had asked President Sergio Mattarella to name her as Italian prime minister following its Sept. 25 election victory.

Reuters

Meloni takes charge as PM as Italy swings to the right

Giorgia Meloni was on Friday named as Italy's first woman prime minister and chose her cabinet team, setting her seal on the country's most right-wing government since World War Two.

The Guardian - UK

Italy’s far-right coalition in turmoil over Berlusconi Ukraine comments

Former Italian PM accused Ukraine’s president of provoking Russian invasion in leaked recording

Reuters

Analysis-Method or madness? Berlusconi's Russia stance hurts Meloni and Italy

Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's pro-Russia statements are likely to complicate Giorgia Meloni's efforts to establish international credibility for the government she is set to lead, analysts say.

The Independent UK

Italy's feuding right-wing leaders aim somehow to govern

Italy's president has begun formal consultations with the aim of quickly giving the country a new government

Reuters

Putin's vodka gift to Berlusconi flouts Russia sanctions - EU Commission

The 20 bottles of vodka sent to Italy's Silvio Berlusconi as a birthday gift from Russian President Vladimir Putin breach European sanctions imposed after the invasion of Ukraine, the European Commission said on Thursday.

France 24

Meloni rages as Berlusconi’s ‘vodka gifts’ from Putin hijack Italy’s coalition talks

If there was ever any doubt that Silvio Berlusconi would make an awkward “junior” partner in Italy’s next government, it was dispelled in sensational fashion this week as the octogenarian former premier was recorded boasting that he exchanged gifts of vodka, wine and “sweet” letters with Russia’s Vladimir Putin –…

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