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Giorgia Meloni

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15 Jan 1977

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Migrants board a smuggler’s boat in an attempt to cross the English Channel, off the beach of Gravelines, north of France. Photo: AFP

Britain

UK’s Starmer blames lack of joint action for surge in migrants crossing Channel

UK prime minister hosts London summit and urges nations to smash people smuggling gangs.

1 Apr 2025 - 11:15AM

Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration

With Trump’s inauguration, US-China rivalry opens new and uncertain chapter

20 Jan 2025 - 4:13PMvideocam

Japan

Japan, UK, Italy to develop next-generation fighter jet

13 Dec 2024 - 10:33PMvideocam

US presidential election 2024

EU has wish list for Trump, but support for tough China agenda will be expected

In Brussels, there is an expectation that the US election result could usher in a shifting balance of power in Europe.

7 Nov 2024 - 8:47AMvideocam

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban meets Donald Trump at Trump’s home in Florida on July 11. Photo: X via Reuters

Italy

UK’s Starmer seeks to learn from Meloni’s tough migration policies

UK prime minister looks for ‘new solutions’ on tackling the flow of migrants in small boats to Britain’s southern shores.

17 Sep 2024 - 1:16PM

Ukraine war

Italy’s Meloni pledges support to Ukraine after meeting with Zelensky

The leaders discussed Kyiv’s plans to end the war and reconstruction efforts, while Meloni said Western support made peace talks possible.

7 Sep 2024 - 10:05PM

China-EU relations

Is Italy’s Giorgia Meloni willing and able to help China improve ties with the EU?

A year after pulling out of the belt and road, the Italian leader came away from Beijing with a three-year action plan for greater cooperation.

19 Aug 2024 - 6:25PMvideocam

When Italian PM Giorgia Meloni visited China last month, the two nations agreed to expand the scale of two-way investment. Photo: Xinhua

Israel-Gaza war

Iran says West’s calls to stand down Israel threat lacks ‘political logic’

Washington shares Israeli assessments that any attack by Iran ‘could be this week’, said US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby.

13 Aug 2024 - 3:54PMvideocam

Diplomacy

Opinion | What Marco Polo and Matteo Ricci can teach China and Italy today

Italy’s exit from China’s Belt and Road Initiative might seem to be a setback but it has opened the door to a more balanced relationship.

11 Aug 2024 - 9:30AMvideocam

Italy

China urges Italy to play ‘constructive’ role in ties between Beijing and Europe

President Xi Jinping makes appeal during Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s visit to Beijing.

29 Jul 2024 - 11:35PMvideocam

Xi Jinping and Giorgia Meloni meet for talks in Beijing on Monday. Photo: AFP

China-EU relations

Italian PM Meloni likely to visit China this month amid cautious diplomacy

Despite Rome quitting Beijing’s belt and road, the two sides were seen to ‘let diplomacy work in favour of a smooth and productive revision of bilateral relations’.

4 Jul 2024 - 4:24PMvideocam

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni is expected to visit China in late July after an earlier trip was cancelled and Italy withdrew from the belt and road programme. Photo: AFP

European Union

EU leaders see top jobs deal returning von der Leyen by end June

Consensus builds that Ursula von der Leyen would get a second term, other top EU jobs go to Antonio Costa and Kaja Kallas.

18 Jun 2024 - 2:35PMvideocam

Italy

‘Bring together forces of right’: Italy PM Meloni to stand in EU elections

Giorgia Meloni made her announcement at a rally for her far-right party, on the same day dozens raised their arms in a fascist salute to honour dictator Benito Mussolini on the 79th anniversary of his execution.

29 Apr 2024 - 1:36AM

China-EU relations

Italy eyes China ties after belt and road exit, leaders plan to visit Beijing

Visits by Italian president and prime minister being planned for this year amid ‘positive relations’, Ambassador Massimo Ambrosetti says.

24 Mar 2024 - 6:53PM

A BYD production line. Reports have said the Italian government has invited the Shenzhen-based firm, along with automobile maker Chery, to build plants in Italy. Photo: Xinhua

Nato

‘Historic day’: Sweden set to join Nato after Hungary approves bid

Sweden clears the last hurdle to join Nato, ending the Nordic country’s long history of neutrality and military non-alignment.

27 Feb 2024 - 11:56AM

Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. Photo: AFP

Ukraine war

European leaders pledge to back Ukraine until nation is ‘finally free’

The promise by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen comes amid Ukraine’s shortage of military supplies that are hurting it on the battlefield.

24 Feb 2024 - 10:16PMvideocam

Italy

Albania to hold migrants for Italy, worrying activists, but EU sees a template

Under a five-year agreement announced in November, Albania will shelter up to 36,000 migrants a year as Rome fast-tracks their asylum requests.

22 Feb 2024 - 7:44PM

Italy

Tractors converge on Rome as farmers protest across Europe

Though the demonstrations have wound down in France after government concessions, the movement has taken hold in Germany, Greece, the Netherlands and elsewhere.

4 Feb 2024 - 5:54AM

Italian farmers protest with their tractirs at the Santa Maria Capua Vetere toll booth in Caserta, Italy on Saturday. Photo: EPA-EFE

Turkey

Turkish police capture gunmen who killed 1 person in Istanbul church

Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was in response to a call by the group’s leaders to target Jews and Christians.

29 Jan 2024 - 4:58AM

Italy

Outrage in Italy after hundreds give fascist salute at Rome rally

Opposition politicians in Italy demanded that the government explain how hundreds of demonstrators were able to give a banned fascist salute at a Rome rally without any police intervention.

9 Jan 2024 - 2:50PM

Italy

‘Blasphemous’ same-sex nativity scene angers conservatives in Italy

The nativity scene at a church in the province of Avellino features two mothers of the Baby Jesus, instead of the conventional Mary and Joseph figurines.

23 Dec 2023 - 10:00PM

A nativity scene featuring two mothers of the Baby Jesus, instead of the conventional Mary and Joseph figurines, goes on display in the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Capocastello di Mercogliano, Italy, on Saturday. Photo: Reuters

Italy

Like Japan, Italy faces existential threat if citizens don’t have babies: Musk

Speaking at a political festival organised by Prime Minister Meloni, Musk urged Italians to have more children to protect their culture.

18 Dec 2023 - 12:09AMvideocam

Tesla CEO Elon Musk, holding his son, attends the annual political festival Atreju in Rome on December 16. Photo: AP

Africa

Over 60 migrants believed dead off Libya coast after boat sinks

High waves swamped the vessel, which had over 80 people aboard, as it made its risky sea voyage towards Europe.

17 Dec 2023 - 3:10PM

China-EU relations

Editorial | Xi provides positive vision for China and EU relations in talks

Expectations may have been low for first in-person summit in four years, but meeting showed need to find common ground.

13 Dec 2023 - 6:00AM

Italy

‘A nightmare’: in hard-right Italy, gay parents fear losing rights to children

Civil unions became legal in Italy in 2016, but the law on parental rights for same-sex couples is unclear.

12 Dec 2023 - 1:58AMvideocam

Chiara, right, and her pregnant partner Christine, at their apartment in Rome. Photo: AFP

China-EU relations

Italy to terminate China belt and road agreement, ending G7 involvement

Move by Rome follows campaign pledge by new Italian PM Meloni, who has been critical of Beijing, leaving only non-G7 EU members in China’s infrastructure programme.

7 Dec 2023 - 11:03PMvideocam

The Netherlands

Netherlands far-right’s Geert Wilders scores massive election win

Geert Wilders and his far-right Freedom Party have pulled off an extraordinary political bombshell, a shock result that will resound across Europe.

23 Nov 2023 - 5:10PM

France

Europe’s far-right joins rallying cry against antisemitism, unsettling some Jews

The move is part of a strategy used by far-right politicians in Europe to help bolster their anti-migration agenda while rebutting suggestions they are racist.

16 Nov 2023 - 2:48AM

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