Matteo Salvini

Richard Gere and Matteo Salvini clash over migrants

Hollywood star Richard Gere has called upon the Italian government to assist migrants who have been stranded on a Spanish charity boat in the Mediterranean for more than a week.…

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World News in Cartoons : Snap Elections in Italy, a fatal blow?

The political situation in Italy has precipitated into crisis mode. The heads of political groups will meet on Monday to set a date for the vote, the upper house press…

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Salvini presents no-confidence motion against Conte

The League presented a motion of no confidence in Premier Giuseppe Conte in the Senate on Friday after the party's leader, Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, said Thursday…

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Bond spread soars and Milan Stock Exchange plunges amid Italian government crisis

The spread between Italy's 10-year BTP bond and the German Bund leaped up to 239 basis points on Friday after League leader and Deputy Premier Matteo Salvini said he was…

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Italy PM Conte requests explanation from Salvini for calling snap elections

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said that the leader of the ruling League party, Matteo Salvini, must explain to Italians why he wants to bring down the coalition government. Salvini,…

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Italian Government Coalition is finished, only way forward was new elections – Salvini

The leader of Italy's ruling League party, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, said on Thursday the governing coalition had broken down and the only way forward was to hold new…

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Italy reaches deal with five EU nations over stranded migrants on the ‘Bruno Gregoretti’

Italy announced that it would allow an Italian coastguard ship to finally disembark 116 migrants who were stranded for days in a Sicilian port, ending its latest standoff with the…

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Carabiniere stabbed to death in the centre of Rome

There is shock in the Italian capital Rome after a member of Italy’s Carabinieri was stabbed to death while on duty. The Italian security official was stabbed as he stopped…

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PD to put forward no confidence motion in Salvini

Italy's Democratic Party will put forward a motion of no confidence against Interior Minister Matteo Salvini. The opposition party's announcement came after Salvini, the leader of the far-right League, refused to…

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Italy should clear up whether Salvini’s Lega got Russian kickbacks from oil deals – Merkel

Italy should clear up whether the nationalist League party sought or received funding from Russia, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday. "Clarification is up to Italy," she said. "I think that…

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Italy to fine migrant rescue ships €1 million

NGO run migrant rescue ships will be fined up to one million euros for defying a ban on entering Italian waters under a new League amendment to the government's second…

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Salvini says elections still possible after summer break

Italy still has time to dissolve parliament and go to elections after the summer break, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini told daily Il Corriere della Sera. Salvini, who’s also the…

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Carola Rackete will request the courts to order closure of Matteo Salvini’s social accounts because they allegedly stoked hate against her

Sea-Watch3 skipper Carola Rackete will today file a suit to close Interior Minister Matteo Salvini's Facebook and Twitter accounts because they allegedly stoked hate against her and the Sicilian prosecutor…

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Envelope with bullet sent to Salvini

Italian police have opened an investigation after an anonymous letter with a bullet inside was sent to Matteo Salvini, the Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior.…

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Political storm over allegations Salvini’s party took money from Russians

Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini denied a media report that his League party had sought millions of euros from Russian investors via a secret oil deal. The U.S. website…

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Washington Post on Malta’s role in the Mediterranean migrants’ rescue operations

With Italy firmly blocking its seaports, the tiny island country of Malta has emerged as an unlikely and reluctant lifeline for migrants making the perilous journey across the Mediterranean Sea.…

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Italy: The Sea-Watch saga exposes the societal changes, polarisation at the detriment of analysis and reason

Italy’s tussle with the Sea-Watch migrant rescue ship is a textbook case of politics in the age of Matteo Salvini. For weeks the hardline minister railed at the boat’s captain;…

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More migrants land in Lampedusa

More migrants have reached Lampedusa in the second landing in a few hours between Sunday and Monday. A small boat was intercepted about one mile from the coast with…

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People’s lives matter more than any political game – Carola Rackete

Carola Rackete, the ship’s captain facing jail after defying Italian law to bring 42 migrants into port has said she would do it all over again and hit out at…

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Salvini wants to strengthen security at Italian land borders

Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Friday said "we are controlling our borders by sea, and we also want to control them by land with all means necessary," referring to…

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Sea Watch captain to sue Salvini

The Sea Watch captain Carola Rackete announced she would sue Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini for instigating hatred and crimes, after she received rape threats on social media.…

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Sea Watch Captain released – Salvini reacts and states he’ll make sure she’s sent back to her country

An Italian judge has ordered the release of the German captain of a migrant rescue ship who had been placed under house arrest for breaking an Italian naval blockade. Carola…

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Rocca Di Papa succumbs to injuries after explosion in town hall

Rocca di Papa Mayor Emanuele Crestini has died of the injuries sustained in an explosion at the town hall building in the town near Rome last weekend. Crestini's death brings…

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Italy is most credible and solid interlocutor of the US in the EU – Pompeo

Italy is "the first, most credible, most solid interlocutor of the US in the European Union," Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini told the press after meeting Secretary of…

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Identity and Democracy, new far-right political EP formation uniting Le Pen, Salvini and anti-immigration parties announced

Marine Le Pen and Matteo Salvini’s MEPs have joined forces with anti-immigration parties across Europe to create the biggest far-right group in the European parliament. Known as Identity and Democracy…

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Matteo Salvini’s attack on judiciary raises alarm on ‘rule-of-law’ in Italy

A simmering row over the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary in Italy has erupted after the interior minister Matteo Salvini publicly singled out three magistrates who…

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Italian Prime Minister threatens to step down if coalition bickering continues

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte threatened to step down if the ruling League and 5Star Movement don't stop bickering. At a news conference in Rome on Monday evening, Conte said…

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Hungary Fidesz dismisses cooperation with Salvini’s far-right group

Hungary's ruling Fidesz party doesn't see much chance of working with the far-right group to be established in the European Parliament by Italy's Interior Minister Matteo Salvini. "We respect the…

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Salvini to launch petition for introduction of chemical-castration law

Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Interior Matteo Salvini announced that his League party, of which he is leader, is going to start a petition this weekend for…

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Man stabbed in Rome for wearing a crucifix

Italian Interior Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini revealed on Tuesday that a Moroccan national stabbed a man for wearing a crucifix at Rome's central Termini train station. The…

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Salvini insists terrorist presence on migrants boats from Libya now a certainty

Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said the chaos in Libya following Khalifa Haftar's offensive has increased the risk of terrorist presence on migrant boats headed for Italy, said, adding…

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Italy on the alert for foreign fighters escaping from Libya

The Italian Interior Ministry issued a directive aimed at dealing with terrorists possibly escaping and arriving from war torn Libya. The Ministry warned that hundreds of Islamic terrorists could arrive…

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Suspension of EU’s Operation Sophia not of great concern to Libya

The spokesman for the Libyan Navy, Ayoub Qassim said that the European statements regarding the suspension of Operation Sophia are not of the Libyan state's concern in any means.…

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Senate blocks Salvini trial

The Senate on Wednesday voted against granting authorisation to prosecutors in Sicily to proceed with a case of alleged kidnapping against Interior Minister Matteo Salvini. Prosecutors in Sicily wanted…

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Migrants on board the ‘Mare Ionio’ to disembark at Lampedusa

The 49 migrants on board the Italian NGO rescue ship 'Mare Ionio' will be disembarking at Lampedusa on the orders of Guardia di Finanza. The 'Mare Ionio' was embroiled…

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Italy registers record drop in asylum requests

Italy registered the largest drop in 2018 in asylum requests of all European Union countries - down 61% on 2017 figures, while requests across the EU dropped by 11%…

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Italian government defuses multibillion-euro TAV project row

Giuseppe Conte, the Italian Prime Minister, halted the launch of tenders for a high-speed rail link to France, defusing a dispute within the ruling coalition over the project that…

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Libya-Italy discussions on resuming commercial flights

Italian Interior Minister, Matteo Salvini discussed the resumption of direct flights between Italy and Libya in a meeting with Vice-President of the Libyan Presidential Council (PC), Ahmed Maiteeq. In the…

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Salvini on the recession : I do not care much to talk about data fixed the Istat

"There will be no government crisis and I will not pose a problem: I am counting on honoring the government contract with Di Maio, who is a serious person. The…

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Salvini insists that Italy’s ports were closed as SeaWatch 3 heads to Italy’s shores with 47 persons on board

Italy's Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Thursday insisted the country's ports were closed to migrants, as a ship carrying 47 people rescued at sea headed for Sicily in deteriorating weather.…

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Salvini should face trial over Diciotti case – Court

A special tribunal has recommended that Interior Minister Matteo Salvini face trial for refusing to let 150 migrants disembark last year from a rescue ship docked in Sicily, the far-right…

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The ‘Sea Watch’ migrants will only come to Italy, once the others are relocated to Europe – Salvini

The Sea Watch migrants, as far as I am concerned, will arrive in Italy after the migrants who have to be relocated to Europe have left. This was stated by…

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Anti-Migrant vs Pro-Migrant ‘alliances’ to characterise MEP campaigns, as efforts to ‘change’ EU political landscape are declared

Hungary's Viktor Orban hopes a right-wing alliance can help gain an anti-migrant majority in the European Parliament. The alliance was pitched by Italy's Matteo Salvini, whom Orban described as a…

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Renzi praises Maltese Prime Minister Muscat’s leadership in contrast with the lack of shown by the Italian governing triad

Former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi praised Malta's Prime Minister Joseph Muscat while criticising the current Italian triad of Conte, Salvini, and Di Maio about the recent stand-off in the…

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“If by refusing ‘40’ persons we think we are solving the migration issue, we are reaching ridiculous levels” Claudio Baglioni – Salvini replies: “Focus on Singing”

Italian singer Claudio Baglioni said that with thousands of people who are currently migrating for various reasons, one can't think of solving the issue by refusing 40 persons. During the…

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If Salvini keeps insisting in his stand on disembarkation of migrants, I’ll go for them with the plane, we made our point – Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Porta a Porta

We are urging Malta to disembark those people, Italy can exceptionally endure a few women and a few children with husbands. I do not believe that the line of government…

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