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Italy pushes crackdown on migrants reaching its shores

Italy’s right-wing government is pressing ahead with plans to crack down on migrants after hundreds arrived in the last few days

The Independent UK

Berlusconi transferred from ICU to regular ward, family says

Italian media say former Premier Silvio Berlusconi has been transferred from an intensive care unit to a regular ward at a Milan hospital

The Independent UK

Portugal party Chega sets far-right world summit with Brazil's Bolsonaro, Italy's Salvini

Portuguese party Chega will hold a world summit in Lisbon with several far-right party leaders in May, including former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and Italian deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini, the president of Chega said on Friday.

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Italy's Berlusconi still in hospital, but "better than he was"

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is "better than he was", his friend Fedele Confalonieri said on Friday after visiting him in hospital, where he is being treated for a lung infection caused by chronic leukaemia.

Reuters

Italy again tries to build a bridge to Sicily, seeks support

Italy’s infrastructure minister is seeking to rally international interest in Italy’s latest attempt to build a bridge linking Sicily to the Italian mainland

The Independent UK

Italian consortium likely to build Sicily bridge - Minister

An Italian-led consortium is likely to get the nod to build the ambitious Messina bridge, which will link Sicily and the mainland, Infrastructure Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Italian academic cooks up controversy with claim carbonara is US dish

Alberto Grandi also raises hackles with suggestion Wisconsin has most authentic take on parmesan cheese

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Europe’s far right praise UK’s illegal migration bill

Alternative für Deutschland leaders were among those lauding Sunak’s bill, while other EU figures raised doubts about its legality

The Guardian - UK

Protests as Meloni cabinet meets near scene of deadly shipwreck

Italian ministers approve tougher laws against people-smugglers during meeting in Cutro

The Guardian - UK

Sunak’s ‘stop the boats’ plans receive far-right backing in Europe

Italy’s Matteo Salvini praised the plan as ‘harsh but fair’.

The Independent UK

Italian PM Meloni in Kyiv amid tensions over war within her coalition

PM to reassert support for Ukraine after coalition partner Silvio Berlusconi blamed Volodymyr Zelenskiy for Russia’s invasion

The Guardian - UK

How Italy is learning from the UK’s Brexit mistakes

Senior Italian government officials say that the economic and social turbulence in Britain that has followed the withdrawal from the EU has been eye-opening, writes Kim Sengupta

The Independent UK

Zelenskiy's planned appearance at Italian song fest sparks criticism

A planned guest appearance by Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at Italy's biggest showbiz event - the Sanremo song festival - is attracting cross-party criticism in a country where public support for Kyiv's war effort is at best lukewarm.

Reuters

In pushing away migrants, Giorgia Meloni forgets there was also a time when Italians weren't welcome

Georgia Meloni, leader of Italy’s post-fascist party Fratelli d'Italia, became prime minister last September, and she wasted little time in setting the new government’s tone on immigration. On November 4, the country closed its ports to rescue ships, blocking more than a thousand migrants, and since then Meloni’s stance hasn’t…

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Italy: why Meloni won

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.

Reuters

NGO accuses Italian, Maltese politicians of crimes against humanity on migrants

A German charity said on Wednesday it had reported senior European politicians including Italy's deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini to the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity over their treatment of migrants.

The Guardian - UK

European politicians accused of conspiring with Libyan coastguard to push back refugees

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

Irish Mirror

Horrifying video emerges of Italy landslide with over 100 people trapped on holiday island

Videos from the island show the massive scale of destruction where cars have been swept up and smashed into one another

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Italy's right-wing government resuscitates mega Sicily bridge project

Italy's new right-wing government revived on Tuesday moribund plans to connect the island of Sicily to the mainland with a giant bridge - one of the most ambitious engineering projects ever conceived.

The Independent UK

Long-serving Italian politician Roberto Maroni dies at 67

Leaders of Italy's League party say one of the movement's longtime leaders and a three-time Cabinet minister, Roberto Maroni, has died

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the trial of Roberto Saviano: call off the dogs

Editorial: The bullying of one of Italy’s most respected writers by Giorgia Meloni and Matteo Salvini is an assault on press freedom

InsideEVs

Italian Minister Wants Tesla To Build Its Next Giga Factory In Italy

Italy's Minister of Infrastructure And Transport, Matteo Salvini, strongly supports the idea of Tesla setting up in his country.

The Independent UK

Mafia expert stands trial for calling Italy’s Meloni a b*****d

Human rights campaigner criticised the now PM for her anti-migrant stance

Reuters

Anti-Mafia author Saviano on trial for calling Italy PM a 'bastard'

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The Guardian - UK

Writer Roberto Saviano goes on trial for comments about Italy’s PM

Giorgia Meloni is suing Gomorrah writer for criminal defamation over comments about her migrant policy

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