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Rights watchdog denounces Italy immigration law as 'inhumane'

A new Italian law that narrows asylum rights in an effort to dissuade migrants from heading to Italy is repressive and inhumane, a leading rights watchdog said on Friday.

Reuters

Pope joins Meloni in urging Italians to have more kids, not pets

Pope Francis has joined Italy’s conservative premier in encouraging Italians to have more children after Italy registered a record low birth rate last year

The Independent UK

Pope says only rich can afford to have children in Italy

Starting a family in Italy is becoming a "titanic effort" that only the rich can afford, Pope Francis said on Friday, warning that "savage" free-market conditions were preventing the young from having children.

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A sword bearer, Frankie at Eurovision, and some noisy old frogs – take the Thursday quiz

Fourteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Guardian - UK

Italian PM Meloni: No decision yet on quitting China deal

The Italian government has not yet taken a decision on whether to leave the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) deal with China and is reviewing its options, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Meloni opens talks on constitutional reform, long a mirage in Italy

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Tuesday began meetings with opposition parties to discuss her plans to reform the constitution and end chronic political instability in the euro zone's third largest nation.

Reuters

Italy calls for clearer apology from France over migration 'insult'

Italy remains dissatisfied with the apologies offered by Paris after a French minister accused Rome of mishandling the influx of migrants, Italy's foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Sunday.

Reuters

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Hospitalized Berlusconi makes first public statements

Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has made his first public statements since being hospitalized a month ago, delivering a video address from a Milan hospital to his Forza Italia political party

The Independent UK

French government plays down Italy migration row after cancelled visit

The French government sought to play down a fresh row with Italy over migration on Friday, saying Paris was not looking to "ostracise" its EU partner and its prime minister, Giorgia Meloni.

Radio France Internationale

Italy wants French apology over migration 'insults'

France must apologise to end a dispute over over what Rome considers insulting remarks, including some over its handling of immigration, Italy's foreign minister said on Friday, while also signalling the spat might be short-lived.

Reuters

Italian foreign minister calls off Paris visit over ‘insults’ from France

Move comes after French interior minister accuses Italy’s PM of lying to voters over migration

The Guardian - UK

Pro-Putin businessman emerges as pick to chair Italy’s biggest energy firm

Fears appointing Paolo Scaroni as Enel CEO would undermine US and EU attempts to curb Russian influence

The Guardian - UK

Italian minister scraps trip over French official's remarks

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has abruptly canceled a trip to Paris over remarks by the French interior minister criticizing the Italian premier’s migration policy

The Independent UK

Italian foreign minister calls off Paris trip after French 'insults'

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani called off a trip to Paris on Thursday, saying the French interior minister had offended Italy and its Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni with unacceptable "insults".

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Italy unlikely to renew China deal, but needs time, official says

Italy is highly unlikely to renew its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) deal with China, which expires early next year, but needs time to discuss the issue with Beijing, a senior government official said.

Al Jazeera

Tunisia’s choice: Migration and realpolitik in the Mediterranean

Tunisia’s relationship with Europe remains firm as the EU courts Tunis’s help in stopping migration.

France 24

Italy cracks down on asylum, boosting work visas instead

Italy's far-right government, led by PM Giorgia Meloni, recently made a change to its immigration policy. This involves a crackdown on residence permits for asylum seekers and an increase in deportation centres, in order to discourage illegal immigration. But the government also wants to increase the number of work visas…

The Guardian - UK

‘Vanishing like glaciers’: plunging birthrate threatens Italian schools

With one of the lowest fertility rates in the EU and fewer women to have children, classrooms are emptying and the future of communities is in doubt

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The Guardian - UK

The Tories have been dragging the UK to the far right for years

Letters: Readers respond to an editorial on comparisons with Italy’s Giorgia Meloni and the risk posed to core European ideals

Reuters

Italy's Meloni defends Britain's migration deal with Rwanda

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Friday Britain's plan to send illegal migrants to Rwanda was a deal between two free nations which are safeguarding the safety of the people, adding it was wrong to call it a deportation.

The Independent UK

Suspected smuggler in deadly shipwreck sent back to Italy

Italian police say Austrian authorities have handed over one of the suspected smugglers of the boat which capsized in February off southern Italy in a tragedy that killed 92 migrants

Reuters

Italy's Meloni wins parliamentary backing for extra borrowing after vote slip up

Italy's government on Friday won parliamentary backing for additional borrowing, after a first attempt resulted in a major setback for nationalist Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

Reuters

Analysis-Skilled, educated and washing dishes: how Italy squanders migrant talent

Marilyn Nabor, an experienced high school mathematics teacher in the Philippines, moved to Italy 14 years ago with high hopes of honing her craft in the country of Galileo and Fibonacci.

The Guardian - UK

Meloni praises Sunak’s immigration policies on visit to No 10

Far-right Italian prime minister in London for ‘new beginning’ aiming at deeper and wider alliance between the countries

The Independent UK

Sunak says UK, Italy 'aligned' as he meets far-right Meloni

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has declared that Britain and Italy are “very aligned” in values as he welcomed far-right Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni

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