Giorgia Meloni

The Italian Prime Minister, Georgia Meloni, spoke on Tuesday of the link between illegal immigration and the rise in violence against women, stressing that Italy will continue its efforts to combat this phenomenon. The statement was made on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro.

On Tuesday, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni highlighted the connection between illegal immigration and the rise in violence against women, emphasizing that Italy will continue its efforts to combat this phenomenon.

Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni had a telephone conversation with newly elected United States President Donald Trump yesterday, Wednesday night.

According to a statement from the Italian government, “the conversation was an opportunity to reaffirm the firm alliance, strategic cooperation and the historic and deep friendship that have always linked Rome and Washington.”

An Italian navy ship has set sail for Albania carrying a second small group of migrants, with Rome looking to salvage a controversial plan to process asylum seekers abroad after a first attempt hit legal hurdles.

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban congratulated Donald Trump on his expected victory in the U.S. presidential election, calling it the "biggest comeback in U.S. political history." Orban, a vocal supporter of Trump since 2016, expressed his enthusiasm on social media, emphasizing that Trump's victory is a "much-needed win for the world."

A top European Union official on Wednesday refused to be drawn on an opinion of an agreement between Italy and Albania to process some migrants in centers set up in the tiny Western Balkan country, saying only that it was being closely monitored.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni invited Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday to visit Italy in the first half of 2025 for a new session of the Italy-Türkiye Intergovernmental Summit.

Images from the early 1990s of thousands of Albanians crammed onto all kinds of ships—most famously the “Vlora” with 10,000 passengers—on the journey of hope from Durrës to Italy are not so distant. It was August 8, 1991, when scenes of a drama were unfolding at the port of Bari that were destined to be repeated.

Italy's Defense Minister Guido Crosetto (L) welcomes US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin prior to the Group of Seven (G7) Defence Ministers Summit at the Palazzo Reale in Naples, Italy, on Oct. 19, 2024.

G7 defense ministers started talks on Saturday against a backdrop of escalation in the Middle East and mounting pressure on Ukraine as it faces another winter of fighting.

A Rome court has rejected orders to detain a group of migrants in a reception facility in Albania and said they had a right to be brought to Italy, dealing a blow to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's plan to divert asylum-seekers abroad.