Giorgia Meloni

A deal allowing Italy to build reception camps in Albania for thousands of migrants arriving by sea raises concerns about arbitrary detention and living conditions, the UN human rights chief said on Thursday.

Prominent historian İlber Ortaylı, who accompanied Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni during her visit to Istanbul over the weekend, has denied the claims regarding her alleged proposal on migrants that stirs debated and controversy on social media.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni paid her first visit to Türkiye on Jan. 20, engaging in discussions with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at Istanbul's Vahdettin Mansion.

The closed-door meeting marks the third in-person meeting between Meloni and Erdoğan, following their encounters at the NATO summit in Vilnius last July and the U.N. General Assembly in New York in September.

Italy steps into the pivotal role of the G7 rotating presidency, taking over from Japan, in a time fraught with global tensions and intricate geopolitical challenges, as reported by world agencies and Italian media.

Vui referred to the meetings he had with UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, as well as the chairman of the UAE Executive Affairs Authority and Manchester City club owner Khaldoon al-Mubarak.

BELGRADE - Italian PM Giorgia Meloni said on Sunday in Belgrade Italy and Serbia had developed exceptional bilateral relations, especially in recent years.

At a press conference after a meeting with Aleksandar Vucic, Meloni thanked the Serbian president for the great hospitality during her first-ever visit to Serbia.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with Italian PM Giorgia Meloni in Belgrade on Sunday afternoon.

At a joint press conference after the meeting, Vucic said they had discussed all important issues and agreed that Serbia and Italy, as exceptionally friendly countries, maintained good political and economic relations.

She was met at the airport by the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vui.
After a formal welcome in front of the Palace of Serbia, the tete-a-tete meeting between the Italian Prime Minister and the Serbian President began.
After the meeting, Meloni and Vui addressed the public.

DUBAI - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday Italian PM Giorgia Meloni would come to Belgrade in less than two days and that her visit would be important for bilateral ties and for bringing in more investors, as well as for bilateral political ties and Italy's further support to Serbia's progress on the EU path.

"We had important meetings. I spoke with Charles Michel and with the presidents of Hungary, Poland, Belarus, as well as with people from the IMF," Vui said, adding that all the conversations were of special importance for Serbia.
"In order to solve all the problems, there must be order in international relations," he added.