Matteo Salvini

ROME (Reuters) - Proposals to reform the euro zone’s bailout fund are creating a political storm in Italy, where parties and institutions are battling over whether Rome should try to block the reform at the EU level. A draft of the reform was agreed by euro…

Exceptionally high tidal waters returned to Venice on Friday, prompting the mayor to close iconic St. Mark's Square and call for donations to repair the Italian lagoon city just three days after it experienced its worst flooding in 50 years. The high tide pe…

Flood-hit Venice was bracing for another exceptional high tide Friday, as Italy declared a state of emergency for the UNESCO city where perilous deluges have caused millions of euros worth of damage. Churches, shops and homes in the city of canals have been …

Flood-hit Venice is bracing for another exceptional high tide on Friday, as Italy declared a state of emergency for the UNESCO city where perilous deluges have caused millions of euros worth of damage. Churches, shops and homes in the city of canals have bee…

Venice (AFP) - Italy on Thursday declared a state of emergency for Venice after an exceptional tide surged through churches, shops and homes, causing millions of euros worth of damage to the UNESCO city. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said the cabinet had app…

Matteo Salvini's political ambitions hit a big roadblock in August when he was attacked by then prime minister Giuseppe Conte as the coalition between Salvini's far-right League party and the Five Star Movement collapsed after 15 months. Salvini had gone fro…

A surprise surge in seats for Vox has become one of the biggest talking points of the day after the Spanish right-wing party came in third with 52 seats in the 350-seat parliament, up from 24 in April. The ruling Socialists gained 120 seats while the conserv…

"Just 11 months ago, we weren't even in any regional legislature in Spain. Today we are the third-largest party in Spain and the party that has grown the most in votes and seats," said Abascal, who promised to battle the "progressive dictatorship." Right-win…

ROME—When Liliana Segre, the face of Italy’s historical memory of the Holocaust, was named a senator for life last year, it was something of an honorary title for the 89-year-old grandmother. Segre, who was deported to Auschwitz at 13, No. 75191 tattooed on h…

Until August, Five Star had governed Italy for more than a year with the nationalist League party, led by Matteo Salvini, who is still the countrys most popular politician, and who has a skeptical view of climate change. One cold spring day in Milan, Mr. Sal…