Matteo Salvini

Jan.27 -- Matteo Salvini suffered a stinging defeat in a key regional vote. It provides a much needed boost to Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte’s fragile government. Salvini had hoped that taking Emilia-Romagna would deal a fatal blow to Conte, forcing early national elections that his League Party would likely win.…

The Democratic Party (PD) breathed a sigh of relief as the attempt of right-wing leader Matteo Salvini to take over the red Emilia-Romagna failed. Pushed by the sardines movement, PD candidate Stefano Bonaccini defeated Legas Borgonzoni in crucial regional el…

Italy’s populist leader Matteo Salvini appeared to have failed in his bid to win a key regional election and topple the country’s fragile coalition government, according to exit polls late Sunday (26 January). The far-right League had hoped to score a historic upset and force snap elections in the regional…

ROME - Right-wing opposition leader Matteo Salvini is telling Italians who are voting in two regions to use their ballots to help his anti-migrant party return to national power. Voting began Sunday morning in Emilia-Romagna, a northern region where the left…

“If the League wins these elections, it won’t change much from our perspective, because somehow we have already won our cultural battle,” said Mattia Santori, the 32-year-old spokesperson of the anti-populist grassroots movement known as the Sardines, as people gathered for a big rally in Bologna, Italy, on Jan. 19.…

Speaking in Davos, billionaire and philanthropist George Soros accused Facebook of working for the re-election of US President Donald Trump, in a speech where he  also targeted would-be dictator Matteo Salvini as one of the biggest threats to European democra…

Egged on by his supporters, right-wing leader Matteo Salvini was filmed on the outskirts of Bologna ringing at the intercom and asking an alleged Tunisian dealer, whose family name and home address was clearly audible, whether he smuggles drugs. Osama Sgha…

Polls show that his hard-right League party is well positioned to win in regional elections in the northern region of Emilia-Romagna, which has for decades been synonymous with the Italian left, and in the region of Calabria in the country's south, from which…

Earlier, ministers of the co-governing Five Star Movement (M5S) met to discuss strategy ahead of crucial regional elections in Emilia Romagna and Calabria, where the party is expected to face defeat to the right-wing League party led by Matteo Salvini. The 3…

ROME: An Italian senate committee voted on Monday (Jan 20) to strip former interior minister Matteo Salvini of his parliamentary immunity, opening the way for him to stand trial for allegedly illegally detaining migrants at sea last year. "They'll have to fi…