Matteo Salvini

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MILAN (AP) — Italy’s firebrand former interior minister, Matteo Salvini, put migration at the center of his electoral campaign during a visit Thursday to Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa, a gateway for tens of thousands of people crossing the perilous central Mediterranean Sea to Italian territory each year. Salvini pledged…

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/ Europe Issued on: 28/07/2022 - 17:48 League party leader Matteo Salvini (centre) talks with senators during a pause in a discussion on the Italian government crisis at the Senate in Rome on July 20, 2022. © Andreas Solaro, AFP Italian right-wing leader Matteo Salvini's ties with Russia were again…

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ROME (Reuters) - Italian right-wing leader Matteo Salvini said on Friday that Prime Minister Mario Draghi should remain in his current role and not become head of state when the position comes free early next year. Parliament will convene to choose a new president in January, and the former European…

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi holds a news conference after the government met to discuss stricter coronavirus disease (COVID-19) health pass rules, in Rome, Italy, November 24, 2021. REUTERS/Remo Casilli Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comROME, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Italian right-wing leader Matteo Salvini said on Friday…

Matteo Salvini, a former interior minister and the head of Italy’s right-wing League party, is on trial on kidnapping charges related to his denial of entry to a humanitarian ship carrying migrants and asylum seekers abandoned at sea in 2019. And he is angry that Hollywood actor Richard Gere is…

Italy’s former hardline interior minister Matteo Salvini went on trial Saturday over his refusal to let a migrant rescue ship dock in August 2019, leaving some 147 people stranded at sea for days. The trial comes at a critical time for the far-right leader, whose fortunes have declined sharply since the dramatic stand-off. The firebrand former minister…