Matteo Salvini

A draft plan agreed some two weeks ago to distribute rescued migrants at sea failed to muster much support among EU states at a meeting of interior ministers in Luxembourg on Tuesday (8 October).France, Germany, Italy and Malta had in late September put forwa…

A large majority of European Union member countries have refused to back a plan to quickly get migrants off boats in the Mediterranean Sea and distribute them among willing EU partners. At a meeting of EU interior ministers, only Ireland, Luxembourg and Port…

* Migrant arrivals from Turkey spike, pressuring Greece anew * Turkey says EU support after 2016 deal insufficient * Italy, Malta all but fail to get support for relocation scheme (Updates after the meeting) By Gabriela Baczynska LUXEMBOURG, Oct 8 (Reuter…

The credentialed media have never gotten over losing their ‘gatekeeping’ function, being the arbiters of what gets published, and what does not. The first real crack in their armor was the success of Rush Limbaugh, and his ability to reach millions of people …

ROME: Italy's parliament votes Tuesday (Oct 8) on cutting the number of the country's lawmakers, a move linked to an electoral law reform that the left-leaning government hopes will help keep the far-right from power. Slashing the number of MPs and senators …

The boat had departed Tunisia with about 50 people on board, mostly west Africans and Tunisians. The incident brings to more than 1,000 the number of people who have died in the Mediterranean Sea this year. Enough massacres in the sea, Lampedusa Mayor Toto …

Since Matteo Salvini took over the leadership of the Northern League party (rebranded as the League before last years elections) in late 2013, the focus of his harsh political campaigns shifted from southern Italians the so-called Terroni, or people of the co…

Matteo Salvini Criticizes Italy’s New Pro-Mass Migration Policies

Dear readers, When Fatima Asmaa Paciotti converted to Islam in 2005, she found scant resources in her province of Italy to help Muslim women dress comfortably, let alone dress in a way that reflected both their personal style and faith. I only found poor qu…

ROME: Italy presented a scheme on Friday (Oct 4) to accelerate the expulsion of migrants who have no right to stay in the country, cutting the time it takes to decide on whether an asylum seeker must return home. Immigration flows helped fuel the rise of Ita…