Matteo Salvini

Notwithstanding the criticism, the strategy appears to have worked Italians have applauded his crackdown on migrant arrivals and his promise to recruit more police. Since last years general election, Mr Salvini has doubled the Leagues support from 17% to 34%…

Image copyrightEPAImage caption Carabinieri officers paid their respects to Mario Cerciello Rega at a church service in Rome, Italy Italian police are investigating a leaked photo of a blindfolded American teenager who is accused of killing an officer in R…

Two American teenagers have confessed to fatally stabbing a police officer to death in Rome on Friday, according to authorities. Deputy Brigadier Mario Cerciello Rega was allegedly killed by the two Americans shortly after they had stolen a backpack from an …

ROME (Reuters) - Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said on Friday he would not let an Italian coastguard boat carrying 135 migrants dock until European Union countries agreed to take them in. The Gregoretti coastguard vessel rescued the migrants on Thursday …

MILAN (Reuters) - Italian Economy Minister Giovanni Tria’s job could be at risk if he does not show enough courage in reducing taxes next year, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said on Friday. “If the economy minister says there is no room for a tax cut…

ROME (Reuters) - Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said on Wednesday he saw “good signs” that the government was moving forward in his clearest statement yet that he is not planning on quitting the coalition and triggering early elections. “I hav…

Image copyrightReutersImage caption A Russian worker shows a sample of crude oil (file photo) Corruption allegations are threatening to engulf the party of Matteo Salvini, the populist Italian interior minister whose Euroscepticism and hard line against il…

Boris Johnson will succeed Theresa May as the UK’s prime minister after he defeating Jeremy Hunt in a Conservative Party leadership race. World leaders have been showing their support on Twitter. President Trump was one of the first to congratulate Johnson b…

Train passengers in Italy on Monday suffered four-hour delays and more than two dozen train cancellations after an arson fire in Rovezzano near Florence. The fire was likely "malicious", the Italian state railway manager RFI said in a statement, citing "init…

ROME (Reuters) - President Sergio Mattarella has no meeting scheduled with Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini and has not received any indication that the League party leader wants early elections, an Italian official said on Friday. Many League politicia…