Matteo Salvini

The League voted against the mainstream German candidate Ursula von der Leyen for the powerful EU post (Sophia Kembowski/dpa via AP) The leaders of Italy’s coalition partners the League and 5-Star Movement warned on Thursday the government could collapse fol…

MILAN (Reuters) - Italy still has time to dissolve parliament and go to elections after the summer break, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini told daily Il Corriere della Sera. Salvini, who’s also the leader of League party, said in an interview published …

Agrigento (Italy) (AFP) - German captain Carola Rackete, who sparked international headlines by forcibly docking in an Italian port with rescued migrants, faces questioning by an Italian prosecutor on Thursday over allegedly aiding illegal immigration. The c…

Italian police have seized a large arsenal of weapons, including an air-to-air missile and rocket launchers, in raids on neo-Nazi sympathisers in an arms haul that authorities said was almost without precedent. Elite police forces searched properties across …

Rome (AFP) - Landfills in flames and rats feasting on waste in the streets have sparked health fears in Rome, as doctors warn families to steer clear of disease-ridden curbside garbage and locals launch a disgusting dumpster contest online. Crowds of summer …

Matteo Salvini's League party is under investigation for soliciting Russian funding via a secret oil deal | Miguel Medina/AFP via Getty Images ROME Italian prosecutors have opened an investigation following reports that the far-right League party of Interior…

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Mr Salvini is said to favour closer ties with Russia Italian prosecutors have opened an investigation into allegations of collusion between Russia and the ruling League party following media reports of a secret meet…

ROME (Reuters) - Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini on Wednesday denied a media report that his far-right League party had sought millions of euros from Russian investors via a secret oil deal. The U.S. website Buzzfeed said it had received an aud…

Two former Italian prime ministers are demanding an inquiry into the revelation that a close aide of Italy's deputy prime minister, Matteo Salvini, negotiated the terms of a proposed deal to secretly channel Russian oil money to Salvinis far-right Lega party.…

BERLIN (Reuters) - A ship’s captain being investigated for bringing migrants ashore in defiance of Italian coastguard orders has warned against her case becoming a distraction from the humanitarian crisis in the Mediterranean Sea. Carola Rackete, who pilote…