Matteo Salvini

The captain of the Sea-Watch 3 charity rescue vessel threatened Tuesday to enter Italian waters illegally to bring 42 migrants to shore after they spent 13 days in limbo at sea. Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has banned the Dutch-flagged vessel from approa…

ROME (Reuters) - Top Italian ministers will meet late on Tuesday to discuss how to deal with motorway operator Autostrade per l’Italia (ASPI) and its concession, three people familiar with the matter said. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will hold a meeting w…

An Italian mob boss, who was known as the "cocaine boss of Milan" escaped from a prison in Uraguay overnight, as he was waiting to be extradited back to Italy, Uraguay's interior ministry said on Monday. Rocco Morabito, 52, had been imprisoned in the South A…

Montevideo (AFP) - Italian mafia boss Rocco Morabito has fled prison in the Uruguayan capital Montevideo, where he was awaiting extradition to Italy, the interior ministry announced Monday.Morabito and three other inmates "escaped through a hole in the roof o…

The Italian Interior Minister says the Netherlands is responsible for what happens to migrants onboard a rescue ship flying under the Dutch flag. The Sea Watch 3 is owned by a German charity and has been in international waters since June 12 waiting for some…

Following a visit to Washington on 17 June by Italys Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, some have accused him of selling Italy to Washington. However, the deputy PM has his own perspective on the matter.Following his visit to Washingt…

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A member of Germany's right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, Beatrix von Storch, believes that Italian Interior Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini should be given the Nobel Peace Prize for his "great contribution" to…

Speaking earlier this month at a rally for local elections in Foligno, a small town in central Italy, Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said he felt like a father to 60 million Italians. The liberal mayor of Milan, Giuseppe Sala, replied that he wo…

While many priests and bishops have come out against Salvini and his anti-mass migration policies, Monsignor Crociata stated that he is more interested in fighting Satan than Salvini in an interview with Roman Catholic website La Fede Quotidiana. ” I remain …

(Foreign Policy in Focus) – Democracy faces a global crisis. And this crisis couldnt be coming at a worse time. If youre a supporter of Donald Trump or Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil or Matteo Salvini in Italy you probably think that democracy has never been in be…