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Meloni in Nicosia speaking to reporters about NATO, Trump and the US-Spain tensions

Meloni calls US-Spain NATO tensions ‘not positive’

April 24, 2026April 24, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Speaking on the sidelines of an informal EU summit in Nicosia, Italy’s prime minister warned that NATO must be strengthened, even as she acknowledged a silence from Washington following her public rebuke of Trump’s attack on Pope Leo XIV.

Vladimir Solovyov. By LSlutsky.Ru, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=180907175

Kremlin’s mouthpiece Solovyov hurls obscene insults at Meloni

April 21, 2026April 21, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Russian state television presenter Vladimir Solovyov, the Kremlin’s most prominent propaganda voice, launched a foul-mouthed attack on Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on live television on Tuesday, prompting Italy to summon the Russian ambassador in formal protest.

Zelensky and Meloni agree deeper defence ties. Image credit: Palazzo Chigi Images made available under licence CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0 IT

Meloni and Zelensky agree on deeper defence ties

April 16, 2026April 16, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Palazzo Chigi on Wednesday as Italy and Kyiv announced plans for joint drone production and closer air defence ties. Meloni used the summit to restate her unwavering commitment to Ukraine just hours after Donald Trump publicly attacked her judgment.

Meloni and Trump (pictured) say they are certain they can reach an agreement on trade tariffs. Image credit: Palazzo Chiggi The relationship has now soured considerably.

Trump turns on Meloni – I was wrong about her

April 14, 2026April 14, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Donald Trump publicly attacked Giorgia Meloni over her refusal to back the Iran war and her defence of Pope Leo XIV prompting a unified Italian response and a pointed aside from President Mattarella.

Meloni briefing: we will govern the full 5 years

April 9, 2026April 9, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Italy’s prime minister used a Lower House briefing on Thursday to reassert her authority after a bruising referendum defeat, rule out any further cabinet reshuffles, and set out her government’s agenda for its final year.

Meloni says Italy cannot currently join Trump's Gaza Peace Board. meloni criticises some media outlets of 'throwing mud'.

Meloni accuses some media outlets of underhandedness

April 7, 2026April 7, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has accused several Italian media outlets of attempting to link her to organised crime. They published a photograph showing her with an alleged criminal figure.

Meloni courts Algeria for gas supplies

March 29, 2026March 29, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

While Rome was convulsed by resignations and referendum fallout, Giorgia Meloni slipped quietly to Algiers for what may be the most consequential meeting of her premiership. The visit underlines how Italy has built an irreplaceable energy and security partnership in North Africa — and how the Iran war has made Algeria more valuable than ever.

Albanian migrant processing centres (or return hubs) for migrants landing illegally in Italy. A recent decree is allowing one of them to be used as a CPR Credit: Getty Images

EU endorses third-country migrant return hubs

March 27, 2026March 27, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

The European Parliament has endorsed the creation of offshore migrant return hubs outside EU territory, exactly the model Italy pioneered with its controversial Albania deal. Meloni is celebrating, but her own centres have been frozen by the courts for months, and the price tag has soared to seven times the equivalent cost in Italy itself.

Meloni and Santanche on 29 settembre 2025. Image credit: ANSA/ UFFICIO STAMPA MITUR ANSA

Meloni adds Tourism portfolio to her brief

March 27, 2026March 27, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Premier Giorgia Meloni has taken on the tourism portfolio herself after forcing the resignation of Daniela Santanchè, who faced a mounting pile of criminal probes. The decision to fold the ministry into the prime ministerial office rather than appoint a successor raises pointed questions about trust and priorities.

Justice reform referendum: Meloni suffers first major defeat

March 24, 2026March 24, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Premier Giorgia Meloni has suffered her first significant political setback since coming to power, after Italian voters rejected her government’s flagship justice reform in a referendum on Monday.