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Elena Chiorino resigns from all Piedmont posts following Rome steakhouse affair.

Mafia steakhouse affair claims another political scalp

March 31, 2026March 31, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Elena Chiorino’s full resignation from regional politics deepens the fallout from a steakhouse partnership that has already cost a government undersecretary his post. And the scandal is not over yet.

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.

Daniela Santanchè 2024 belgium24.eu - https://www.flickr.com/photos/199745783@N03/53542408679/ CC BY 2.0

Santanchè resigned saying she’s ‘no scapegoat’

March 26, 2026March 26, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Italy’s Tourism Minister, Daniela Santanchè, finally resigned yesterday afternoon (25th March). She gave in to an unprecedented public call from the prime minister, insisting she was no scapegoat for the government’s referendum defeat.

Daniela Santanchè faces a third no-confidence vote Credit: ANSA

Santanchè defies Meloni – for now

March 25, 2026March 25, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Italy’s embattled Tourism Minister, Daniela Santanchè, arrives at her ministry undeterred, as opposition prepares a no-confidence motion from which Meloni appears unwilling to shield her.

Andrea Delmastro who was sentenced to 8-months suspended

Delmastro quits over Mafia-linked restaurant stake

March 25, 2026March 25, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Andrea Delmastro becomes the first of two government officials to resign on Tuesday, as Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s coalition reels from its first major electoral defeat.

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.

Umberto Bossi, Lega founder, dies

March 20, 2026March 20, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Umberto Bossi, founder of the Northern League and one of the most influential and divisive figures in modern Italian politics, has died aged 84.

grave concern over middle east. Image credit: quirinale

Italy voices grave concern over Middle East

March 13, 2026March 13, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Italy’s Supreme Defence Council expressed “grave concern” on Friday over the escalating conflict in the Middle East following the war involving Iran, the United States and Israel. The council, chaired by President Sergio Mattarella, met at the Quirinal Palace in Rome to assess the international situation and the effects of the crisis across the Middle […]