As the coronavirus claims lives, ruins livelihoods and wreaks economic havoc, tensions are rising between European Union countries over how best to respond as the pandemic overwhelms some member nations, once more raising troubling questions about the EU’s ability to stand united in times of crisis. Almost 16,000 people infected with the virus have died in Europe. Over a quarter of a million had... 

Russia’s Defense Ministry announced over the weekend that starting Sunday the military will deploy medical help to hard-hit Italy, the coronavirus epicenter in Europe which has seen its death toll take record jumps in the past days, now reaching 5,500 killed from the disease. The Kremlin said the emergency aid was initiated on orders from President Vladimir Putin after he spoke with Italian... 

According to a new poll, Italy’s former interior minister Matteo Salvini is now the country’s most trusted politician. The leader of the national populist League party received a 40 percent trust rating in the poll, just edging out Italy’s sitting Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, who received 39 percent. The poll also revealed that 48 percent of respondents said that they little to no confidence... 

Italy’s most popular politician and former interior minister Matteo Salvini has attacked anti-Italian, pro-globalist Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, saying that although he may have left his post as minister, he has held onto his dignity, According to a report for Italy’s Il Giornale, Salvini – who heads Italy’s most popular party – slammed Conte, saying that he “has changed completely.... 

A newly released poll has revealed that an overwhelming majority of Italians do not approve of the new Democratic Party-Five Star Movement coalition, while a substantial portion of the population prefers the former populist coalition government led by Matteo Salvini. According to an IPSOS poll, 54 percent of Italian citizens who were surveyed reported not liking the newly formed PD-M5S coalition government... 

The populist Five Star Movement (M5S) and the establishment Democratic Party (PD) – two parties with pretty much nothing in common – have joined hands to take down their arch political opponent – Matteo Salvini. Yesterday, the BBC reported that the two unlikely partners were able to strike a coalition deal to take down right-wing populist Matteo Salvini and his League Party, which has surged... 

The UN Global Migration Pact has caused controversy throughout the world. The list of countries withdrawing and refusing to sign it is growing by the day. It has been presented by the UN as a ‘non-binding’ agreement that every country should sign it, however, one lawyer has already pointed out that ” … while the UN migration pact is “non-binding” on countries, it does set up a “framework”... 

Matteo Salvini’s popularity isn’t going anywhere as a new poll shows that the Italian public view him as the country’s true leader. The Deputy Prime Minister of Italy is shown by a survey in La Repubblica that 58 per cent consider him Italy’s leader, with only 14 per cent for fellow Deputy Prime Minister Luigi De Maio of the 5 Star Movement and Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte only... 

The European Union has been dealt a crushing blow as Matteo Salvini warned Italy is ready to “ignore” the bloc’s regulations and “tear down the Brussels wall”, as support to his party soared in the polls. Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Mr Salvini attacked the EU yesterday during the annual gathering of his party. Speaking about the one-month old government’s priorities for the country,... 

In his first address to the parliament on Tuesday, Italy’s newly sworn-in Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte emphasised his government’s commitment to dialogue with Russia, with an intention to review the EU sanctions policies. “We will promote openness towards Russia that has in the last years reaffirmed its international role in various geopolitical critical situations,” Conte told the parliament... 

Italy’s interior minister Matteo Salvini has declared one of the new government’s top priorities will be to “send them home”, in a move that signals he will keep a campaign pledge which could result in hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants leaving Italy. Mr Salvini, leader of Lega, campaigned during the Italian national election on a pledge of deporting 500,000 migrants within five... 

Sergio Mattarella vetoed the appointment of Paolo Savona (pictured) who has described the euro as a ‘German cage’ and said that Italy needs a plan to leave the single currency ‘if necessary’. The Italian President who in 2007 was one of the founders of the socialist Democratic Party is now facing impeachment calls after he refused to appoint a eurosceptic finance minister. Sergio...