Matteo Salvini’s trial on bogus charges of “kidnapping” migrants has been postponed following a series of leaked messages between Italian magistrates conspiring against the politician. The initial hearing was set to take place on July 4th at the Catania court, but was moved back to October, Italian newspaper Il Giornale reports. After last summer’s Gregoretti affair, then-Interior... 

Amid escalating concerns over Italy’s burgeoning debt, discussions surrounding the potential introduction of an “alternative currency” have resurfaced, gaining momentum within the corridors of power after the European Union (EU) issued a stern warning regarding the country’s escalating fiscal liabilities. Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini’s Lega party, a key player... 

The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration is set to be formally adopted at the UN Conference in Morocco on 10-11 December. But, as President Trump said when speaking before the UN on 25 September, “Migration should not be governed by an international body unaccountable to our own citizens,” and Gianluca Savoini, a member of Italy’s Lega party, has said much the same on Friday. He... 

On Wednesday the Senate has approved the legislation making it easier to depot convicted asylum seekers. The security and migration decree won with 163 votes in favour with only 59 against and 19 abstentions. The decree, drafted by Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, the leader of the League party, was approved with a confidence vote and now moves to the Lower House. This makes it... 

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... 

Earlier this year, Lega Party leader Matteo Salvini warned that Islamization may “gain the upper hand” in Italy and that the country’s history and culture could be eradicated as a result. Efforts by a Muslim association to convert a former hospital chapel into a mosque in the northern Italian city of Bergamo have been blocked by the country’s right-wing Lega Party. The developments...