A 70-year-old priest from Venice claims to have been attacked and threatened by a group of young migrants who became physically aggressive toward him after he confronted them about their bad behavior. Don Roberto Trevisol, the parish priest of San Giorgio Martire di Chirignago, outlined his experiences in a church newsletter where he recounts how the migrant youths had constantly vandalized areas... 

Italy’s interior minister Matteo Salvini instructed regional officials to draft “reports on the presence of Roma, Sinti, and Camminanti settlements” in their respective areas within two weeks. According to a statement from the Interior Ministry “The aim is to verify the presence of illegal camps to draw up an eviction plan.” According to the Council of Europe, there are between 120,000 and... 

Italy’s populist deputy prime minister and minister of the interior Matteo Salvini has proposed a border barrier to halt illegal immigration from the Balkans, similar to the one U.S. President Donald Trump wants along the Mexican-American frontier. Salvini, whose League (La Lega) turned in one of the best performances of any European political party in the recent European Parliament elections, has... 

The town of Riace in southern Italy—which has, under its far-left mayor—been paraded as a “model” of integration and support for the African invasion of Europe—has voted in a new anti-invasion mayor and council backed by Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini. According to disappointed controlled media reports, the Riace’s “dream of migrant integration is over after the recent election... 

The Italian Council of Ministers – the principal executive organ of the Italian government – has authorized a new security degree drawn up by national populist interior minister Matteo Salvini that will restrict the activities of NGOs responsible for transporting illegal migrants into the country. According to a report from Il Giornale, new provisions will grant the Italian government the authority... 

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... 

Noteworthy gains were made by Europe’s nationalist-populist, eurosceptic parties in this weekend’s European Parliament elections as support for centrist parties which had previously dominated the European Union for decades drastically fell. The enormous success enjoyed by Italy’s League party, France’s National Rally, and the UK’s five-week-old Brexit party are glaring signs that Europe... 

Italian pro-migrant associations which operate asylum reception centres have blasted populist Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini for cutting funding. The associations complain that kennels for dogs are currently receiving more money than the migrant reception centres, Italian newspaper Il Giornale reports. Fabio Scaltritti of the Community San Benedetto al Porto in Alessandria commented on the... 

This month’s EU parliamentary elections were characterised by significant gains for Europe’s right-wing parties, as the two centrist parties that had dominated the EU for decades ceded their overwhelming majority in the legislature. The resounding success claimed by the League party in Italy, the National Rally party in France and the Brexit Party in the UK in the just-held elections to... 

The solution is simple, Italy should BAN Facebook until the problem is resolved and those pages are unbanned or alternatively you can just ban them until the elections are over. It is not Facebook’s place to ban, censor and influence the election outcome in foreign countries and there should be severe repercussions. Facebook has shut down 23 major populist Italian pages with 2.5 million followers... 

Caio Giulio Cesare Mussolini, the 51-year-old great-grandson of Benito Mussolini, is running as a candidate from the Italian party Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy) in the May European Parliament elections. In an exclusive interview with Sputnik-Italia Mussolini has discussed his reasons for entering politics and important issues facing Europe. Sputnik: Why did you decide to give up your prestigious... 

France’s Marine Le Pen, one of the leading right-wing voices in the European Union, is throwing her political weight behind Italian hard-line Interior Minister Matteo Salvini to set up a major populist group in the EU legislature after next month’s elections. The head of France’s National Rally party said that “we have mandated Matteo Salvini… to try to build this very big group of the Defense... 

The crosses on graves in an Italian cemetery in Bologna have been covered with black cloth in order not to offend those who may come from another religion. The cemetery has also installed motorised blackout curtains in a local chapel to hide Roman Catholic symbols during ceremonies involving other denominations, Il Giornale reports. Many have expressed criticism including Forza Italia deputy Galeazzo... 

Italy’s Deputy Premier, Interior Minister and League leader Matteo Salvini called for Turkey’s application to join the EU to be definitively rejected as he met with the heads of other European right-wing parties in Milan. “Turkey is not in Europe and it never will be”, Salvini told a press conference at the gathering titled “Towards a Common Sense Europe, Peoples Rise Up”. “The news... 

Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said he would host a major rally of European nationalist and far-right parties to promote a shared political vision ahead of May’s EU parliamentary elections. Salvini leads the ruling League party and hopes to put together a bloc of like-minded, anti-immigration parties in the European parliament to challenge the traditionally predominant and mainstream...