Posts Tagged ‘Italy’

Italy election: 10 interesting facts to know about the country’s snap vote

Italy is heading to the polls on Sunday for a snap general election. A right-wing bloc — consisting of the parties of Giorgia Meloni, Matteo Salvini and Silvio Berlusconi — is on course to win, according to opinion polls. 1. This is Italy’s first summer election campaign A scan through all of Italy’s general elections […]

Italy election: 10 interesting facts to know about the country’s snap vote

Italy is heading to the polls on Sunday for a snap general election. A right-wing bloc — consisting of the parties of Giorgia Meloni, Matteo Salvini and Silvio Berlusconi — is on course to win, according to opinion polls. 1. This is Italy’s first summer election campaign A scan through all of Italy’s general elections […]

Enrico Letta: Giorgia Meloni’s main rival in Italy’s snap election

Enrico Letta, leader of the Democratic Party, is Italy’s principal centre-left force and the main rival to Giorgia Meloni, whose political movement leads opinion polls ahead of Sunday’s snap general election. Letta, 56, has already served as the country’s prime minister. He headed a coalition that included centre-right forces after a 2013 election failed to […]

Tuscan town opposes potential solution to meet Italy’s energy needs

The energy crisis and how to help businesses and families cope with rising utility bills has taken centre stage during Italy’s election campaign. Having a new regasification vessel operational in the Tuscan port of Piombino by March 2023, was part of the current Prime Mnister Mario Draghi’s strategy to expand the country’s LNG capacity, and […]

Giuseppe Conte: Italy’s ex-PM bids to revive Five Star Movement

Italian lawyer Giuseppe Conte was plucked out of political obscurity to become prime minister in 2018 after the populist Five Star Movement’s election triumph.  Conte is now leading the movement into Sunday’s snap general election after succeeding Luigi di Maio as leader two years ago. With Italians once again at the polls, Conte’s party eschews […]

Italy election: Who is Giorgia Meloni? Is Berlusconi still relevant? What issues matter to voters?

Italians will vote in a snap election on Sunday. A right-wing coalition — which is headed by Giorgia Meloni’s far-right Brothers of Italy party — leads opinion polls, followed by a centre-left bloc and the populist Five Star Movement. For its audio guide on the election, Euronews brought together three journalists to explain the vote and […]

Italy election: Millions stuck in limbo trying to obtain Italian citizenship

Khaby Lame obtained it thanks to his record on Tik Tok, but Italian citizenship, for those who were born there or have lived there since they were children, remains a mirage. Despite Italy giving the right to citizenship to those born in the country (ius soli), pitfalls remain. It boils down to one’s birthright and […]

Italy’s leading right-wing party suspends candidate for Hitler comments

The Brothers of Italy party, which looks set to win the country’s general elections on 25 September, has suspended one of its candidates on Tuesday after he was found to have praised Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler in online posts. Brothers of Italy traces its roots back to a neo-fascist group set up after World War […]

Italy’s leading right-wing party suspends candidate for Hitler comments

The Brothers of Italy party, which looks set to win the country’s general elections on 25 September, has suspended one of its candidates on Tuesday after he was found to have praised Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler in online posts. Brothers of Italy traces its roots back to a neo-fascist group set up after World War […]

Italy’s leading right-wing party suspends candidate for Hitler comments

The Brothers of Italy party, which looks set to win the country’s general elections on 25 September, has suspended one of its candidates on Tuesday after he was found to have praised Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler in online posts. Brothers of Italy traces its roots back to a neo-fascist group set up after World War […]

Italy’s leading right-wing party suspends candidate for Hitler comments

The Brothers of Italy party, which looks set to win the country’s general elections on 25 September, has suspended one of its candidates on Tuesday after he was found to have praised Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler in online posts. Brothers of Italy traces its roots back to a neo-fascist group set up after World War […]

Italy’s leading right-wing party suspends candidate for Hitler comments

The Brothers of Italy party, which looks set to win the country’s general elections on 25 September, has suspended one of its candidates on Tuesday after he was found to have praised Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler in online posts. Brothers of Italy traces its roots back to a neo-fascist group set up after World War […]

Spain arrests 32 allegedly linked to Italy’s ’Ndrangheta mafia gang

Spain has arrested 32 members of an organised crime group linked to the infamous Italian ’Ndrangheta mafia. Members of the criminal gang are described as very violent and are accused of large-scale drug trafficking and money laundering, Europol said. The group allegedly has links to cocaine and cannabis trafficking between Spain and Italy “using vehicles equipped with hidden […]

Spain arrests 32 allegedly linked to Italy’s ’Ndrangheta mafia gang

Spain has arrested 32 members of an organised crime group linked to the infamous Italian ’Ndrangheta mafia. Members of the criminal gang are described as very violent and are accused of large-scale drug trafficking and money laundering, Europol said. The group allegedly has links to cocaine and cannabis trafficking between Spain and Italy “using vehicles equipped with hidden […]

Spain arrests 32 allegedly linked to Italy’s ’Ndrangheta mafia gang

Spain has arrested 32 members of an organised crime group linked to the infamous Italian ’Ndrangheta mafia. Members of the criminal gang are described as very violent and are accused of large-scale drug trafficking and money laundering, Europol said. The group allegedly has links to cocaine and cannabis trafficking between Spain and Italy “using vehicles equipped with hidden […]

Spain arrests 32 allegedly linked to Italy’s ’Ndrangheta mafia gang

Spain has arrested 32 members of an organised crime group linked to the infamous Italian ’Ndrangheta mafia. Members of the criminal gang are described as very violent and are accused of large-scale drug trafficking and money laundering, Europol said. The group allegedly has links to cocaine and cannabis trafficking between Spain and Italy “using vehicles equipped with hidden […]

Italy election: Apathy and anxiety among crowds in Rome as snap vote looms

There’s a mixture of apathy and anxiety on the streets of Rome as this weekend’s snap general election approaches.  As the country struggles with an energy crisis and soaring inflation, many have lost faith in their politicians. “I have no expectations. I feel hopeless. I don’t know who I can vote for. Everyone promises something […]

Italy election: Apathy and anxiety among crowds in Rome as snap vote looms

There’s a mixture of apathy and anxiety on the streets of Rome as this weekend’s snap general election approaches.  As the country struggles with an energy crisis and soaring inflation, many have lost faith in their politicians. “I have no expectations. I feel hopeless. I don’t know who I can vote for. Everyone promises something […]

Italy election: Apathy and anxiety among crowds in Rome as snap vote looms

There’s a mixture of apathy and anxiety on the streets of Rome as this weekend’s snap general election approaches.  As the country struggles with an energy crisis and soaring inflation, many have lost faith in their politicians. “I have no expectations. I feel hopeless. I don’t know who I can vote for. Everyone promises something […]

Italy election: Apathy and anxiety among crowds in Rome as snap vote looms

There’s a mixture of apathy and anxiety on the streets of Rome as this weekend’s snap general election approaches.  As the country struggles with an energy crisis and soaring inflation, many have lost faith in their politicians. “I have no expectations. I feel hopeless. I don’t know who I can vote for. Everyone promises something […]

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