Matteo Salvini
Sobering Photos from Italy's Far-Right Election Campaign Trail
The polls are terrifyingly clear: Italy is set to be the first Western European country to elect a far-right government in this century.
Italy on the Brink of Being Led by the Far-Right for the First Time Since WW2
100 years after Benito Mussolini’s rise to power, Italy is set to elect the leader of a far-right party that has direct ties to the country’s fascist past.
Far-Right Leader Matteo Salvini to Face Trial for Illegally Detaining Migrants at Sea
The Italian senate voted to strip him of immunity.
Coronavirus Is Giving Europe's Far Right the Perfect Excuse to Scapegoat Refugees
In Germany, Italy, and Hungary, Europe's far right sees the crisis as a prime opportunity to push its arguments for closed borders.
Italian Inmates Are Looting Methadone and Setting Prisons on Fire in Violent Coronavirus Protests
“If people outside are scared, imagine what it’s like inside."
Italy’s Far-Right Leader Salvini Says He’s Being Hounded ‘Like Trump’ After Senate Votes to Put Him on Trial
Matteo Salvini was stripped of his immunity and could be tried for kidnapping migrants and holding them illegally at sea.
Italian Far-Right Strongman Matteo Salvini’s Bid to Be Prime Minister Has Backfired Spectacularly
Instead of the new elections he wanted, the populist strongman has found himself dumped out of government and facing plummeting poll ratings.
Italy Is Trying to Criminalize Migrant-Rescue Boats
NGOs operating rescue vessels in the Mediterranean Sea, the deadliest route for migrants trying to cross from Africa to Europe, now face harsh penalties
Italian Police Found an 11-foot Missile and Nazi Propaganda During a Far-Right Raid
Somehow it gets weirder.
It Sure Looks Like Italy’s Far-Right Ruling Party Tried to Take a Cash Infusion From Russia
Italian prosecutors are investigating after audio was released of a meeting between Russian officials and an aide to the Italian deputy PM.
Italy’s Hard-line Anti-Migrant Interior Minister Is Going Postal Over a Rescue Boat
The 31-year-old captain hit a police boat as she defied the law and brought migrants ashore
This Rescue Ship Is Docking in Italy, Regardless of What Salvini Says
“This is not a game, we’re not playing. We need to get these people off this ship”