Meloni’s allies inside the EU are hoping she remains one as a high-stakes summit on Thursday looms. Europe’s leaders are wrestling with two crucial decisions to which the enigmatic Italian premier holds a casting vote: the financial viability of Ukraine and the future of EU trade policy.

Step aside, Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán. Sit down, Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever. There’s a new chief villain at the EU’s end-of-year office party.

Kemi Badenoch is “WhatsApp buddies” with Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni and says she wants to emulate her success in Britain.

The Agnelli family group, which owns the outlets, is negotiating with a conservative Greek magnate who is close to Donald Trump, while Giorgia Meloni makes light of the deal and publicly attacks journ

A national strike by Italy's largest trade union to protest against Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's 2026 budget brought thousands onto the streets on Friday and disrupted trains, schools and other public services across the country.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has said it is important to continue exerting pressure on Russia in order to reach an agreement to end the war in Ukraine. — Ukrinform.