Giorgia Meloni has used cold, hard cash to cut the number of illegal immigrants and refugees from North Africa by more than half

The Italian leader has the potential to serve as a key European ally in the quest for peace in Europe and the Middle East.

The UK government has been involved in a lot of shuttle diplomacy with the EU since Labour won the UK election Early in 2025, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has been invited to an informal summit ...

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Lago, an invitation to Monday's inauguration and good relations with Elon Musk, Italy's Giorgia Meloni has positioned herself as the closest mainstream European leader to Donald Trump.

Among EU leaders, however, only Meloni is confirmed to have received a personal invitation to the event, bolstered by her personal relationship with Trump, whom she recently visited at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida.

After forging unexpectedly fond ties with U.S. President Joe Biden, Italy’s right-wing Premier Giorgia Meloni is poised to leverage a more natural alliance with President-elect Donald Trump that positions her as a key interlocutor between the U.

A fall in irregular migrant flows to Italy last year was due to the government's great work, Premier Giorgia Meloni reportedly told a cabinet meeting Tuesday. "Today Frontex informs us that the number of irregular entries of migrants registered in the EU in 2024 has fallen to the lowest level since 2021",

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is one of just a handful of world leaders to have been invited to Mar-a-Lago since his election victory last November — but whether she can be Europe's "Trump whisperer" is more complicated.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will attend U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration in Washington on Monday, her office confirmed on Saturday. Meloni will be one of the highest-profile European politicians to attend the event.

The U.S. president-elect lays down a clear ideological marker with his unusual invitees from across the globe.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has said her government is in talks with several private companies including Elon Musk's SpaceX over the country's telecoms security system. What consequences would a deal have if it went ahead?