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Italy's Salvini Defiant As Verdict Due In Migrant Trial

Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini was defiant Friday as he arrived for the verdict in his long-running trial for blocking a migrant rescue ship at sea, for which he risks six years in jail.

International Business Times

The Guardian view on Italy’s divided opposition: a Five Star revolution can help unite the left

Editorial: Turmoil in the populist party founded by comedian Beppe Grillo could herald a crucial progressive realignment

The Guardian - UK

Italian Prosecutors Seek Six-year Sentence For Salvini

Italian prosecutors Saturday requested a six-year prison sentence for Matteo Salvini, Italy's far-right deputy prime minister, for blocking migrants from disembarking at one of the country's ports in 2019.

International Business Times

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Sardinia elects leftwing president, in blow to Giorgia Meloni

Alessandra Todde of the Five Star Movement, backed by the Democratic party, is the Italian island’s first female president

The Guardian - UK

Italy announces inquiry into its handling of Covid-19 pandemic

Victims’ relatives hail creation of commission but ex-ministers say it will be used as political attack

The Guardian - UK

Salvini Did 'Useful Service' For Italy, He Tells Court In Migrant Trial

A defiant Matteo Salvini, Italy's deputy prime minister, defended his hard line against illegal migration in court on Friday, saying he had done a "useful service" in blocking migrants from disembarking at an Italian port in 2019.

International Business Times

‘Our worst predictions are coming true’: Italy’s left faces identity crisis as the right sweeps to power

A dynamic new leader of the Democratic party was supposed to stop the rot. But now all of Tuscany may turn blue

The Guardian - UK

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Italian court throws out case alleging early pandemic mismanagement by ex-premier, ex-minister

A special Italian court has shut down a probe into whether the country’s former premier and former health minister caused unnecessary deaths by failing to extend a lockdown zone in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic

The Independent UK

Ex-Italian prime minister and health minister cleared of Covid culpability

Court rules that Giuseppe Conte and Roberto Speranza not at fault for 6,000 excess deaths in Bergamo at start of pandemic

The Guardian - UK

15 bombshell questions Boris Johnson must answer including 'injection with Covid on TV'

Court documents show the Covid-19 Inquiry has asked the ex-PM to answer questions including whether he suggested being injected on TV and whether Matt Hancock should have been sacked

Daily Mirror

Italy's right hopes local vote victory points to long-term power

Italy's ruling conservative coalition has predicted it could hold on to power for years after crushing the centre left in local elections that laid bare seemingly unbridgeable divisions between opposition parties.

Reuters

Italian ex-leader Conte attacked by man protesting lockdowns

Former Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte has been physically attacked during an official appearance in Tuscany by a man protesting against Italy’s lockdowns and other measures to contain the pandemic

The Independent UK

Italy unlikely to renew China deal, but needs time, official says

Italy is highly unlikely to renew its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) deal with China, which expires early next year, but needs time to discuss the issue with Beijing, a senior government official said.

Reuters

Lagging behind, Italy's plans for EU funds at risk

Milan (AFP) - When Mario Draghi left Italy's government last year, Brussels fretted over the fate of the EU recovery funds he negotiated for his country.Now, fears are rising that billions of euros could be at risk.

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The Guardian - UK

Revealed: Italian leaders tried to protect country’s image at start of pandemic

Messages accessed as part of inquiry show politicians also appeared to make light of cases

The Guardian - UK

Former Italian PM Giuseppe Conte faces investigation over Covid response

Conte, ex-health minister and 17 others placed under investigation on suspicion of ‘aggravated culpable epidemic’ and manslaughter

The Guardian - UK

Italy scraps green tax credit scheme as construction sector suffers

Superbonus 110 initiative led to a surge in home renovations but has been blighted by widespread fraud

Asharq Al-Awsat

Giuseppe Conte Wins Argana International Poetry Award

Morocco’s House of Poetry announced Wednesday that Italian Poet Giuseppe Conte has won the Argana International Poetry Award 2022, in its 16th edition. “Awarding the Italian poet comes to honor the cultural and linguistic dialogue reflected in the structure and meaning of his poem, and the human dimension that this…

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Provisional results show Italy set for first far-right government since World War II

Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni's Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party is on track to be the biggest party in parliament, according to provisional results.

WEKU

Italians vote in election that could take far-right to power

Italians were voting on Sunday in an election that could move the country's politics sharply toward the right during a critical time for Europe.

France 24

Italy votes in elections that could take far-right to power

Italians were voting on Sunday in an election that could move the country’s politics sharply toward the right during a critical time for Europe, with war in Ukraine fueling skyrocketing energy bills and testing the West's resolve to stand united against Russian aggression.

The Independent UK

Italians vote in election that could take far-right to power

Italians are voting in a national election coming at a critical time for Europe

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Italian election only part of picking government

Sunday's parliamentary election will determine who next governs major industrial economy and key NATO member Italy

Reuters

Italy's election campaign ends, tensions between EU and right flares

Italy's leaders held their final rallies on Friday ahead of a parliamentary election at the weekend that is expected to be won by a rightist alliance, putting Rome on possible collision course with Brussels.

The Guardian - UK

Italian rightwing coalition makes final push before election

Packed rally in Rome closes campaigns for group forecast for landslide victory in polls on Sunday

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