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Far-right politician Giorgia Meloni became Italy’s first woman prime minister at the swearing-in ceremony.

Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni installed as Italy’s first female prime minister

Meloni has insisted that Italy’s national interests would prevail over European Union policies.

  • Frances D'Emilio

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Wants Italians to feel proud: Giorgia Meloni attends a rally in Rome.

How Giorgia Meloni and her right-wing coalition gained control in Italy

The ascent of Giorgia Meloni is remarkable considering her humble background in a country where family ties often trump merit.

  • Crispian Balmer and Keith Weir
Giorgia Meloni is on track to become Italy’s first female prime minister.

Italy on brink of history as it turns to a woman of the far right

This weekend, Italians go to the polls to elect a new government. Barring a massive turnaround, this will be a government of two major firsts.

  • Duncan McDonnell and Sofia Ammassari
Italy’s criminal groups control about 9 per cent of the economy, according to various estimates.

Beware Italy’s ‘mafia entrepreneurs’

As Europe faces the bleak winter of an economic and energy crisis, police officials and crime experts are sounding a new alarm about mafia groups acquiring businesses at risk of default.

  • Rachel Sanderson
Former PM Silvio Berlusconi wants to get back to the top, this time as president.

Silvio rising: At 86, Berlusconi returns to Italian politics as potential kingmaker

Having been convicted of tax fraud, expelled from the Senate and officially barred from public office, his name will once again appear on ballot papers on September 25.

  • Rob Harris
The papers, apparently for Britta Ernst, included notes on Carrie Johnson, and Brigitte Macron ahead of June’s G7 summit.

German chancellor and wife criticised after foxes scatter confidential papers

Secret documents with briefing notes about leaders’ wives were found strewn across the street after animals tear apart German leader’s bin bags.

  • Daniel Wighton
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Italian PM Mario Draghi waves to MPs at the end of his address at the Parliament in Rome on Thursday.

‘Super Mario’ Draghi resigns after Italian government implodes

The country now appears headed to an early election and a renewed period of uncertainty for the nation and Europe at a critical time.

  • Nicole Winfield
Brussels' draft plan seeks to rebuild ties with common fronts on tech, COVID-19 and democratic interests.

Europe’s future set to be decided in the next few days

Italy’s woes and Germany’s over-reliance on Russian gas are threatening to devastate Europe and tear it apart. This is the week that could shape its fate.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi is on the way out.

Italian government on brink of collapse as PM Draghi offers resignation

Politicians are scrambling to prevent early elections after Italy’s fragile coalition government split over a vote on economic support for businesses and families.

  • Rob Harris
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron in Irpin on Thursday.

Macron decries massacres, war crimes as European leaders visit Ukraine to support Zelensky

French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian Premier Mario Draghi arrived in Kyiv in “a message of European unity”.

  • David Keyton and Benoit Van Overstraeten

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