More than a thousand farmers have stormed into Rome's historic chariot-racing stadium along with driving tractors in their prolonged campaigns that have resonated throughout various European capitals.

Criminal EU refugee policy has led to hundreds of migrant deaths in the Mediterranean in recent years.

The foreign minister says he has cancelled his visit to Paris after a French minister hurled ‘insults’ at Italy’s prime minister.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has condemned what she called the "aggressive reaction" of the French government to taking in a migrant rescue vessel rejected by Rome.

France denounced as “unacceptable” Italy's refusal to take in a migrant ship.

Italy's new Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her right-leaning government won a confidence vote in the Senate.

Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni has been named Italian prime minister, becoming the first woman to head a government in Italy.