The Italian government has criticized the release on bail of the owner of the bar in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana where 40 people died in a fire at a New Year's party. The decision by a Swiss court to lift the detention order for Jacques Moretti is "an insult to the memory of the victims and an affront to their families,

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni overnight called the release "an affront to the memory of the victims of the New Year's Eve tragedy and an insult to their families".

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said she won’t immediately sign onto President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” charter, signaling that doing so would create legal risks.

Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is fuelling global intrigue with a bold signal toward Washington. Meloni has openly voiced hope that Donald Trump could one day be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize,

If the country goes ahead with altering the voting system, this would be the fifth such overhaul Italy would see since the 1990s. Italy has a history of tweaking the election systems as parties deploy

Diplomats made the offer to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s office and to Italy’s foreign ministry this week, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing private deliberations. The decision on whether to join now rests with Meloni,

On Thursday, Trump unveiled his "Board of Peace", initially designed to oversee the Gaza truce and the territory's revival, but which has morphed into a mechanism aiming to resolve all sorts of international conflicts.

It is not a smart choice, for Italy and for Europe, to exclude ourselves from a body that is, in any case, interesting,' prime minister says - Anadolu Ajansı

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government aims to intensify its approach to the Arctic as Western allies grapple with how to contain China and Russia’s presence in the region and as President Donald Trump threatens to take control of Greenland.