Vance attends Olympic skating, then meets with Italian Prime Minister Meloni

Vice President JD Vance met with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Milan on Friday, part of his trip to the Olympics.
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VP JD Vance, Italian PM meet amid worries over US security presence at Games

MILAN, Italy -- Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Friday, hours before the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics, using the encounter to reaffirm the strength of U.

Italy's Meloni congratulates Japan PM Takaichi on election victory

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has congratulated Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae on her party's Lower House election victory on Sunday. Meloni said she wishes her "dear friend Sanae" and the new Japanese parliament all the best in their work.

Ex-general quits Italy's League party, posing problem for Meloni

Former army general Roberto Vannacci quit the League group, part of Italy's governing coalition, on Tuesday to set up his own far-right party, ​potentially complicating Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's hopes of winning re-election next year.

An angel resembling Italy's Meloni is painted over after an outcry from church and state

A detail of a restored chapel with Angels depicted on a fresco to the memory of late Italy's King Umberto II inside the Basilica of St. Lawrence in Lucina in Rome, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026. Credit: AP/Gregorio Borgia