Giorgia Meloni

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is due to travel to Rome on Sunday at the invitation of his Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni, to attend a conference on immigration and growth that brings together heads of state and influential personalities from across the Mediterranean region.

Tusk was referring to a law change that would relax visa requirements for citizens from a number of countries including India, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates and Nigeria in order to address shortages in the labour market.

The man who changed the face of Italy and paved the way for the ruling far right died on Monday, but Berlusconism has risen. After Silvio Berlusconi's death, my country seems to have fallen under a spell. The major TV channels broadcast hagiographic reports of the four-time prime minister, with nostalgic music playing in the background.

Italy prepared to say farewell to former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi Wednesday, with thousands of people expected at the billionaire tycoon's state funeral in Milan.

The ceremony for Berlusconi, who died Monday aged 86, will be held in the city's Gothic Duomo cathedral and shown live on big screens in the square.

Silvio Berlusconi, controversial former Italian Prime Minister and media tycoon, died in a Milan'private hospital San Raffaele on Tuesday aged 86 at around 9.30am.

He reportedly had leukaemia and was hospitalised for six weeks in the spring before being readmitted on Friday. 

Francesco Rocca, the president of the Lazio region who was chosen by right-wing Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, said on Monday that he has revoked support for Roma Pride 2023 Queeresistenza (Queeresistance).

Media freedom concerns are growing in Italy as PM Giorgia Meloni moves to purge and reshape the much-loved public broadcaster.

As the unions reported, a million people are expected on the streets in French cities.
Workers staged protest marches across France today, May 1, International Labor Day, unhappy that President Emmanuel Macron raised the retirement age and police fired tear gas in Paris and Nantes in the west of the country.

It's not the first time that Durigon has filed a criminal complaint against media professionals, nor is he the only member of the current government to have done so.

Italy will push for a law imposing stiff, five-figure fines on vandals who damage monuments or other cultural sites, to help pay for the repairs and clean-up.

At a Cabinet meeting on April 11, the government approved proposed legislation championed by the culture minister that would impose fines starting at 10,000 euros (nearly $11,000) and as high as 60,000 euros (about $65,000).