Mario Draghi
Italian PM pays first visit to Türkiye, meets Erdoğan
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni paid her first visit to Türkiye on Jan. 20, engaging in discussions with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at Istanbul's Vahdettin Mansion.
The closed-door meeting marks the third in-person meeting between Meloni and Erdoğan, following their encounters at the NATO summit in Vilnius last July and the U.N. General Assembly in New York in September.
Meloni eyes boost in energy ties with Algeria
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni is looking to boost already strong energy ties with Algeria to further wean Italy off Russian energy, a focus of her two-day visit to the North African nation that started yesterday.
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The lower house of the parliament voted: Italians gave their trust to Giorgia Meloni
235 MPs voted for confidence in Meloni's coalition Government, while 154 were against, and five abstained, reports AP.
The upper house of the Italian Parliament will vote today on the vote of confidence in the new Government.
Italy’s Draghi urged to fix crisis as resignation refused
Italy's teetering government was thrown a lifeline Thursday after the country's president refused to accept the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Draghi, insisting he address parliament in a bid to avoid snap elections.
Erdogan: We are Close to a Deal for the Transport of Grain through the Black Sea
"Moscow and Kyiv are just days away from finalizing an agreement that will allow millions of tons of Ukrainian grain to pass through the Black Sea", Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.
Türkiye to intensify negotiations for Ukraine grain deal: Erdoğan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on July 5 he intends to "intensify" negotiations with Russia and Ukraine in the hope of reaching a deal on a U.N. plan to export Ukrainian grain to world markets.
Erdoğan, Draghi meet in Ankara, discuss ties
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi met in Ankara for the third intergovernmental summit. The summit was organized 10 years after the second intergovernmental meeting held in Rome.
Turkish and Italian leaders met to hold their third intergovernmental summit and to sign new agreements to boost bilateral cooperation.
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Biden left the summit
Biden was supposed to speak today at the final session of the G7 leaders' meeting in the German castle of Elmau, in the Bavarian Alps, before he flew to Munich by helicopter, and from there it was planned to take a presidential plane to Madrid for the NATO Summit.
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Great expectations from the Mitsotakis – Draghi dinner
A day before the EU Summit, Athens, turns its attention to Rome, focusing on the dinner Mario Draghi has invited the Greek PM to on Wednesday night. Government sources describe the Italian prime minister's table with his Greek counterpart as a one-on-one meeting that will help build closer relations.
Greek-Turkish relations on the table
EU to give fast-tracked opinion on Ukraine membership bid
The European Commission will meet on June 16 to give its fast-tracked opinion on Ukraine's bid for EU candidacy, a step closer to membership for the country a day after the bloc's most powerful leaders visited Kyiv as it battles Russia's invasion.