US president raises hopes of breakthrough while meeting Italy’s leader Giorgia Meloni in Washington
Italian PM’s €5.5bn ‘Mattei plan’ is aimed at resetting her country’s relationship with the continent
Italy will effectively have casting vote on whether to support use of anti-coercion instrument to hit US services exports
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Prime minister tells the FT in an exclusive interview she will respect ‘first ally’ in White House while working to avoid transatlantic rift
Italian prime minister criticises Brussels for engaging in tit-for-tat with US
Meta’s newly promoted head of global affairs has masterminded social media giant’s pivot towards Donald Trump
Domestic political opposition to $1.5bn deal for secure communications has mounted amid transatlantic diplomatic tensions
Prime minister opts out of G7 call as dream of mediating between US and Europe fades
Premier Giorgia Meloni hails ‘hard blow’ to Cosa Nostra as freed bosses move to revive crime group’s fortunes
Italian PM says prosecutors are probing her government’s decision to return Osama Elmasry Njeem to Libya
Board says the deal offers no ‘industrial and financial rationale’ and is danger to its identity
Navy vessel carrying 49 migrants is latest test of Italian premier’s migration deal with neighbour
Italian premier emerges as US president’s favourite EU interlocutor
Italian premier defends talks with billionaire’s SpaceX company and rejects accusations he poses ‘a danger to democracy’
Cecilia Sala was detained days after arrest in Milan of Iranian engineer wanted in US
Italy’s most successful premiers on the EU stage tend to be technocrats not professional politicians
Italy’s prime minister accused of currying favour with world’s richest man at expense of European satellite initiative
Unannounced trip comes at politically sensitive time for Italy’s prime minister
Italian government to ban all cannabis flowers, including a staple of Il Duce’s fascist regime
Verdict is a rare victory for Giorgia Meloni’s government amid tension with judiciary over curbing migration
Investors’ optimism on coalition’s fiscal rectitude has lowered Rome’s cost of borrowing substantially
Council of Europe urges action on ‘disturbing’ conditions including broad distribution of unprescribed tranquilisers at one site
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A bold new gallery provides a much-needed home for 20th-century Italian art
