Frédéric Keck, Auteurs historiques The Conversation France
Italy has culled at least 40,000 animals in response to African swine fever, often in opposition to animal activists. The country could do well with exploring other solutions, starting with vaccines.
European voters head to the polls to elect new MEPs – the results will shape who takes the EU’s top jobs.
Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat delivers a speech next to Italy’s Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, during the Italy-Africa summit in Rome on January 29, 2024.
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By turning southward, Georgia Meloni’s far-right government is both breaking with foreign policy conventions and scoring points with her base ahead of the European elections.
Shoes dyed red have become an emblem in Italy’s protests against anti-woman violence.
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Nationalist parties are the most likely to be found dreaming of a glorious past in their campaign literature, especially in central and eastern Europe.
The Prosecutor’s Office of Padova (Italy) has asked a local court to remove any same-sex non-biological parent on birth certificates, denying same-sex families the right to State recognition.
Groups of refugees from war-torn regions gather in Milan’s Central Station.
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As student protests against high rents unfurl across Italy, one academic points out one of the groups most likely to end up on the streets under a far-right government: young black men.
Elly Schlein’s surprise election as head of the Democratic Party means for the first time, Italy’s governing and opposition parties are both led by women.
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The mafia boss is the last known face of the Cosa Nostra crime syndicate. But his capture represents the end of an era, not the end of the mafia in Sicily.
Giorgia Meloni gestures during the handover ceremony with outgoing Prime Minister Mario Draghi at Chigi Palace in Rome in October 2022. Meloni, whose political party with neo-fascist roots secured the most votes in Italy’s national election in September, took office as the country’s first far-right leader since the end of the Second World War.
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The so-called New Right is aiming for an ideological renewal of right-wing politics by focusing on cultural identity and the politics of belonging. Here’s why that’s so ominous.
A statue of Plato.
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For the first time, two populist radical-right partners are teaming up to form a government. So who is the outsider now?
Although pregnancy was celebrated in Renaissance paintings, like the ‘Primavera’ by Botticelli, the reality was quite different. Will Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government reverse abortion rights in Italy?
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