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Matteo Salvini

Crosses bearing tags with names are seen in a graveyard of the Flaminio Cemetery, in Rome, Italy, Oct. 16, 2020.

In Italy, religious organizations’ ‘fetus graves’ reignite abortion debate

Reproductive rights

Catholic and conservative groups are slowly chipping away at abortion rights in Italy, where abortion has been legal since 1978.

Three people are shown sitting on the ground in front of a long reflecting pool with the Washington Monument in the distance as the sun comes up.

US presidential contest remains undecided as world looks on; Poland indefinitely delays abortion ruling; The president of Kosovo has resigned

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Young man crawls through fence with bicycle

Italy’s mafia gets richer as ‘security decree’ strips migrant rights

Business, Economics and Jobs
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Sick migrants disembark stranded Italian boat as Salvini defies UN

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Steve Bannon’s ‘The Movement’ is an umbrella group of anti-establishment, populist parties in Europe

US Diplomacy
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Interior Minister Matteo Salvini

Italian deputy prime minister blasts NGO for calling him fascist, bans migrant ships

Salvini has vowed to continue to block foreign humanitarian boats from Italian ports as Europe wrestles with how to share the responsibility of handling migrants trying to enter the EU.

refugees are rescued on the Mediterranean Sea

After turning away rescued migrants, Italy’s far-right claim ‘victory’ when Spain opens port

Immigration

Spain offered on Monday to take in a humanitarian ship stranded in international waters with 629 migrants aboard, prompting Italy’s new anti-establishment government to claim victory in its bid to get European partners to help more on immigration.

Former senior International Monetary Fund (IMF) official Carlo Cottarelli

Italy looks set for new elections after political stalemate

The decision to appoint Carlo Cottarelli to form a stopgap administration sets the stage for elections that are likely to be fought over Italy’s role in the European Union and the eurozone.

An activist wearing a mask of Forza Italia party leader Silvio Berlusconi poses during a tour, the day after Italy's parliamentary elections, in Rome, Italy March 5, 2018.

How the murder of a young woman turned Italy’s elections into a referendum on immigration

Global Politics

Little more than a month ago, no one had heard of Macerata. Then the murder of Pamela Mastropietro thrust the small town in central Italy onto the national stage, and the whole course of a pivotal national election was altered.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses the crowd during a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Dec. 21, 2015.

The five European leaders most likely to be Donald Trump’s soulmate

Global Politics

Although many issues divide these right-wing, populist politicians, they all have something in common with the Donald.

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