Finding a legal way to use frozen Russian assets to help finance Ukraine remains "far from easy", Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Wednesday, ahead of a summit of European Union leaders in Brussels.

Meloni’s allies inside the EU are hoping she remains one as a high-stakes summit on Thursday looms. Europe’s leaders are wrestling with two crucial decisions to which the enigmatic Italian premier holds a casting vote: the financial viability of Ukraine and the future of EU trade policy.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Friday that her country is ready to take a leading role in efforts to stabilize and rebuild the Gaza Strip,

Giorgia Meloni cast US President Donald Trump’s new national security strategy as a wake-up call for Europe, while downplaying tensions within her government and reaffirming Italy’s support for Ukraine.

A national strike by Italy's largest trade union to protest against Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's 2026 budget brought thousands onto the streets on Friday and disrupted trains, schools and other public services across the country.

Step aside, Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán. Sit down, Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever. There’s a new chief villain at the EU’s end-of-year office party.

The Agnelli family group, which owns the outlets, is negotiating with a conservative Greek magnate who is close to Donald Trump, while Giorgia Meloni makes light of the deal and publicly attacks journ

Country’s central bank says it owns the reserves to ‘boost confidence’ in its financial system and in the euro