Giorgia Meloni may become Italy's first female premier almost exactly 100 years after Adolf Hitler's ally Benito Mussolini became country's dictator

President urges fellow citizens to work to safeguard democracy with neo-fascist party likely to come to power in September elections

Anti-immigrant politician Matteo Salvini ditches prime minister after talks with Russian embassy; Moscow calls claims it intervened 'bizarre'

Draghi's unity government imploded Wednesday as members of his uneasy coalition rebuffed his appeal to ensure implementation of the European Union-funded pandemic recovery program

Massive demonstration comes after protests over coronavirus pass regime last weekend degenerated into riots blamed on neofascists

The center-left candidate faces an uphill battle for city hall, but boasts an 1,800-year-old Roman-Jewish pedigree and a knack for bridging communities

In interview with Israeli daily, head of popular right-wing euroskeptic party lashes the left for what he says is anti-Israel and anti-Semitic bias

Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, whose League party leads in EU parliament elections, accused of tolerating -- and even encouraging -- neo-fascist politics