Brothers of Italy, a party with fascist roots, to form coalition of 24 ministers with allies League and Forza Italia, despite disagreements over Ukraine war, relations with Russia

Politician, whose party has neo-fascist roots, meets with Italian president; she makes announcement flanked by her two main, right-wing allies Salvini and Berlusconi

Giorgia Meloni races against time to divide roles among allies while several challenges loom, among them a deadline to submit a draft budget plan to the EU by October 15

With Brothers of Italy and the League slated to be the big winners in Sunday's election, many fear the latter's Kremlin-friendly leader may take soft-line on Putin over Ukraine war

Nationalist leaders denounce Russian invasion while echoing the Kremlin's claim that NATO expansion to blame; in surprise, some parties say open to welcoming Ukrainian refugees

Uneasy government coalition boosted by election results that pundit says will 'allow it to survive and stay the course'

Alessandro Pagano of the anti-migrant League party says he had intended to criticize government, not Silvia Romano, who was held captive in Somalia

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

Matteo Salvini asks why death threats to Liliana Segre getting more attention than those against him, calls being anti-Semitic 'the stuff of the mentally ill'

Giuseppe Conte says Matteo Salvini's bid to initiate new elections stems from 'personal and party interests,' frets over his call for 'full powers'