Italy has expressed strong concern and summoned Hungary’s ambassador after images of Ilaria Salis, a 39-year-old Italian woman, shackled in a Budapest court triggered public and political outrage. Salis, accused of participating in violent assaults against neo-Nazi sympathizers in February 2023, faced restraints on her hands and feet during the court appearance. The
Italian Junior Culture Minister Vittorio Sgarbi is facing accusations of possessing and displaying a stolen 17th-century painting, “The Capture of Saint Peter,” which was reported stolen in 2013. Sgarbi, a well-known art critic and TV personality, is under investigation for laundering stolen goods as he included the painting in a 2021 exhibition. The artwork,
A right-wing senator, Giuseppe Moles, who is the member of right-wing party Forza Italia, has shot a sexist remark against Italian Education Minister Lucia Azzolina, who is the member of anti-establishment Five Star Party – which recently entered the corridor of power as a collation partner of the ruling government. The senators of the anti-establishment […]
The effort of the Northern League, which recently stepped out from the Italian coalition government, to undo the dominance of the PD, which replaced the vacuum created by the League’s exist, over Emilia-Romagna, which the centre-left party is in a dominant position since the Second World War, has failed as the rightist party has performed […]



