Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni’s government has vowed to open controversial migrant processing centers in Albania that have ...

Italy's right-wing government under Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is intent on maintaining its controversial reception ...

Italy will move forward with its innovative and controversial programme of operating migrant processing centres in Albania to ...

Italy's hard-right government vowed on Monday to press ahead with its controversial migrant centres in Albania, even as they ...

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Rightist Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni struck a deal with her counterpart Edi Rama last year to divert to the Balkan country ...

A poster criticizing Edi Rama and Giorgia Meloni, the prime ministers of Albania and Italy. | Adnan Beci/AFP via Getty Images Albanian media report that the staff at Gjadër — marooned in a ...

Italy's government pledged on Monday to push ahead with a contested plan to detain asylum seekers in centres built in Albania ...

The 2025 Giro d’Italia will start in Albania, the organisers of the Grand Tour event confirmed on Monday. The Giro will begin ...

The Grande Partenza of the Giro d’Italia 2025 will take place in Albania, which will be painted pink for three days, ...

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But two groups of migrants who were brought to Albania by an Italian coast guard ship were instead routed back to Italy after courts refused to validate their transfer. The Italian courts both ...