ROME, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni described the current rise in anti-Semitism as "a scourge that has survived the Holocaust," as Italy observed International Holocaust Remembrance Day with various initiatives on Monday.

Giorgia Meloni’s presence at Donald Trump’s inauguration aimed to reinforce her status as a privileged interlocutor with the new US administration. But this position carries risks for Italy and the EU.

Detections of irregular migrants entering the European Union fell in 2024 to the lowest level recorded since 2021 due to a crackdown on traffickers, the bloc's border agency said on Tuesday. Irregular entries detected via the Central Mediterranean fell by 59 percent from the 2023 level due to "fewer departures from Tunisia and Libya",

Since taking power, Giorgia Meloni has stamped her authority on Italy to emerge as one of Europe’s strongest leaders. From immigration to the economy, her political skills have transformed the ...

The Italian leader has the potential to serve as a key European ally in the quest for peace in Europe and the Middle East.

Germany's conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz, frontrunner in polls to become the next chancellor, on Tuesday urged a united European stance in talks with US President Donald Trump.

Italy’s Meloni: Holocaust brutality ‘unparalleled’ in historyItalian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has urged the people of the world to fight antisemitism in a statement commemorating the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp.

That creates risks: the Holocaust didn’t begin with mass murder. The dehumanization of Jews progressed gradually from public exclusion to eventual internment to finally extermination. Millions of regular Germans—and Europeans more broadly—facilitated or silently accepted these actions.

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Italian President Mattarella to visit Auschwitz on Holocaust Memorial Day, Italy resumes migrant transfers to Albanian detention centres, and more news on Monday.

Far-right leaders may be paying respects today, but their power reflects the growing threat of genocidal violence.