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Virus puts brakes on Salvini’s far-right message in Italy

Milan, Italy | AFP | Matteo Salvini, the leader of Italy’s far right, has seen his popularity drop as the coronavirus pandemic has drowned out his anti-immigrant message, but his League party remains a potent threat to the government. The big man with the beard is much less visible in the …

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Italy Senate to vote on migrant trial for far-right head Salvini

Rome, Italy | AFP |  Italian senators will decide Wednesday whether far-right leader Matteo Salvini should face trial on charges of illegally detaining migrants at sea last year, for which he could be jailed for 15 years. A court in Sicily has recommended that former interior minister Salvini stand trial for …

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