Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni promised to keep supporting Ukraine, as the leader of the embattled nation, Volodymyr Zelensky, reached Rome for talks on Thursday evening. Meloni welcomed Zelensky at her official residence for a private discussion that lasted just under an hour.

US President-elect Donald Trump will not abandon Ukraine, Premier Giorgia Meloni said Thursday saying it would be a mistake if he did. "Frankly, I do not foresee a disengagement by Trump in Ukraine," she told an end of year press conference.

Lago, an invitation to Monday's inauguration and good relations with Elon Musk, Italy's Giorgia Meloni has positioned herself as the closest mainstream European leader to Donald Trump. - Big vacuum - "Giorgia Meloni has better relations with Trump than any other (major) European leader.

ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, one of the European leaders closest to Donald Trump, said on Thursday she believed the U.S. president-elect would defend Western interests once he took office and would not abandon Ukraine.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, whose rise to power in Rome two years ago sparked panic among the European political establishment, may now be the continent’s best hope to have one of its own in the good graces of the Trump White House.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Rome on Thursday for evening talks with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. She welcomed Zelensky to her official residence for their discussion, television footage showed.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday met with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome and discussed critical issues, including Ukraine's defence needs and progress toward European Union membership.

After covering major domestic and international issues, such as Italy's dealings with Elon Musk's Starlink, the war in Ukaine and Donald Trump's return to the White House, proceedings took a slightly surreal turn.

PM says her relationship with U.S. president-elect is “very solid” and insists his recent incendiary remarks flow from a “peace-through-strength” approach.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Thursday said she doesn’t believe President-elect Trump has a plan to purchase Greenland or acquire it through military force. “I think we can exclude that

There is a 'giddiness' in the Kremlin over Trump’s threats to take over Greenland and Canada which could further legitimise unilateral annexations, one analyst has said

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Thursday that US President-elect Donald Trump’s remarks about Greenland and the Panama Canal are messages to other big powers, particularly China, rather than hostile claims.