17 Oct 2022

Europe: Italian coalition's cracks, Russian war recruits killed, Slovakia gay bar shooting

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 17 October 2022

Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney joins Kathryn to talk about the difficulties facing Italy's coalition of far-right and rightwing parties just weeks after winning elections, with Forza Italia party Silvio Berlusconi reportedly furious with the woman poised to become the country's first female prime minister, Georgia Meloni.

The death toll from an attack on a training centre for Russian recruits is likely far higher than the 11 reported.

And a vigil has been held for two men killed in a shooting at a gay bar in Slovakia by the 19 year old son of a former far-right politician.

Leader of Italian far-right party Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) Giorgia Meloni holds a speech in Bagnoli, quarter of Naples, Southern Italy, on 23 September, 2022.

Leader of Italian far-right party Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) Giorgia Meloni holds a speech in Bagnoli, quarter of Naples, Southern Italy, on 23 September, 2022. Photo: AFP