The rolling hills of Tuscany, the azure waters off the Amalfi coast and the dramatic surrounds of Lake Como – when the Italian prime minister was thinking about her summer getaway, she wasn’t short of options. But last month Giorgia Meloni was tempted away from the Italian mainland in favour of a destination fast becoming a favourite with her compatriots: neighbouring Albania.
The prime minister left a farmhouse flanked by olive trees in Puglia and boarded a for the Balkan country this year, a trend that has displeased some Italian officials.
