Matteo Salvini

Home › World › Milan's airport is officially named after former Premier Ber... World Milan's airport is officially named after former Premier Berlusconi Italy’s second-busiest passenger airport was finally named on Friday after the late former Premier Silvio Berlusconi. Italy’s second-busiest airport, Milan Malpensa, is officially named after the late…

An Italian court has cleared mafia bestseller "Gomorrah" author and journalist Roberto Saviano of defamation charges brought by far-right deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini, his lawyer said on Friday. Saviano was acquitted Thursday over a 2018 social media post in which he called Salvini the "minister of the criminal underworld".…

Italian Transport Minister Matteo Salvini expressed concern Saturday at "serious incidents of sabotage" that delayed trains in central Italy, suggesting they could be linked the opening of the Winter Olympics. Police are investigating three incidents of damage on lines around Bologna, and have not ruled out a potential link to…

Updated on: January 11, 2026 / 1:39 PM EST / AP Add CBS News on Google A guard at a 2026 Winter Olympic venue construction site in the mountain resort of Cortina died during a frigid overnight shift, authorities confirmed on Saturday. Italy's infrastructure minister, Matteo Salvini, called for a…

Elaine Allaby - elaine@thelocal.it Published: 30 Sep, 2025 CET. Updated: Tue 30 Sep 2025 13:01 CET Salvini speaks at Patriots for Europe, the European Parliament's largest far-right bloc, in Madrid in February 2025. Photo by Thomas COEX / AFP. Italian deputy premier Matteo Salvini has come under heavy fire from…

France summoned the Italian ambassador after Italy's deputy prime minister challenged the French president for suggesting that European soldiers be deployed in Ukraine in a post-war settlement, a French diplomatic source said on Saturday. Asked earlier this week to comment on French President Emmanuel Macron's appeals to deploy European soldiers…

AFP - news@thelocal.it Published: 23 Aug, 2025 CET. Updated: Sat 23 Aug 2025 08:01 CET Italy's Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini addresses media at the Bunker Courtroom of the Pagliarelli prison in Palermo in 2024. Photo: Alberto PIZZOLI/AFP. France summoned Italy's ambassador following "unacceptable" comments by Italian deputy prime minister…

After multiple controversies and only 13 months of construction, the sliding track for Italy's 2026 Winter Olympics was inaugurated on Tuesday – a feat hailed as "a miracle" by Deputy PM Matteo Salvini. Italy's Mattia Gaspari may not end up among the gold medallists in the Italian Dolomites from February…

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has been forced to deny tensions within her coalition government, after leaked messages revealed party members privately mocked Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini...Read More

An Italian court on Friday acquitted Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini of illegally blocking migrants on a rescue ship at sea in 2019, for which he had risked six years in prison...Read More