The supreme Court of Cassation has been "disgraceful" in ordering the government to pay compensation to migrants who weer prevented from disembarking from coastguard ship Diciotti in 2018, Deputy Premier,

There will never be an EU army led by a "mad" French President Emmanuel Macron, Deputy Premier, Transport Minister and right-wing League party leader Matteo Salvini said Friday amid French-led moves to set up a European army and possibly send peacekeepers to police a future Ukraine peace deal.

Deputy Premier and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini wrote on social media Monday that US President Donald Trump is the only leader capable of bringing peace while describing Europe as collapsing under the leadership of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen,

Deputy Premier, Transport Minister and League leader Matteo Salvini was critical on Tuesday after European Commission President For Ursula von der Leyen announced a plan to 'rearm Europe' that she said could mobilise close to 800 billion euros.

Premier Giorgia Meloni on Friday said the supreme Cassation Court's ruling in favour of an appeal filed by a group of migrants who were not allowed to disembark from the Italian coast guard's Diciotti vessel that had rescued them at sea on August 16-25 2018 as part of then-interior minister Matteo Salvini's closed ports policy was "questionable".

Italy's supreme Cassation Court on Friday ruled in favour of an appeal filed by a group of migrants who were not allowed to disembark from the Italian coast guard's Diciotti vessel that had rescued them at sea on August 16-25 2018 as part of then-interior minister Matteo Salvini's closed-ports policy.

Deputy Premier and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini on Tuesday said the government has not discussed sending Italian troops to Ukraine as part of a peacekeeping effort, expressing caution over the idea of deploying them within a UN mission.

Italy's co-ruling League party is pushing Rome to pick U.S. company Starlink over French-led operator Eutelsat in talks to obtain systems for secure satellite communications, saying Starlink's technology is more advanced.