League leader, Deputy Premier and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini has decided not to attend Donald Trump's inauguration Monday but the right-wing party will be represented by its European Parliament delegation chief Paolo Borchia who will be in Washington along with other representatives of the Patriots for Europe group,

Italy's transport ministry on Saturday voiced extreme concern over a bike chain found on a rail line in Veneto Thursday amid rail company Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) suspicions that some recent faults that caused major disruption may have been the result of deliberate sabotage.

On Wednesday, delays were reported on regional routes in central Italy and on intercity traffic between Rome and Naples. On Tuesday, an electrical problem blocked the capital's main railway hub for almost an hour, resulting in lengthy hold-ups, while bad weather snarled rail services in the far south.

The League party led by Deputy Premier and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini on Thursday held a meeting of the federal council at the end of which it issued a note saying Salvini, Veneto Governor Luca Zaia,

Members of the centre-left opposition on Saturday criticized Deputy Premier and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini over huge train chaos at Milan's Central Station that affected rail connections across Italy.

Deputy Premier and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini said Wednesday that the stare of Italy's railways was down to previous governments after coming under fire over a recent wave of delays, cancellations and disruption for passengers.

An agreement with Elon Musk on boosting Italy's connectivity would be an opportunity rather than posing a threat, Deputy Premier, Transport and Infrastructure Minister and rightwing League party leader Matteo Salvini said Monday amid a row over the billionaire's Starlink satelitte programme possibly taking over management of Italy's telecoms security.

The transport ministry on Saturday afternoon issued a note saying "decades of disinterest, lack of investments, ideological NOs" had caused the railway' network's "grave infrastructural deficiencies" that explained Milan's train chaos.

Senators of the League party led by Deputy Premier and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini on Saturday told the Upper House's transport commission that he was fixing Italy following years of blocked investments after huge train chaos in Milan caused by technical issues had nationwide repercussions.

Italy’s national railroad has filed a formal complaint alleging that power outages up and down the peninsula that have caused days of train delays were “highly suspicious.”

A criminal probe has been opened after a bike train was found on a rail line in Veneto Thursday after a complaint by Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) rail company that deliberate sabotage may have been behind a long spate of faults leading to major disruption and spurring calls for Transport Minister Matteo Salvini to resign.

Italy's deputy premier Matteo Salvini faces pressure to resign due to ongoing rail network disruptions. Opposition leaders criticize his handling of the situation, while Salvini dismisses it as an underinvestment problem.