Day: September 17, 2024

CGIL to stage demos in Oct/Nov on wages, tax policies

Italy’s biggest and most leftwing trade union CGIL will stage demonstrations on wages, tax and industrial policies in October and November, leader Maurizio Landini said Tuesday.

He said the government, “instead of giving tax breaks for overtime and …

Deficit under 3% in 2026 in PSB

Italy’s budget deficit will fall under 3% of GDP in 2026 according to the “ambitious” Structural Budget Plan (PSB) examined by the cabinet Tuesday, the economy ministry said.

The plan, part of a reform of European budgetary riles, also envisages a n…

Opposing common EU debt like opposing EU goals – Draghi

(see related) Ex-premier and former ECB President Mario Draghi on Tuesday defended one of the main proposals of his new report on boosting the EU’s competitiveness, extending the bloc’s joint debt, as he presented the report to the European Parliamen…

Storm Boris set to return to Italy

Storm Boris, the wave of extreme weather that has left at least 19 people dead in flooding in Central and Eastern Europe, is set to return to Italy Thursday after brushing the peninsula last Thursday, weathermen said Tuesday.

Italy is already on hig…

Europe risks losing freedom says Draghi

Former Italian premier and former European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi warned that Europe is in danger of losing its freedom as he presented his report on reviving the bloc’s competitiveness to the European Parliament in Strasbourg on T…

Salvini says not accepting plea deal in Open Arms case

Deputy Premier and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini said on Monday night that he will not be accepting a plea deal in the Open Arms case in which Palermo prosecutors have requested a six-year prison term for him for allegedly kidnapping 147 migrants…

Fitto executive VP for cohesion, reforms – von der Leyen

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday announced that she has proposed six executive vice presidents for the new EU executive, including Italy’s Raffaele Fitto.

Fitto will be the executive vice president for cohesion and refor…

Doctor stabbed in psychiatric ward of Bolzano hospital

Adoctor was stabbed by a former patient in the psychiatric ward of Bolzano’s San Maurizio Hospital late on Monday in the latest in a string of attacks on health workers in Italy.

The male assailant, aged 57, struck the doctor in the back with a kitc…