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    • Wednesday, 31 May, 2023
      Eurozone inflation
      Falling German and French inflation lifts hopes of an end to eurozone rate rises

      German bonds rally and euro falls against dollar as investors react to further signs of cooling price pressures

    • Thursday, 11 May, 2023
      Italy refrains from capping the price of pasta

      Emergency meeting called after cost of staple food spikes at double the inflation rate

    • Monday, 1 May, 2023
      Italy unveils measures to boost flexibility in labour market

      Social welfare reforms aim ‘to distinguish those who can work from those who cannot’, says PM Giorgia Meloni

    • Saturday, 29 April, 2023
      Hedge funds retreat from bets against Italian bonds

      Short sellers pull back after fall in gas prices and less political turbulence than expected

    • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
      EU recovery fund
      Italy at odds with Brussels over using EU money for football stadium

      European Commission delays Rome’s recovery funds by a month after questions over plans

    • Monday, 27 March, 2023
      EU energy
      Italy’s shift away from Russian gas clashes with its climate targets

      New policy phasing out support for fossil fuel projects overseas has loopholes, say experts

    • Friday, 24 March, 2023
      News in-depth
      Italy’s tax credit experiment puts Meloni government in a bind

      Protesters take to the streets as restrictions on pandemic-era ‘Superbonus’ scheme cause liquidity crunch in construction sector

    • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
      Italy widens budget deficits after revisions to tax credit scheme

      Updated EU guidance prompts change in treatment of ‘Superbonus’ programme that boosted construction sector  

    • Monday, 20 February, 2023
      Lex
      Italian equities: the rally may have further to run Premium content

      Italy’s winning streak is largely down to its banks, which make up a fifth of the index

    • Monday, 13 February, 2023
      European Stability Mechanism
      A lesson for Italy from Germany’s debt management

      It isn’t what you think

    • Thursday, 9 February, 2023
      Italy calls for one-year extension to spend EU recovery funds

      Rome seeks ‘quid pro quo’ from Paris and Berlin over supporting bloc’s changes to subsidy rules

    • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
      Italian petrol station owners shut pumps over fuel price dispute

      Motorists endure day of disruption after Giorgia Meloni’s government accuses operators of speculation

    • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
      Italy’s Meloni seeks to resurrect ‘mythical’ Sicily bridge project

      Contentious Messina span seen as investment catalyst but confronts local resistance

    • Monday, 9 January, 2023
      NK Lukoil OAO
      Russia’s Lukoil sells Italian refinery to Israeli-backed private equity fund

      GOI’s partnership with commodities trader Trafigura gazumps Crossbridge in deal that rescues Sicilian plant after EU sanctions hit

    • Monday, 2 January, 2023
      Eurozone economy
      ECB rate rises expose fears for Italy as eurozone’s weakest link

      FT poll points to Rome as EU economy most at risk from higher borrowing costs

    • Monday, 19 December, 2022
      Meloni scraps plan to allow businesses to refuse digital payments

      Measures to promote use of cash threatened to put PM on collision course with Brussels

    • Friday, 16 December, 2022
      Eurozone economy
      Italian ministers lash out at ECB over rate rises

      Defence minister Guido Crosetto, a close confidant of Giorgia Meloni, says aggressive policies make ‘no sense’

    • Wednesday, 14 December, 2022
      Government of Italy
      European Commission attacks Italy’s support for cash transactions

      Brussels warns prime minister Giorgia Meloni not to undermine tax evasion fight

    • Monday, 5 December, 2022
      Italian politics
      Italy’s central bank highlights risks of Meloni’s plan to promote cash use

      Central bank claims move to increase limit for cash transactions would encourage tax evasion

    • Sunday, 4 December, 2022
      Meloni pushes back on Italy’s shift into digital payments age

      Brussels may resist plan to give businesses the right to demand cash for low-value transactions

    • Monday, 7 November, 2022
      Europe Express
      Ireland seeks to maintain its grip on eurogroup crown Premium content

      Dublin reshuffle complicates looming talks over presidency of finance ministers’ group

    • Friday, 4 November, 2022
      NK Lukoil OAO
      Lukoil rejects US buyout group’s offer for Sicily refinery

      Collapse of talks over deal backed by Vitol risks bankrupting Russian-owned facility

    • Tuesday, 1 November, 2022
      Lorenzo Fioramonti
      Sustainable policy in turbulent times — a lesson from Italy

      Shared goals and a redefinition of economic growth can satisfy both sides of the political divide

    • Thursday, 27 October, 2022
      Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA
      Investor urges ECB to block €2.5bn rights issue at Italian bank

      Law firm RPC says Monte dei Paschi’s high underwriting fees make capital raise ‘unlawful’

    • Wednesday, 26 October, 2022
      LexCamilla Palladino
      The Lex Newsletter: Meloni learns from Truss’s fiscal disaster Premium content

      Italy’s new prime minister knows that keeping markets onside is wise considering the country’s finances

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