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    • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
      Sovereign bonds
      European bond market hit by Italy’s plans for higher borrowing

      Yields reach highest level in a decade as investors’ deficits worries add fuel to sell-off

      Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni
    • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
      Italy raises budget deficit forecast amid mounting economic pressures

      Giorgia Meloni’s government aims to reach EU rule of 3% of gross domestic product in 2026

      Giorgia Meloni
    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      Italy’s budget plans boosted as 2021 economic growth figure is revised upwards

      Revision to GDP numbers provides some relief to Giorgia Meloni’s government as markets scrutinise economic policies

      Customers sit outside a café in Rome
    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      Airlines
      Meloni government retreats on plan to cap some internal air fares

      Strong pushback from airlines persuades Rome to relent on decree restricting increases to 200% of average prices

      A flight to Rome listed on an international airport departures board.
    • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
      Inside BusinessSilvia Sciorilli Borrelli
      Italy’s push to reform its capital markets hits a hitch

      Convoluted amendments threaten to reduce the appeal of a package of measures

      People in front of Italy’s Stock Exchange, the Borsa Italiana
    • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
      Italy turns to Kyrgyz shepherds to revive Sardinian farming

      Farming body seeks recruits from 6,000 miles away in fight to help rural economy

      Shepherds on horseback herd sheep along a road in the Suusamyr valley, Kyrgyzstan
    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
      News in-depthItalian politics
      ‘Honeymoon is over’: Meloni’s budget to test rocky relations with investors

      Sharp economic slowdown increases concerns about rightwing government’s policy stance after bank tax disaster

      Montage of Giorgia Meloni and chart
    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      Lex
      Italian bonds: Meloni’s moves may yet scare investors Premium content

      There are good economic reasons for nerves and the PM has shown herself willing to rattle markets

      Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni
    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      European Central Bank
      Meloni sticks by Italian bank windfall tax despite ECB criticism

      Levy poses risk to eurozone financial stability by reducing Italian lenders’ retained earnings, says central bank

      Italy’s PM Giorgia Meloni
    • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
      Lex
      Italian sell-offs: state will keep fingers in many pies Premium content

      But we are firmly in the realm of tinkering while Rome burns

      Italian prime minister Georgia Meloni
    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
      Italian politics
      Italy agrees ‘anti-inflation pact’ to counter soaring cost of staple goods

      Producers and retailers to hold prices for selected food products and household essentials for three months

      Customers in a supermarket in Rome, italy
    • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Italy risks wasting its cash windfall

      Rome and Brussels must work together to adapt spending plans

      European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen with then Italian prime minister Mario Draghi in 2021. Absorbing funds amounting to 10% of Italy’s GDP in five years was always going to be a tall order
    • Monday, 4 September, 2023
      Europe Express
      Italy’s Tajani heads to Beijing to discuss Belt and Road Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: Can Erdoğan convince Putin to resuscitate the Ukraine grain deal?

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    • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
      The Big Read
      Will Italy squander its €200bn opportunity?

      The country is receiving a windfall from the EU. But some doubt Rome’s ability to deliver an economic reboot

    • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
      News in-depthAlbania
      ‘Little Italy’: tourists flock to Albania’s low-cost resorts

      Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni takes ferry to Albanian coast on private visit

      Albania’s prime minister Edi Rama and  Italy’s prime minister Giorgia Meloni
    • Wednesday, 9 August, 2023
      Italian politics
      Italy backtracks with cap on windfall tax after bank shares slide

      Rome cites ‘financial stability’ as it seeks to calm market jitters following unexpected measure

      Giorgia Meloni at a news conference
    • Wednesday, 9 August, 2023
      News in-depthEuropean banks
      Italy joins wave of windfall taxes on banks across Europe

      Governments in the region target lenders’ profits as interest rates increase

      Santander SEB, Intesa, Unicredit, Caixa Bank, BBVA and Swedbank logos
    • Monday, 7 August, 2023
      Italy
      Italy to issue more taxi licences after anger over summer shortages

      Giorgia Meloni’s government opposes ride-hailing apps to alleviate chronic undersupply

      A crowd next to a white car
    • Wednesday, 2 August, 2023
      News in-depth
      Meloni under fire as Italy’s economic recovery falters

      Dismal data and decision to pull poverty relief scheme put pressure on Italian prime minister

      People protest in front of the INPS offices in Rome with placards reading ‘End it with the war on the poor’
    • Friday, 28 July, 2023
      News in-depthClimate change
      Italy’s cheesemakers cool their cows to keep the milk flowing

      Dairy farmers are increasingly using giant fans and sprinklers to help their cattle cope with extreme heat

      Two cheesemakers stand surrounded by Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
    • Wednesday, 26 July, 2023
      Markets InsightMoritz Kraemer
      Italy harms itself by blocking changes to crisis-fighting in eurozone

      The ECB can break the impasse by putting pressure on Rome to approve the European Stability Mechanism treaty

      Italy’s prime minister Giorgia Meloni
    • Sunday, 23 July, 2023
      European Central Bank
      Rome turns to Bank of Italy veteran to keep seat on ECB board

      Piero Cipollone emerges as favourite candidate to succeed Fabio Panetta

    • Wednesday, 28 June, 2023
      Eurozone economy
      Italy’s Meloni rails against further ECB rate rises

      Prime minister says ‘simplistic’ approach likely to hurt eurozone economies

      Giorgia Meloni speaking in parliament
    • Sunday, 11 June, 2023
      Italy’s labour shortage puts post-pandemic recovery at risk

      Lack of staff causes delays in EU-funded infrastructure projects

      Construction work in Rome
    • 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

      Shoppers in a French supermarket
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