Italy

Politics
Clément VéritéFebruary 21, 2023
Number of declarations of European Parliament members attending paid-for events soared since Qatargate, according to Transparency International EU
The number of declarations from members of the European Parliament disclosing events paid for by third parties has never been so high in three and a half years since the Qatargate broke out in December.
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Society
Clément VéritéFebruary 2, 2023
‘Ndrangheta Italian fugitive arrested after 16 years on the run, worked as a pizzaiolo in France
Edgardo Greco, an Italian fugitive linked to the ‘Ndrangheta has been arrested in France after 16 years on the run. He worked as a pizzaiolo in a restaurant.
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Business
Clément VéritéJanuary 11, 2023
Advancing speculation on fuel prices, Italian government imposes display of national average prices at gas stations
To limit fuel price increases at gas stations, the government of Italy imposes managers to display national average prices in order to improve transparency. The government considers recent price hikes are due to speculation.
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Business
Clément VéritéOctober 28, 2022
In Italy, the new government wants to increase the limits on cash payments
The new government of Italy wants to raise restrictions on cash payments to up to 10,000 euros. Opposition parties denounce the proposal as a risk to favor the underground economy and criminal activities. It doesn't make a large consensus in the majority either.
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Business
Clément VéritéOctober 18, 2022
All EU airlines can now have direct flights to ASEAN countries like the Philippines, Singapore, or Thailand
Following an air transport agreement between the European Union and ASEAN, airlines from 37 countries are now able to operate an unlimited number of direct flights from and to these countries. There will also be more opportunities to fly to a country and then directly go to a third one.
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Health & Science
Clément VéritéMay 22, 2022
Greenpeace Italy denounces the ‘scam of compostable plastics’
Greenpeace Italy says compostable bioplastics actually end up in inadequate waste recycling plants, incinerators or landfills
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Business
Clément VéritéMay 12, 2022
Between Milan and Amsterdam, laundering drug money with art trade
An operation across Italy, Spain and the Netherlands resulted in arrests for the alleged use of art trade to launder profits from drug trafficking
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Society
Clément VéritéMarch 29, 2022
An Italian porn actress found dead and cut into pieces
An unknown woman was found cut into pieces in northern Italy. She has now been identified as a 26-year-old Italian mother and porn actress. The alleged murderer confessed his crime, kept her in her freezer before dumping her in nature and even used her own phone and car.
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Society
Newsendip with APMarch 1, 2022
Vatican dads will get paternity leave
Pope Francis announced fathers in Vatican will get three days of paternity leave with full pay.
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Health & Science
Clément VéritéFebruary 16, 2022
EU Parliament adopts a plan to fight cancer and leaves alcohol without ‘health warning labels’
The European Parliament adopted a €4-billion plan to fight cancer. It recommends adding information about a moderate consumption of alcohol instead of health warning labels.
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Society
Clément VéritéFebruary 16, 2022
Italy will organize a referendum on 5 laws on justice; not for assisted suicide nor decriminalization of cannabis
Italy will organize a referendum on the abrogation of 5 laws in the justice system. But referendum requests about decriminalizing cannabis and assisted suicide have been deemed inadmissible.
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Society
Clément VéritéFebruary 8, 2022
An Italian woman, 70, found dead at home 2 years later
Marinella Beretta, 70, was found dead at least two years after she passed away alone in her house. She has no known living relatives.
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Society
Newsendip with ReutersJanuary 7, 2022
Italian police caught mafia fugitive in Spain with help of Google Street View
After a two-year investigation, a picture on the Google Street view was key in finding a mafia fugitive in Spain.
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Society
Clément VéritéDecember 15, 2021
Italian teenagers with smartphone addictions and risks of revenge porn
Italian teenagers use their phone more than 8 hours a day. One in 10 shared intimate or sexually explicit images of themselves.
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Business
Clément VéritéDecember 14, 2021
Remote work in Italy: agreement on ‘smart working’ protocol beyond Covid-19
In Italy, remote work in the private sector would provide autonomy on working hours, the right to disconnect but no paid overtime.
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Business
Clément VéritéDecember 2, 2021
First Facebook threat report: antivax brigade from France and Italy; Belarus KGB accounts
In November, Facebook removed an antivax campaigns from France and Italy, Facebook accounts from the Belarusian KGB as well as fake account from a Chinese cybersecurity company.
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Business
Clément VéritéNovember 15, 2021
Always more interns aged 55+ in Italy
Usually underpaid, these internships increased more among the 55+ age category in the past years than any other age group.
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Business
Clément VéritéSeptember 8, 2021
Has A Glass Bottle Caused An Entire Building To Burn in Milan?
A Milanese building burst into flames on August 29 and recalled the tragedy in London in 2017. A week later, many questions remain and experts now study the possibility that a glass bottle may explain how the fire started.
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Business
Clément VéritéJune 10, 2021
Italy accuses Booking.com of tax evasion
According to the Italian authorities, the online booking platform didn’t pay 153 million euros of valued-added tax between 2013 and 2019.
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Politics
Clément VéritéJune 9, 2021
Italian Troops Leave Afghanistan
After 20 years, the remaining 500 Italian soldiers left Afghanistan. Only the engineers stayed to remove the infrastructure.
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Politics
Clément VéritéApril 28, 2021
Italian red brigade members extradited from France decades later
France arrested and is going to extradite members of the Red Brigade in a joint operation with Italy.
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Culture & Sport
Clément VéritéApril 27, 2021
Italian island Budelli to become unoccupied
The only permanent resident of Budelli for 32 years will leave this small island between Corsica and Sardinia. Aged of 82 and tired of the fight against his eviction, he also fell in love.
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Politics
Clément VéritéApril 26, 2021
Life imprisonment for mafiosi unconstitutional in Italy
The sentence of life imprisonment is inconsistent with the Italian constitution. Mafiosi will not need to cooperate with judicial authorities to apply for parole.
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Society
Clément VéritéMarch 5, 2021
One million more people faced poverty in Italy in 2020?
According to preliminary results from Istat, there are 1 million more poor people in Italy in 2020 compared to 2019
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