THE TWO RED LINES: the breakthrough of Russian troops to the north-west would open a corridor between Kiev and Belarus, incorporating it, as a third country, directly into the conflict. Minsk would thus be able to provide fresh troops and weapons that could be decisive in taking Kiev. Russian provocative attacks on the Baltic countries, Moldova and Poland by Emanuela [...]
read more
Crosetto urged the local defense industry to run. “We – he recalled – are not a war economy like Russia but we need the defense industry to work much more quickly, because the future of the country depends on them. So far they haven't understood it, but we have to forcefully make it understood." The current need is to build […]
read more
by Massimiliano D'Elia The Americans have long stopped aid to Niger following the coup d'état last July by paramilitary militias. Nigerien Prime Minister Ali Lamine Zeine, the only civilian left in power among the military of the self-proclaimed junta, met his US counterpart two days ago to formalize the [...]
read more
Valditara: "We have relaunched cooperation for the development of technical and professional training and for the increase of Italian" During his institutional mission in Tunisia, the Minister of Education and Merit, Giuseppe Valditara, signed a Memorandum of 'Agreement with the Minister of Education of the Republic of Tunisia, Salwa Abassi, to strengthen cooperation between systems [...]
read more
Niger is essential to stem the migratory flows towards Europe and for this reason every political, diplomatic but also military effort, through assistance and training, is crucial in order not to lose the last outpost, of Western circulation, in the middle of the Sahel by Massimiliano D'Elia Russia, despite the military campaign in Ukraine, does not [...]
read more
Italy-Argentina, Sangiuliano: "Strong harmony to relaunch cultural relations between the two States"
“In Argentina I found a strong harmony with the government authorities for a relaunch of cultural relations. We want to better valorise the very rich heritage created by two centuries of Italian emigration and nourish this friendship with new cultural collaboration projects". This was declared by the Minister of Culture, Gennaro Sangiuliano, at the end of his mission to [...]
read more
by Editorial Staff In Italy there is "maximum anti-terrorism alert" even if there is no information on "hostile initiatives in preparation" by jihadist groups. This is what emerges from the Interior Ministry, after the tragedy in Moscow and in view of the meeting of the National Committee for Public Order and Security, which will be held tomorrow [...]
read more
Evidence of synergies between the two "competitors". Enit president Alessandra Priante meets the Spanish secretary of state for tourism Rosana Morillo: "epochal to know that we will work in harmony" Italy and Spain increasingly closer. The two competitors who plan the tourism future in synergy are increasingly traveling in unison. It is the mission of the ENIT President [...]
read more
by Editorial Staff The experience of the Country System in the Ax-3 Voluntas mission, led by the Air Force, the opportunities for economic growth in the sector are the themes at the center of the event held yesterday in Milan, at the PwC Tower, entitled "Human flight space: opportunities for Italian companies in the New Space economy". The Hon. Andrea Mascaretti, President of the intergroup […]
read more
by Francesco Matera It all started with the Tunisia model, when the EU, thanks to the push of the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, found an economic agreement with Tunis to mitigate the phenomenon of migratory flows. Even if the agreement struggled to get started due to the delay in the arrival of the funds, today it is still a reality [...]
read more
Transfer of prisoners and minors stolen from some of the dossiers The Ministers of Justice of Italy and Romania, Carlo Nordio and Alina Stefania Gorghiu, signed a joint declaration this morning in via Arenula, in order to intensify bilateral judicial cooperation in both criminal and civil matters . This is a follow-up to the summit between […]
read more
The Swedish flag has been flying at NATO Headquarters in Brussels since yesterday: it was hoisted alongside those of the other members of the Alliance. After two hundred years, Sweden abandons its position of neutrality by fully entering the Transatlantic Organization, alongside the other member countries in a particularly delicate moment for world balances. […]
read more
As part of the MMCM (Maritime Mine Counter Measures) contract, to meet the new needs of mine hunting with drones, requested by the French Navy, Thales developed, in less than six months, the Light Operations Center (e-POC). Tested at sea and delivered to the French Navy, the e-POC demonstrator allows you to quickly carry out […]
read more
A ship from the NGO Open Arms is already on its way to Gaza. It left Cyprus today with a load of food and medicines supplied by the American organization World Central Kitchen, and tomorrow it will land near the coast of Gaza in the northern part of the Strip. American engineers will build the mobile port. by Francesco Matera Europe, USA, […]
read more
by Editorial Staff In the Red Sea, a ship flying the Greek flag but owned by Americans raised the alarm following a missile attack off the coast of Yemen. Military intervention was necessary. This was reported by the maritime safety company Ambrey, specifying that the crew remained unharmed. The Houthis had just claimed to have hit another British cargo ship in [...]
read more
by Editorial Staff The European Aspides mission will be launched by the Foreign Affairs Council on February 19th, in the meantime the frigate of the Italian Navy "Martinengo" is about to take command, as flag unit, of the EU anti-piracy mission "Atalanta". Italy will assume tactical command of the anti-Houthi Aspides mission: in these hours at [...]
read more
“We are coming from an important year, 2023, for India and Italy, with the signing of the Cooperation Agreement between the two States governed by principles of equality, reciprocity, interest and mutual respect” thus, yesterday afternoon, the Undersecretary of State for Defense Matteo Perego of Cremnago in his greeting address to the inter-force delegation of the College of [...]
read more
by Andrea Pinto The Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni flew to Japan to meet the Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Many topics will be covered in the bilateral meeting. One above all is the handover, on the occasion of the change of presidency of the G7 which passed from Japan to Italy in January 2024. But not […]
read more
Due to the inflation boom recorded between 2021-2023, equal to +14,2 percent, the average Italian family has spent 4.039 euros more in the last two years. If, in fact, the annual expenditure of families in current terms in 2021 amounted to 21.873 euros, in 2023 it rose to 25.913 euros (+18,5 percent). […]
read more
by Francesco Matera Following the killing of three American soldiers in Jordan by a drone from Iraqi militias supported by Iran, the United States responded with large-scale military action. The Pentagon has authorized attacks on over 85 strategic targets in Syria and Iraq, including commands, intelligence centers, rocket and drone arsenals, as well as [...]
read more
“The Italy-France Quirinale Treaty” stated the Undersecretary of State for Defense Matteo Perego of Cremnago who spoke at the event Dialoghi Italia: Defense and the Quirinale Treaty on the initiative of the IREFI Institute (institute for economic relations between France and Italy) and of the French CEPS (Centre for Studies and Strategic Foresight) "one year after its entry [...]
read more
The EU operation called Aspides includes a minimum of three naval units, logistical and intelligence support, air warning capabilities, cyber protection, satellite support and strategic communication for information warfare by Editorial Staff After the informal meeting of the Defense Ministers of 'European Union, The Minister of Defense, Guido Crosetto, yesterday in front of the Defense Commissions [...]
read more
by Editorial Staff A man was brutally killed by two attackers during Sunday mass in the Catholic church of Santa Maria, in the province of Istanbul, better known as Büyükdere, in front of about forty terrified faithful. The murder sparked panic and a major police operation to search for those responsible. Isis a few hours [...]
read more
by Editorial Staff Thousands of reservists are ready to help the Armed Forces in emergency situations, such as wars or serious international crises. The Ministry of Defense's project to create an auxiliary state reserve, consisting of no more than ten thousand people, is almost nearing completion. This idea was proposed by another law in […]
read more
There are reasonable certainties in believing that in the relationship between the State and the Italian taxpayer, the person most penalized by the "damage" caused by the dishonorable conduct of the other is not the first, but the second. Considering a whole series of caveats, which will be highlighted later in this note, the thesis of the Research Office of [...]
read more
The CEO of Eni, Claudio Descalzi, and the President of the Board of Directors of KazMunayGas (KMG), Magzum Mirzagaliyev, signed today in Rome an agreement relating to the innovative 250 MW hybrid gas-renewable power plant project in the city of Zhanaozen, Mangystau region, Kazakhstan. The signing took place on the occasion of the official visit of the President [...]
read more
Although our industry in the strict sense contributes "only" 21 percent to the national GDP, between 2007 and 2022 the real added value of Italian manufacturing activity fell by 8,4 percent, in France by 4,4, 16,4 percent, while in Germany the change was positive and even equal to +XNUMX per [...]
read more
by Editorial Staff Fincantieri intends to intensify the production of frigates for the United States Navy through the use of robotic welders. The news comes from the United States, and the company's goal is to triple the productivity of its American construction sites thanks to automation. The Trieste company is currently engaged in the construction of the new class of Constellation frigates for [...]
read more
The Chamber of Deputies "fired" the Budget Law, with 200 votes in favour, 112 against and three abstentions. This second maneuver by the Meloni government, worth twenty-eight billion, focuses on three key pillars: the reduction of the tax wedge, the Irpef reform and aid to families. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni welcomed [...]
read more
In a stadium in Gaza, Palestinian prisoners are taken back, including some children. Hezbollah warns/threatens Italy for taking part in the coalition of evil, following the dispatch of the Navy frigate Vittorio Fasan to the Red Sea in support of the American Prosperity Guardian mission. by Francesco Matera The Iranian general Hossein Salami incites […]
read more
by Editorial Staff In the Chamber, a crucial vote took place yesterday regarding the authorization to ratify the ESM (European Stability Mechanism). The result was the rejection of the proposal, with 72 votes in favour, 184 against and 44 abstentions. There was, therefore, a deep division within the Chamber on a topic that Italy [...]
read more
by Editorial Staff Defense Minister Guido Crosetto, a few hours ago, spoke with his American counterpart Lloyd Austin. According to the indiscretion revealed by Repubblica he would have discussed the possible Italian participation in the multinational mission in the Red Sea, called Prosperity Guardian. The objective of the mission is to protect the stretch of sea from the Houti group which continues from Yemen [...]
read more
by Francesco Matera The American website Politico has revealed that the United States is thinking of attacking the Houthi terrorist group which is inflaming the Red Sea from Yemen with the indiscriminate launch of rockets and drones against military and commercial shipping sailing on the important stretch of sea that connects the West to Asia. On Saturday the […]
read more
On the occasion of his mission to Ethiopia, the Minister of Education and Merit, Prof. Giuseppe Valditara, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ethiopian Minister of Education, Prof. Berhanu Nega, to strengthen and relaunch collaboration between systems of Italian and Ethiopian education. The Memorandum stated, in particular, that the partners will favor: It [...]
read more
Twenty-eight thousand sensitive targets in Italy, the terrorism alert remains very high, this is the message from the Minister of the Interior Matteo Piantedosi at yesterday's question time in the Chamber on the initiatives implemented to counter the risk of Islamic terrorist attacks and infiltrations in our Village. The international context, which the minister defined as difficult, is [...]
read more
ENIT at ILTM in Cannes presents an exclusive Italy of elegance, charm and lifestyle. By 2025, luxury tourism will grow more than any other type of tourism. Italy, the exclusive destination par excellence. This is one of the main results of the Enit study carried out by Unioncamere with the technical support of Isnart (October 2023). Beyond […]
read more
Yesterday an important meeting of the Tte, transport, telecommunications and energy Council was held where the various EU countries represented their positions on the nascent Ia act. Today the Commission, Parliament and Council could find a solution and draft the founding and guiding document for the development of AI at community level. The point […]
read more
In the third quarter of 2023, 97.145 new VAT numbers were opened, an increase of 2,8% compared to the corresponding period last year. This is what emerges from the update of the data of the Observatory on VAT numbers published by the Ministry of Economy and Finance, which shows that 49,2% of new openings are located in the North, [...]
read more
“The agreement with Albania on migrants can become a model of collaboration between EU countries and non-EU countries on the management of migratory flows” said Giorgia Meloni in an interview with Il Messaggero, while the Albanian politicians of opposition raise barricades. "It is an agreement that strengthens the strategic partnership between Italy and Albania and arises [...]
read more
The critical situation remains on the national road network due to the numerous storm phenomena that have caused flooding and landslides, causing slowdowns in vehicular flow, in some cases to the point of blocking traffic, with the closure of the affected arteries. In particular, the following critical issues are recorded: TUSCANY LIGURIA LOMBARDY VENETO SS 51 of Alemagna. The section closed […]
read more
Meloni at the summit in Egypt: “We need to work to avoid a religious war, for a political initiative that contemplates the solution of two peoples and two states, with a defined and concrete timescale, because the Palestinians have the right to a state and to govern themselves from alone in freedom and Israelis have the right to existence and […]
read more
The Israeli-Palestinian war reverberates in our societies, which have always been exposed because they are free, multiracial and multiethnic. The attack in France against a teacher who was barbarously beheaded at the hands of a Frenchman of Chechen origin shouting "allahu akbar" and the various bomb scares recorded in England and France (Louvre and palace of [...]
read more
The President of the United States Joe Biden, that of France Emmanuela Macron, the German Chancellor Olaf Sholz, the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and the British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak express firm and united support for the State of Israel and unequivocal condemnation of Hamas and of its appalling acts of terrorism. The White House reports this in [...]
read more
(by Francesco Matera) At the international conference for the twentieth anniversary of the UN convention against organized crime, Alfredo Mantovano, Carlo Nordio and Matteo Piantedosi illustrated the plan to 34 foreign delegations. Also present were the German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser and the French Minister Gerard Darmanin with whom Italy signed an agreement for the establishment of a cabin [...]
read more
Bilateral meeting between the Minister of Justice, Carlo Nordio, and his Algerian counterpart, Abderrachid Tabi, on the sidelines of the International Conference in Palermo on the 20th anniversary of the UN Convention to combat organized crime. The two ministers had - within the framework of the excellent relations between the two countries - an exchange of notes, [...]
read more
The Internal Affairs Council will meet today in Brussels where the agenda could include the discussion of the so-called "external dimension of migration" and the situation on the island of Lampedusa. The EU Interior Ministers will then be busy discussing the memorandum of understanding between the European Union and Tunisia and the ten-point plan for [...]
read more
The exercise involving the Armed Forces of over 10 countries took place in Gioia del Colle. 35 years after the last time, next October our country will host the exercise which will see around 80 aircraft from over 10 countries redeployed at Gioia del Colle Airport, home of the 36th Fighter Wing of the Air Force Military It will be held from 2 […]
read more
Once a Sailor... Always a Sailor "The strength of the ANMI is represented by its generous and commendable capabilities present throughout the national territory, which corresponds to an extraordinary human energy which with professionalism, passion and great commitment concretely contributes to safeguarding, enrich and pass on, especially among the younger ones, the noble baggage of principles, values [...]
read more
There are 2,2 million Italian families in energy poverty (PE). We are talking about 5 million people who in 2021 lived in unhealthy homes, poorly heated in winter, poorly cooled in summer, with poor lighting levels and with very limited use of the main white appliances [refrigerator, freezer, washing machine, dishwasher, dryer, etc]. Family units […]
read more
(by Francesco Matera) Die Welt reported the news that Germany has written to the Italian government to temporarily interrupt the reception of migrants on its territory, more precisely it wrote clearly that the "voluntary solidarity mechanism is for the moment suspended, due to the strong migratory pressure towards the Federal Republic". […]
read more
The National President of the Associazione Arma Aeronautica – Aviatori d'Italia, General of the air force on leave Giulio Mainini, with regard to the very recent news that appeared in the press concerning the Ustica massacre, wanted to comment on the Association's institutional website today: "On behalf of the more than 30000 airmen belonging to our Association, I cannot fail to express [...]
read more
(by Andrea Pinto) After Mali, Chad, Burkina Faso, Guinea and Niger, Gabon now also joins the list of African states governed by self-proclaimed governments, following coups perpetrated by regular army soldiers. The president of Gabon Ali Bongo Ondimba had won the general election for the third time in a row, thus continuing the unusual [...]
read more
(by Francesco Matera) At the last Council of Ministers, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said that we need to “tighten the shirts, give clear signals to the traffickers and we need coordination between us in the activity of contrasting the illegal flows of migrants. Already at the end of this council of ministers, a meeting of the Interministerial Committee for Security is convened [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni has returned to Rome from her rest period in Puglia. Already on Monday the first post-summer council of ministers to discuss urgent measures, such as the migrant decree. But Meloni's attention is not only in Italy but also outside the borders where the war [...]
read more
Many close down and start working as employees. Young people, on the other hand, don't come any closer. The number of artisans present in Italy continues to decrease. Since 2012 they have fallen by almost 325 thousand units (-17,4 percent) and in the last 10 years only in 2021 the overall audience has increased, albeit slightly, [...]
read more
(by Andrea Pinto) The anticipation of the Foglio on the alleged reform of our secret services was also discussed today by Il Giornale. The current information system for the security of the Republic was established with Law 124/2007, which had already reformed the national intelligence sector at the time (Prodi Government). Today in Italy operational intelligence is entrusted [...]
read more
(by Francesco Matera) The Italian premier Giorgia Meloni is still in Puglia for a rest period before tackling, already at the beginning of September, important and very hot dossiers concerning the urgent measures to be put in place to combat the cost of living. Skyrocketing fuel prices, minimum wage, justice reform, migrant emergency, new [...]
read more
In Milan (35.342 €), Monza-Brianza (31.984 €) and Bolzano (31.483 €) the realities most in the "red". The least ones are Agrigento (€10.302), Vibo Valentia (€9.993) and Enna (€9.631). As at 31 December 2022, the average amount of debt per household in Italy had risen to 22.710 euros. Overall, the stock of bank debt in [...]
read more
(by Francesco Matera) Sub-Saharan migrations are closely linked to the crisis in Niger following the coup d'état of last July 26th. The Italian government is very concerned because a war in Niger could inflame the Sahel by increasing the flow of migrants in an unpredictable and uncontrolled way. Niger is important because it occupies a [...]
read more
In 2022, total national pharmaceutical expenditure (public and private) amounted to 34,1 billion euros, an increase of 6,0% compared to 2021. More than 6 out of 10 citizens received at least one drug prescription, with a growth in per capita expenditure and consumption with increasing age. In particular, the population with […]
read more
With a quick passage in the Chamber and the favorable vote, the reform of the Italian tax system kicks off. Satisfaction of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni: "Less taxes on families and businesses, a fairer and fairer taxman, more money in payroll and lower taxes for those who hire and invest in Italy, more [...]
read more
Saturday 5 August expected in black: awareness-raising activities on road safety, health assistance in collaboration with ANPAS and information on traffic in the main service areas of the network kick off The collaboration between Autostrade per l'Italia and the State Police to raise awareness among travelers continues on road safety and promote correct driving behaviour. […]
read more
At 05.09 this morning at the 31st Wing of Ciampino an Air Force Boeing 767 brought home the Italians who decided to leave Niger. The news was reported by the Ansa news agency. At the ladder of the aircraft to welcome the compatriots the Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajani who with squeezes [...]
read more
Through a complex logistical operation, the Air Force will deploy multiple assets in Japan for training activities, including four F-35 aircraft. The joint exercise will take place from 4 to 8 August at the Japanese Komatsu air base will see Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force aircraft train together on different tasks in an operational scenario. For […]
read more
The holiday is planned, no longer last minute: we are already thinking about September. Book 2 more rooms out of 10 compared to last year Tourism is experiencing a season of great recovery with travelers inclined to book in advance to the point of exceeding the 2019 trend. From the Enit survey commissioned to Isnart and Unioncamere to monitor the trend [ …]
read more
The Minister of Justice, Carlo Nordio, signed two bilateral agreements on judicial cooperation with the Minister of Public Security of Vietnam, General To Lam, this afternoon at the headquarters of the Ministry. The meeting took place as part of a series of institutional appointments of the head of public security of Vietnam in Italy. The two […]
read more
The Minister of Made in Italy Adolfo Urso, in a hearing at the Senaro: "The European Union depends almost exclusively on imports (critical rare materials ed) often concentrated in a small number of third countries both for extraction and for transformation and China alone currently guarantees 49%, that is half, of the total effective requirement [...]
read more
An important international relationship for 50 years Today the Undersecretary of State for Defense Matteo Perego of Cremnago spoke at the 4th Defense and Policy Dialogue (DPD) at the end of the 2nd Working Group on Defense Cooperation within the strategic partnership between Italy and Vietnam. After a greeting address, the Undersecretary highlighted the importance of [...]
read more
“Securing supplies of critical raw materials must be a priority for cooperation between European states”. This was stated by Roberto Cingolani, Leonardo's CEO, on the sidelines of the summit between France, Germany and Italy on critical raw materials Roberto Cingolani, Leonardo's CEO, expresses satisfaction with the proposal of the European Commission [...]
read more
An almost obligatory convergence between Meloni and Macron: there are too many common goals, too many activities that the two countries carry out jointly. On the North African side, the aim is to have free elections held in Libya by 2023 and there is also agreement on the policy to be adopted with Tunisia to seek [...]
read more
84 percent of tourists will be international and 16 percent Italian. The minister of tourism Daniela Santanchè: “important signals from the data on the summer season. Tourism is a fundamental sector for the growth of the nation” Italian summer in great shape. According to Enit estimates on Data Appeal and Unwto data for the summer period, airport passengers [...]
read more
Overflights open with Bologna for the Centenary of the Air Force Emilia Romagna, on Thursday 8 June, will be the first regional capital to see the overflight of the National Acrobatic Patrol as part of the "AM thanks Italy" initiative. with which the Armed Forces wants to express its gratitude to all citizens for the support received in these [...]
read more
Strategies for food safety in Europe start from Bari On the occasion of World Food Safety Day, the Institute of Food Production Sciences of the National Research Council (ISPA CNR) is proud to present an important round table in Bari to discuss the strategies for food safety entitled: "FOOD SAFETY in [...]
read more
The center-right avalanches in the ballots: it wins in Tuscany, tears Ancona, a city governed for over 30 years by centre-left administrations, and also asserts itself in Brindisi. Ragusa wins a civic. The Democratic Party conquers only Vicenza and holds Trapani, so much so that [...]
read more
In the past they were often separated by more than a thousand kilometres, since the former was in the north and the latter in the south. Today the situation has not reversed, but it has changed compared to the past. The distance, for example, has shortened and is currently less than 500 kilometers, since the richest municipality in Italy, [...]
read more
(by Andrea Pinto) Over the years, China has become the largest shipbuilder in the world, accounting for about 41% of global production, according to UNCTAD data (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development). Beijing is also the largest maritime trader in the world, with its port traffic accounting for 32% of traffic [...]
read more
Italy is still one of the most requested European destinations. It emerges from the 21st edition of the International Tourism Fair KITF 2023 in Almaty at the Atakent until April 21st. Kitf is the largest professional platform for tourism in Central Asia and the main event of Kazakhstan's tourism industry. It has obtained the UFI quality mark (Association […]
read more
The person responsible for the leak of hundreds of classified Pentagon documents may be a young racist gun enthusiast who worked at a military base and was trying to impress an Internet chat group with his revelations. The Washington Post interviewed a teenage member of the group, who described the man, denoted by […]
read more
Last Friday, the President of the Republic signed the decree law which kicks off the work of dreams, dreams made by almost all governments after the Second World War. The bridge over the Strait of Messina (3666 km) is a sumptuous 10 billion euro project that will open construction sites starting from July [...]
read more
The Global Combat Air Program's (GCAP) ISANKE & Integrated Sensing and Non-Kinetic Effects & Integrated Communications Systems (ICS) domain brings together defense electronics excellence from three nations. At the ongoing DSEI Japan exhibition in Tokyo, leading defense electronics companies from Japan, the United Kingdom and Italy announced […]
read more
(by Andrea Pinto) The defense chiefs of Great Britain and Italy will visit Japan this week to hold meetings with their local counterparts, Japanese defense minister Yasukazu Hamada said yesterday. A trilateral meeting with the British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace and the Minister of Defense is scheduled for Thursday [...]
read more
“Made in Italy stands out for its quality and our commitment is to hinge this added value on an integrated and sustainable production model. Today we have before us the virtuous example of Inalpi, which has activated the second pulverization tower and also plans to increase the number of employees. The ability to […]
read more
Yesterday German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met American President Joe Biden in the White House for over an hour. A meeting marked by the common will to continue to help Ukraine against the aggressor. Biden praised historic German shifts in securing decisive military support and moral support for Ukraine. In addition to the supply of Berlin weapons [...]
read more
After the month dedicated to bread, the relaunch of Eataly continues with a month dedicated to cured meats and cheeses, the flagship of Made in Italy. During the month dedicated to bread, Eataly's market, catering and teaching recorded remarkable successes: around 18.000 kilos of bread sold every week and both […]
read more
From 8 to 10 March in Florence, over 800 training events planned. The Ministry of Education and Merit is present with a large exhibition space and 70 workshops, conferences and seminars. Valditara: "Innovation, research and a healthy environment, here is the School 4.0". More than 30 people expected Didacta Italia, […]
read more
Maurizio Molinari in La Repubblica launched the proposal, indeed the need to have a "National Security Council", like France, Germany, Great Britain and the USA. The current geopolitical situation requires quick responses. The proposal was implemented by the chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs and Defense Commission, Stefania Craxi who put the [...]
read more
Italy will send further aid when the sixth decree is approved. He's already done five. Let's say that both Ukraine and other countries are satisfied with the help that Italy has provided and will continue to provide".
read more
Plenitude, Eni's Benefit Company, and Simply Blue Group, Irish developer of blue economy projects, have signed an agreement for the joint development of a pipeline of new floating offshore wind projects in Italy. This collaboration brings together Plenitude's technical and financial capabilities and experience in the Italian energy market with the consolidated […]
read more
Yesterday Frontex, the European Border Surveillance Agency, published a new report according to which the number of "illegal" migrants who arrived in the European Union last year is the highest recorded since 2016. The most traveled route remains the Balkan one, but, especially in recent months, the landings on the Italian coasts of immigrants from [...]
read more
Yesterday, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti met with the commander of the Guardia di Finanza, General Giuseppe Zafarana and a Council of Ministers was convened to address the problem of fuel prices which, starting from the beginning of the year exceeded the psychological threshold of 2 euros per liter (in [...]
read more
SeaCorridor is born, the company with equal governance for the management of the assets involved in the transaction The purchase transaction by Snam of 49,9% of the equity investments held (directly and indirectly) by Eni in the companies that manage the two groups of international pipelines linking Algeria to Italy, in particular the onshore pipelines which […]
read more
The Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, met the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen at Palazzo Chigi. The meeting, which took place in the presence of the Minister for EU Affairs, Cohesion and Pnrr Raffaele Fitto, was an important opportunity for discussion in view of the extraordinary European Council of 9-10 February. During the meeting it was […]
read more
The Meloni government has not extended the discounts on excise duties and fuel has skyrocketed, exceeding the psychological threshold of two euros per liter with the price of diesel exceeding that of petrol. Palazzo Chigi speaks of real speculation by the oil companies because technically no new excise duties have been introduced. […]
read more
Lockheed Martin in a press release announced that it has signed, together with the F-35 Joint Program Office, the contract for the production and delivery of an additional 398 F-35s for a value of 30 billion dollars. The fifth generation aircraft, covered by the contract, will be destined for the United States to international partners and [...]
read more
"The Libya Observer" documents the meeting that took place on 29 December between officials of the interior of Rome and Tripoli. As the reformist writes, among the Libyan representatives there are not exactly recommendable elements that have been reported for some time by the UN and the International Criminal Court. The goal of the meeting is to stop departures from Libya by any means [...]
read more
This year in Italy we had 101.922 landings, about double that of 2021. According to the 2022 report by Caritas and the Migrant Foundation, 281 million people in the world are abandoning their lands (3,61 of the world population). The figure is growing compared to 2019, when there were 272 million migrants. The […]
read more
The first of the 18 helicopters was delivered in line with contractual commitments; with the AW169M LUH program of the Austrian Ministry of Defense opens a new era for national defense and emergency management capability. The options for an additional 18 helicopters were exercised as part of the Italy-Austria G2G initiative aimed at [...]
read more
We are preparing to close a record 2022. Despite the growth in inflation, the high energy price and the boom in raw material prices have created many problems for households and businesses, in the last 12 months (third quarter 2022 over third quarter 2021), Italian economic growth has been double to that registered by […]
read more
“In this delicate moment for Europe and in particular for Italy, we need to pay attention to how the Qatargate investigation is proceeding. You can't make any missteps. The Persian Gulf country has always been of considerable importance for gas reserves and a great partner of Italy" - the first statement by the President of FederPetroli Italia [...]
read more
Threats on social media to Giorgia Meloni and her daughter, collected in a post on Fdi's fb page, for policies, according to the haters, anti-social. The threats via social media to the prime minister are terrible and in some ways macabre: "We need her daughter's death". And again: "Be careful, it comes to you [...]
read more
In the past few days, two concomitant international events were held in Tel Aviv (Israel), reserved respectively for the heads of the police forces and for experts in technologies applied to security, which were attended by qualified delegations representing the national systems of law enforcement and public aid. On the first day, a meeting was held [...]
read more
Prime Minister Meloni asked his parliamentarians speed and seriousness to start the maneuver by the end of the year. In the meantime, the draft has received the stamp of the Accounting Department (there are financial coverages, ed) and the signature of the President of the Republic. The parliamentarians of the majority coalition repeat to reporters that with [...]
read more
Autostrade per l'Italia, Eni and Cassa Depositi e Prestiti today signed an agreement to develop joint initiatives for the energy transition of their businesses. The scope of the collaboration is that of sustainable mobility, in particular aimed at decarbonising the Italian motorway network. The agreement includes the development of new energy vectors for both […]
read more
During the G20 in Bali, the bilateral meeting between Meloni and Erdogan appeared very cordial, so much so that, as reported by the Agi, the agreement signed in 2018 between the Turkish defense companies Aselsan and Roketsan with Eurosam (consortium which includes Mbda Italy, Mbda France and Thales). At the basis of the agreement is the update of the […]
read more
The Director General of ABI Giovanni Sabatini and the Senior Deputy Director General, Gianfranco Torriero, took part today in the meeting convened by the Presidency of the Council and chaired by the Minister for European Affairs, the South and Cohesion Policies and the PNRR. During the meeting, the Director General Sabatini highlighted how the PNRR represents an opportunity [...]
read more
Report published on tax and social security contributions for January-September 2022 2022% compared to the same period of 54. The figure, contained in the Report prepared monthly by the Department [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Heartfelt, sumptuous, all heart and pride for Italy, so the speech of Prime Minister Meloni in front of the Chamber where there was a veiled emotion: before starting to speak for 70 uninterrupted minutes he said between the lines to his two deputies sitting next to him: "I'm dead ... !!". Drank a sip of water he [...]
read more
The new Italian premier, Giorgia Meloni, wastes no time and meets Emmanuel Macron on the terrace of the Gran Melià in Rome. In a note, Palazzo Chigi makes it known that it was a cordial and fruitful meeting, confirmed by Macron himself in a tweet: "As Europeans, as neighboring countries, as friendly peoples, with Italy we must continue all [...]
read more
(by Andrea Pinto) Paolo Gentiloni at the Festa del Foglio in Florence highlighted the line to be followed by the new government on the Pnrr: "no to strategic changes, yes to justified adjustments (those referring to inflation ed), no to unjustified delays or generalized ". Gentiloni thanked Mario Draghi's government for the results achieved, not least [...]
read more
(by Andrea Pinto) Turkey signed a new agreement with Libya a few days ago for the exploitation of gas and oil fields under concession that expels Italy and other international players from Libyan resources. After the 2019 agreement signed by Erdogan and the then president of the Libyan presidential council al Serraj, Turkey and [...]
read more
The Minister of Justice, Marta Cartabia, met her counterpart, Pilar Llop, today at the headquarters of the Spanish Ministry of Justice in Madrid. During the institutional meeting, the two ministers addressed some issues relating to the reforms that are being implemented in their respective countries to renew justice, as well as the main issues on the agenda [...]
read more
The premier in pectore has only one priority, the energy dossier, while on the whole ministers he calls for silence and prudence. An appeal launched to his closest collaborators. After another day of studying the various open chapters that affect the security of the country, in the evening, Meloni pointed out: "let's try to understand when it is [...]
read more
Twelve medals for the students of the Italian team Rich medal table for the Italian team at the XV International Earth Sciences Olympiad 2022 (IESO - International Earth Sciences Olympiad XNUMX): twelve the awards obtained by the students who represented our country . This edition of the competition, which took place [...]
read more
It is estimated that the Italian families at risk of energy poverty are about 4 million; therefore, over 9 million people find themselves in this difficult condition. This emerges from the elaboration carried out by the CGIA Studies Office on the latest available data of the OIPE 2020 Report. Alarming data, also because they are certainly underpowered, since they were estimated well before the shock [...]
read more
An agreement was finalized between the Ministry, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti and ABI for subsidized loans in favor of energy redevelopment, environmental sustainability and digital innovation for the structures of the sector. and digital innovation to make the sector more [...]
read more
ABI President Antonio Patuelli and Director General Giovanni Sabatini sent a letter to the Parliamentary Commissions and Parties in view of the upcoming parliamentary elections, to contribute to the programmatic reflections useful for the XNUMXth legislature of the Republic. The Italian Banking Association has in fact prepared the document "Banks for Italy" which summarizes, in a perspective [...]
read more
Even though the differences between the growth forecasts of the individual regions are minimal, the Northeast, in any case, is once again driving the country's economy. In fact, in 2022, the GDP of Veneto is destined to increase by 3,4 percent. No other Italian region is set to do better. Immediately after we see Lombardy with 3,3 and [...]
read more
Six out of ten indulge in a trip in August, it's safe with places near home, car trips, nature and the outdoors. Here are the top destinations for those who prefer to rediscover places already visited In the summer of 2022, Italians like a zero km holiday: they tend to go back to places already visited. In fact - according to [...]
read more
Russia has announced that it will strengthen relations with Africa and the Middle East to react to the sanctions imposed by Europe and the United States. The strategic sectors are those of Gas, Oil and Nuclear Energy. As stated by the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, at the end of the African tour. The President of FederPetroli Italia - [...]
read more
The number of would-be Sudanese migrants to Europe, passing through Morocco, has increased dramatically as the passage through Libya has become increasingly difficult. To write it today is the French newspaper Le Monde which, in detail, tells the story of some who survived a recent shipwreck. Issam has a hand in plaster, shoulder pain [...]
read more
The resentments between Serbia and Kosovo have by no means subsided after so many years since the war of the 90s. Over the years there have been many moments of friction, but last night the situation became very tense when the Kosovo authorities closed two border crossings with Serbia due to blockades [...]
read more
In the end Giorgia Meloni got it right: whoever gets the most votes will have the task of indicating the premier. The polls that see Fdi flying over 25% are could not be ignored by Silvio Berlusconi and Matteo Salvini who wisely, this time, have decided to team up to win, clearly, the elections and send [...]
read more
(by Andrea Pinto) Italy and its government crisis in the dark worries the chancelleries of half the world. The United States and the European Union are watching the Italian situation very carefully after the latest events in the Chamber which, almost for certain, give rise to the early dissolution of the Chambers by President Mattarella who, without carrying out the [...]
read more
“We talk about themes, we bring concrete proposals. Isn't this the role of Parliament? Compact forward together with Giuseppe Conte, always on the side of the citizens ”. Paola Taverna, senator and deputy vice president of the M5s writes on Facebook. (by Francesco Matera) That of the Taverna one of the many expressions of the members of the Movement that represents the [...]
read more
In the Senate "we can only act consistently". And "we will not participate in the vote" of confidence on the aid. Giuseppe Conte told the parliamentarians of the 5-star Movement during a meeting last night. The M5s explained "their reasons", in particular on the extraordinary powers given to the Commissioner of Rome in view of the Jubilee. Powers [...]
read more
Jeff Bezos' giant, writes forbes.it, has announced that it will create 3 permanent jobs in Italy by the end of the year, bringing its total workforce from 14 employees in 2021 to over 17 in more than 50 locations Italian. Most likely, the Colleferro office, in the province of [...]
read more
Italian tourism has one of the best European performances. Tourist Italy gives positive signals. According to the survey commissioned by Enit on the trend in hospitality, summer looks promising despite international tensions. The forecasts of customer attendance in the structures for 2022 are quite in line with the pre-pandemic levels. "The debut of a summer that brings us back to [...]
read more
A war that seems to have no date for a truce, the surge in energy prices goes hand in hand with the increase in inflation and the reduction in interest rates proclaimed abruptly by the ECB, all elements that promise nothing. good for next autumn, close to the political elections of 2023. To reassure the [...]
read more
Faced with a daily request for gas by Eni of approximately 63 million cubic meters, Gazprom has announced that it will supply only 50% of what is requested. Eni itself announced the data which, in response to the requests made by the Italian company, Gazprom informed that it would deliver only 65% [...]
read more
(by Paolo Giordani) The director of the “Kiev Post”, Bohdan Nahaylo, called the historic trip to the Ukrainian capital of French President Macron, German Chancellor Scholz and Italian Prime Minister Draghi “an expiation”. What did the leaders of the three major countries of the European Union have to "atone for", including the Romanian president Johannis? In the eyes of Ukrainians, the [...]
read more
The Minister of Justice, Marta Cartabia, met her counterpart, Pilar Llop, today at the headquarters of the Spanish Ministry of Justice in Madrid. During the institutional meeting, the two ministers addressed some issues relating to the reforms that are being implemented in their respective countries to renew justice, as well as the main issues on the agenda [...]
read more
The tour of the Italian premier, Mario Draghi in Israel started yesterday. After meeting with President Isaac Herzog, he will meet with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and then continue towards Ramallah. At the center of the talks the energy question, security and bilateral cooperation. The ties between Italy and Israel in recent decades have [...]
read more
Perhaps the Italians have chosen the sea or the mountains, thus ignoring the important referendum appointment. Protest or superficiality? What is certain is that politics has received a further slap in the face from its constituents. The very low turnout cannot be read in the orientation on YES or NO, but only and only in the disaffection of Italians to issues considered [...]
read more
As part of the Italian Week in Albania, the 2022th anniversary of the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Italian and Albanian Ministry of the Interior on advice and assistance for 17 was organized today in Tirana, the European Youth Capital for 1997. the reorganization of the Albanian police force, signed on September XNUMX, XNUMX. Minister Luciana [...]
read more
The Russian newspaper Izvestia revealed Turkey's plan to resolve the Ukrainian wheat issue. It will be the Turkish navy to mine the Black Sea and then escort the Ukrainian ships in neutral waters. The goal is to free up almost 53 million [...]
read more
The main ones and still in force are just over forty and in this last three years (2020-2022) it is estimated that they will cost the State at least 113 billion euros (to be precise 112,7). We are talking about the bonuses introduced largely by the last two executives to deal with the negative economic effects caused by the pandemic and the war [...]
read more
Samantha Cristoforetti, connected by the International Space Station, announced the winning name of the “Space for ideas” competition. The name of the future Italian satellite constellation for Earth Observation will be “Iris”. This was announced today, directly from the International Space Station, by the Italian astronaut of ESA - European Space Agency, Samantha Cristoforetti, on the occasion of the first inflight [...]
read more
Innovation, sustainability and agritech at the center of the intervention. Innovation in agriculture, food security, resource production in compliance with food sustainability, Agriculture 4.0. These are the issues touched on today by the Minister of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies Stefano Patuanelli, during his speech at "Techagriculture meeting Italy-Israel: Agriculture meets innovation", underway in Naples [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Close to the new deadlines for gas payments to Moscow, the EU has probably found an interlocutory solution to the question of the payment in rubles of the precious hydrocarbon: community companies will be able to support the conditions of the Kremlin without violate sanctions. Paid the sum in euros or dollars, with a [...]
read more
“In Italy and in Europe, people want an end to these massacres, this violence, this butchery. People think what we can do to bring peace ”. "We must use every channel for peace, for a ceasefire and the start of credible negotiations". "What is happening in Ukraine has led [...]
read more
Serghei Lavrov the other evening on Rete4 during the transmission of the White Zone by Giuseppe Brindisi narrated the Moscow rhetoric on the war in Ukraine. Arousing the indignation of Israel and the world Jewish community when he said that Volodymyr Zelensky, a Jew, leads a country infested by Nazis, because "in my opinion Hitler also had origins [...]
read more
Corriere della Sera reported that the Moscow Defense Ministry announced that eleven Italian professional fighters would have died in combat on Ukrainian territory. Russia has labeled them as mercenaries, like the other 50 compatriots who would have joined the International Battalion under the orders of the state [...]
read more
Yesterday Italy aligned itself with its Western partners by expelling 30 Russian diplomats who worked at the Russian Embassy in Italy. Berlin expelled 40, while France and Spain, respectively 35 and 25. The other countries of Europe follow: Romania, Sweden, Slovenia and Denmark. The spokesperson for the Moscow Foreign Ministry, Maria [...]
read more
As part of bilateral cooperation with Turkey, a delegation from the PS Department led by the Director of the International Relations Service of the Office for Coordination and Planning of Police Forces took place in Ankara in recent days. Dr. Eufemia ESPOSITO, for the in-depth study of the cooperation initiatives to be developed in areas [...]
read more
(by Giuseppe Paccione) Now that Moscow has launched an aggressive attack on a sovereign and independent state like Ukraine, a member of the United Nations, a subject of international law and with an international personality, the international community has found itself unprepared to confront with the consequences of the most serious crisis of the security architecture in old Europe since [...]
read more
According to Interfax reports, Moscow warns that it has used "another hypersonic missile against Ukrainian military targets". While 'The Kyiv independence' accuses the Russian military forces of having transferred "thousands of Ukrainian civilians" to "camps" where their cell phones and documents are "checked" and then "deported to remote cities of Russia". But on Telegram, the authorities [...]
read more
A covert program run by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), which began shortly after the Russian invasion of eastern Ukraine in 2014, is said to be helping Ukrainians repel the Russian military advance. According to Yahoo News, the CIA began training Ukrainian special forces personnel, starting in 2015, when the Kremlin took away Crimea [...]
read more
On Cusano Tv to 'The Entrepreneur and the Others', General Pasquale Preziosa, former Chief of Staff of the Air Force and today president of the Eurispes Security Observatory, treated the question of the war in Ukraine with disarming lucidity, giving a most studied version of the global situation. An analysis that differs from that written on [...]
read more
The donation of medical materials and technical devices to carry out the reclamation service of the areas considered to be at high risk took place on 11 March at the Ministry of Public Health and Social Affairs of Niamey, at the end of a Civil-Military Cooperation project. (CIMIC), aimed at supporting the public health sector [...]
read more
Since darkness fell in Kiev, the sirens have continued to be activated repeatedly, warning the population of possible Russian bombings. The bloody war continues, although a faint hope can be nurtured today with the meeting between the delegations from Kiev and Moscow scheduled on the border with Belarus. Belarusian President Lukashenko [...]
read more
"This war will last a long time" and "we must prepare": French President Emmanuel Macron said today during a visit to the Agricultural Fair. Macron has ensured that weapons will be sent to Zelesky while Biden has sent 350 million dollars. Meanwhile, the Russian para are trying to leave Kiev without light, but they were [...]
read more
The project, coordinated by AIFA and supported by the ISS, will allow the dissemination of good practices to prevent and mitigate the unavailability of medicines. A three-year plan to coordinate and harmonize the existing national systems against the shortage of medicines. It is the European "Joint Action" project which, with a budget of about 10 million euros, was born [...]
read more
The very latest on the crisis in the Donbass About 40 thousand refugees have fled the Donbass and arrived in the Russian region of Rostov. This was reported by the Interfax agency citing Alexander Chupriyan, interim minister for emergency situations. “More than 40 thousand people, who had to leave the neighboring regions, arrived in Russia. At this point […]
read more
The sixth summit between the European Union and the African Union ended yesterday in Brussels. “A summit characterized by the European need to return to being a protagonist and by Africa to emerge from the shadow of European paternalism. An attempt at rapprochement, however with chiaroscuro which, if not unraveled, risks pushing many African countries to seek alliances [...]
read more
The situation hangs by a thread, Moscow continues to move its troops to the eastern borders of Ukraine while Kremlin diplomacy is said to be working on a 10-page response to the US security proposal. Yesterday was the German Chancellor Scholz who facilitated dialogue between [...]
read more
Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini, in a hearing in the Defense Committees of the Chamber and Senate, on 8 February last reported on the crisis in Ukraine: "Italy could send up to two thousand soldiers, but further activities will obviously be subjected to parliamentary confrontation," together with any further moments of discussion in relation to the evolution of the crisis ". To […]
read more
(by Andrea Pinto) The invasion of Georgia in 2008, the annexation of Crimea in 2014, the "peace" interventions in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2021 and in Kazakhstan in January of this year, the intervention in Syria in 2015 in support of Bashar Assad, in Libya in 2017 to protect Khalifa Haftar and the Wagner mercenaries scattered from Cyrenaica [...]
read more
While the CIA is almost certain, there will be an invasion on Wednesday, diplomacy is trying to avoid the irreparable. Unfortunately, from the conversation between the US and Russian presidents, Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin, there was not the hoped-for turning point, both have firmly reaffirmed their positions. Biden was peremptory: "in the event of an attack, the West [...]
read more
On the montiprenestini.info website we were struck by the story of a 17-year-old girl, Ginevra who lives in Artena, a small town in the province of Rome, suffering from a rare disease: “sacral radiculopathy with venous entrapment of the nerves at the sacral roots“. A rare and highly disabling disease which, to avoid the worst, needs to be [...]
read more
(Di Marinella Pacifico, member of the Senate Foreign Commission ”) Focusing exclusively on the military crisis in Ukraine is an exercise which, if not read with the right lens, risks stalemate in the heart of Europe. In the rest of the globe equally important games are being played, such as to determine the geopolitical assets for the spheres of [...]
read more
General Precious: "Africa, a bedrock of instability"
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Luckily the Tap is there. Remember an old proverb: "the mouse with only one hole lives little and badly". Thus the Tap gas pipeline, opposed some time ago by a part of Italian politics (M5S), is today perhaps the best initiative that our country could pursue, demonstrating unusual foresight. The Tap that [...]
read more
(by Andrea Pinto) Last week, French Defense Minister Florence Parly said during a radio interview that France is not forced to maintain its military presence in Mali at all costs. Open sources say that the transalpine government's decision to withdraw from Mali could be taken as early as the next two weeks. [...]
read more
Even if the Pd, IV and Forza Italia pretend nothing has happened and make a square around Prime Minister Draghi for a new phase of the government of national unity, the aftermath of the divisions within the parties begin to make the whole castle creak. The center-right is no longer there and to say so is Giorgia Meloni who gives [...]
read more
Yesterday at 21.40 pm the presidents of the Chamber and Senate went up to the Quirinale to notify the President of the Republic of his re-election with 759 votes, a record, second only to President Pertini. Mattarella did not escape the unanimous request of the parties to accept a second mandate, after seven days of brawl to forget where, [...]
read more
(by Andrea Pinto) The Italian government participates in NATO exercises with the military to mark the territory in the Baltic and oppose Moscow's ambitions on Ukraine, while industry, also the Italian one, winks at Putin. Yesterday over two hours of "face to face", in remote conference, between the Italian industrial elite and Vladimi Putin who [...]
read more
After the White House warning of the imminent dispatch of troops to Eastern Europe, the Ukrainian chief of staff called for calm. He was echoed by Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov who, in front of parliament, said: "There is no need to pack up, to date, there is no reason to believe [...]
read more
(by Francesco Matera) Silvio Berlusconi took a step back by withdrawing his candidacy, the Democratic Party got in the way of every proposal of the center-right thus making the game to elect the President of the Republic an increasingly tangled skein. Apparently the only solution that could be shared is to put on [...]
read more
The Gao Advanced Operations Base in Mali was hit by mortar fire from forces hostile to the French-led international coalition, which operates in the Sahel as part of Operation Barkhane. , there are no Italian injuries and the staff are safe. The soldiers of [...]
read more
Although the Government for this first quarter has disbursed a good 5,5 billion euros in aid to families and businesses to counter the high bills, the amount remains, unfortunately, completely insufficient to mitigate the additional costs that will have to suffer this year. domestic and non-domestic users. It is clear that much more needs to be done. In fact, compared to [...]
read more
Thus the Undersecretary of Health Pierpaolo Sileri: “Omicron will reach everyone, there is no escape. There is no doubt that by the end of 2022, unless another variant arrives, almost the entire population will have encountered this variant. Those who are vaccinated will be more protected and will probably have a lighter form ". Faced with the strong concern of [...]
read more
"After years of investment not only in economic resources but in the commitment to sensitize public opinion, politics and local communities, today, thanks to the words of the ministers Giancarlo Giorgetti (MISE) and Roberto Cingolani (MITE), we are beginning to see a opening up to the immense possibilities of exploiting Italian energy resources and our appeals become concrete. We are well [...]
read more
The convocation of Parliament in joint session for the election of the new Head of State will arrive tomorrow, January 4, by the President of the Chamber, Roberto Fico, considering that Sergio Mattarella took office on February 3, 2015. According to the article 85 of the Constitution, in fact, "thirty days before the term" of the seven-year term expires, "the president [...]
read more
Following 278.654 molecular and antigenic swabs carried out today, there are 61.046 new infections from Covid in the last 24 hours, yesterday they were 141.262. Even if this is a lower number than the daily figures of the tests carried out in the last few days - only yesterday 1.084.295 swabs were carried out - the rate [...]
read more
France and Germany will be protagonists in 2022, Paris will take over the presidency of the Community semester while Berlin will take over the presidency of the G7. There are many knots to be solved, from the pandemic to the climate emergency, from the strategic contrast with Russia and China to economic growth. Germany wants to make the G7 "forerunner of a climate neutral economy and a fair world", [...]
read more
There are 141.262 new infections from Covid in the last 24 hours. A figure that brings the number of people currently positive to the virus in Italy to over one million: 1.021.697. According to data from the Ministry of Health, the victims are 111, while yesterday there were 155. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the victims have been a total of 137.513. [...]
read more
The circular with updates on quarantine and isolation measures following the spread of the new Omicron variant has been published on the website of the Ministry of Health. No quarantine for asymptomatic subjects who have received the booster dose, or have completed the primary vaccination course in the previous 120 days, or have recovered from [...]
read more
Niger, Burkina Faso and Nigeria in 2013 celebrated the French troops after the arrival in the Saharan city of Timbuktu following the defeat of some jihadist groups. Today, almost ten years later, France has halved its contingent to 5000 men and is thinking of leaving the territory permanently due to the [...]
read more
On 17 December, on the occasion of the celebrations of the 63rd anniversary of the birth of the Federal Republic of Niger, President Mohamed Bazoum gave a long speech to the nation, highlighting the economic efforts to fight the pandemic and the scourge of terrorism. For the first time, Italy was counted among the contributing countries [...]
read more
The state of emergency has been extended until March 31, 2022, so, with another decree presented yesterday in the Council of Ministers, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi wants to keep the country safe from the grip of the pandemic. The new Omicron variant, although less dangerous but more contagious, requires governments not to be able to lower [...]
read more
Yesterday, the Russian state aviation authority - Rosaviatsia - reported that a Russian Aeroflot airliner flying from Tel Aviv to Moscow was forced to change altitude over the Black Sea because a NATO CL-600 reconnaissance plane flew crossed its route. The state airline said that [...]
read more
According to a report, released last Sunday by the Wall Street Journal, the Taliban managed to seize power in a very short time last summer, according to a well-studied plan that involved the use of a vast network of intelligence agents and agents sleepers located in the main Afghan cities. Such personnel, loyal to the Taliban, were wisely infiltrated [...]
read more
Agreement for the sale by Eni to Snam of 49,9% of the investments held by Eni in the companies active in the TTPC and TMPC gas pipelines for an amount of 385 million euros San Donato Milanese - 27 November 2021 - Eni and Snam have signed an agreement for the sale to Snam by Eni [...]
read more
French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi signed the Quirinale Treaty in the presence of the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella. An important signal for Europe, the two largest economies after that of Germany, will share large-scale projects by systematizing industrial, military, research and [...]
read more
(by Mario Galati) On the deck of the porti Cavour the day before yesterday were present the Chief of Staff of Defense, Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, the Chief of Staff of the Navy, Admiral Enrico Credendino, the Chief of Staff of the Aeronautics, Air Squad General Luca Goretti and the operational commanders of the Navy and Air Force. [...]
read more
The Quirinal Treaty comes to life with the signature that will be affixed next Thursday in Rome by Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and French President Emmanuel Macron. A full-bodied document consisting of a premise and eleven thematic chapters: Foreign, Defense, Europe, Migration, Justice, Economic development, Sustainability and ecological transition, Space, Education, training and [...]
read moreOne hundred years ago the remains of a soldier, dating back to the First World War, were transferred to the Vittoriano in Rome, which has become for all the monument to the Unknown Soldier or Altare della Patria. The remains traveled on a special train, with five-minute stops at each station. The images of the time show people kneeling in thanksgiving [...]
read more
In the Update to the Def, the data is clear and very rosy, Italy is also growing in the third quarter of the year and GDP for 2021 can easily exceed the 6% threshold. Istat also confirms the good health of the Italian economy by certifying, between July and September, a + 2,6% compared to the previous three months. Our […]
read more
Airforcetime has published an article where it tells of a new capacity for the fifth generation F-35A aircraft, also in possession of our Air Force. The US Air Force has recently completed the flight tests necessary to allow the most advanced aircraft in the world to carry the B61-12 thermonuclear bomb. At the moment the airframe of the aircraft, [...]
read more
Yesterday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to his political supporters: “I have given orders to our Foreign Minister to do what must be done: these 10 ambassadors must be declared persona non grata, they must leave immediately. They will now know and understand Turkey. In fact, 10 countries have signed a public petition asking [...]
read more
The arrival in Venice of 60 Libyan teachers, who will begin the training activities in presence at the Ca 'Foscari University in conjunction with the opening of the week of the Italian language in the world, marks a step forward in the training activities foreseen by the Agreement signed in Tripoli in December 2020 as part of the strengthening of bilateral relations and in the light [...]
read more
Thus the leader of the League, Matteo Salvini on twitter after meeting the Prime Minister, Mario Draghi: “A very useful meeting: a loyal, frank and direct relationship solves every problem and finds solutions”. (by Massimiliano D'Elia) The expected face to face between Prime Minister Mario Draghi and the leader of the League, Matteo Salvini took place yesterday [...]
read more
For now only the obligation to the green pass to enter the workplace, and not to vaccination. The goal is to push the largest number of Italians to vaccinate to reach 80 percent of immunized at the end of October, about 44 million Italians with first and second dose inoculated. The new rules will enter [...]
read more
This week the next Council of Ministers will decide on a second decree that extends the obligation of the green pass in a more structured way, including all public employees. The conversion into law of this new decree must take place by 10 October next to allow citizens to be able to carry out as many vaccines as possible and be [...]
read more
On 11 September 2001, a date that changed the history of the West, 4 airliners carried out a sensational terrorist attack on the territory of the United States, this time the natural defense constituted by the immense expanse of water of the Atlantic Ocean not he defended what was considered a world superpower. Below we propose the testimony of an Italian, [...]
read more
There will be 15 million Italians who will vote between September and October for the administrative with the rules imposed by Covid. The Ansa reports the indications of the Interior Ministry and the Ministry of Health for conducting the vote in complete safety. The novelty is the obligation of the green pass for the members of the polling stations of the hospital constituencies [...]
read more
In the first two weekends of September, the biggest Interforze event held in a theme park Gazelles, steering wheels, historic cars, science labs, military vehicles, ship simulators, dog units, fanfares and athletes from sports groups all gather together in Cinecittà World, on 4th and 5th, 11th and 12th September 2021 with [...]
read more
(by Andrea Pinto) A few hours ago the news broke, at least five rockets were launched against the Kabul airport but were intercepted by the American anti-missile system. There seem to be no casualties at the moment. Fox reports citing American defense sources. According to rumors, reported by other media, citing witnesses, the rockets were launched [...]
read more
The last flight of the Italian Air Force for the humanitarian airlift between Afghanistan and Italy landed at Fiumicino airport, carrying 110 people, including 58 Afghans. Also on board the ambassador Pontecorvo, the consul Claudi and the carabinieri of Tuscania. Pontecorvo explained that 120 thousand people were taken away from the town and, now that [...]
read more
The Pentagon told the press that in the past 24 hours, Americans have evacuated 19 people from Kabul airport. Five flights carrying 1.220 evacuees landed at Washington International Airport. "We are racing against the clock," said General Taylor, deputy chief of staff. For the BBC they rose to 82.300 [...]
read more
Summer break for parliamentary work on 6 August, it will be necessary to accelerate on the reform of the justice and on the measures to be implemented to open the school in complete safety in September. The confirmation of the presence in the classroom for next season directly from the Minister of Education Patrizio Bianchi and the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella who on [...]
read more
It is the second night of curfew, Tunisians are reliving the days of the revolution of ten years ago when they took to the streets to rebel and try to solve the atavistic problems that have always gripped the country, from high unemployment to the degradation of public infrastructures. Problems that, apparently, have never been addressed [...]
read more
Apparently there is calm in Libya, everyone is waiting for the first move with the "probable" year-end elections on the horizon. The format of the presidential or parliamentary elections has not yet been decided? Then there is the problem of the mercenaries present in the field who do not intend to leave, on the contrary they continue in their activities as tutors of the various militias [...]
read more
Someone has already said that this is a real waltz of the benches, as far as the 2021-2022 Serie A football championship is concerned. In fact, it has been a long time since all these innovations had occurred from one season to another, including almost all those of the top clubs involved in the fight for the top [...]
read more
Ready to sign the new statute of the Movement, this is how Vito Crimi announced the rapprochement between Beppe Grillo and Giuseppe Conte. After the long Sunday of telephone calls and remote meetings, finally the signing of the general agreement and the joint declaration: because a clear leadership of the M5S is essential for the democratic stability of the country. [...]
read more
The Italian Foreign Minister, Luigi Di Maio would be in the crosshairs of ISIS, after having co-chaired the ministerial meeting of the anti-Daesh coalition in Rome with the American Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The ISIS weekly al Naba published a few days ago an article about threats against Italy and the Foreign Minister, in which [...]
read more
(by Francesco Matera) A dream that can become reality for the Italian national team, the European final is really one step away, Spain is the last obstacle. What we have seen is a beautiful and strong national team who know how to play good football and suffer at the same time, showing everyone that they are a team. He knows how to verticalize [...]
read more
Exactly two, this is how the 5 Star Movement appears after the differences between Giuseppe Conte and Beppe Grillo. The count then begins to be counted among the parliamentarians in office to assess the extent of the split and the possible repercussions on the holding of the government majority, which all however ensure to be firmly established. There would be a hundred between ladies and senators [...]
read more
(by John Blackeye) The news that the Vatican has presented an Official Note to the Italian Government highlighting that the eventual approval of the Zan-Scalfarotto bill would introduce rules that are in contrast with the Concordat signed by the then President of the Craxi Council with the Holy See. So much uproar, so much noise, so many [...]
read more
The presence of the Traffic Police within ROADPOL, the European Roads Policing Network, is increasingly strong and the cooperation between the Italian and Slovenian Traffic Police is steadily growing. ROADPOL is a cooperation network between the Traffic Police, born under the aegis of the European Union, to which all the Member States and also Switzerland adhere, [...]
read more
The English Finacial Times dedicates an article to Mario Draghi and to Italy, seen by many Italian and foreign observers as a new reality capable of favoring and attracting multilateralism. Italy will chair the next G20 in Venice, a forum where high-income countries join together with major emerging economic powers such as [...]
read more
Global plan for the prevention of future pandemics, a plan on infrastructures for low-income countries, these are just two of the main cornerstones of the strategy launched by the G7 countries to establish itself in the world trying to counter, as far as possible, the initiative of the New Chinese Silk Road. To support the new policy [...]
read more
(by Mario Galati) In this month the bill S n. 650. on “Reorganization of the heads of the Ministry of Defense and related structures. Delegations to the Government for the revision of the operational model of the Armed Forces, in relation to the personnel of the Armed Forces, as well as for [...]
read moreWith the new Sostegni decree, which will hopefully be approved by next week, the Draghi government should provide 18 billion non-repayable contributions to companies and VAT numbers in economic difficulty. This amount will be added to the 27 billion in subsidies paid to businesses up to now in these 14 months [...]
read moreThe dangerous fugitive of 'Ndrangheta Giuseppe ROMEO, born in 1986, escorted by staff of the International Police Cooperation Service (SCIP) of the Central Directorate of the Criminal Police of the Department of Public Security returned yesterday from Spain at the Rome Fiumicino airport. The dangerous criminal from San Luca (RC) was arrested in [...]
read more
In La Stampa Domenico Quirico explains without mincing words the quagmire of the Sahel, an area of the world where the regular armies have failed and where the terrorist militias have a greater hold on the local people, a bit like what happened in Afghanistan after almost 20 years of war. useless, considering the results left on the field [...]
read moreThis week the CDM is expected to receive the 40 billion bis decree. Additional non-repayable contributions, 14 billion, will be provided for companies affected by the Covid crisis (those that have lost more than 30 percent), as well as guarantees on liquidity and incentives for restarting. There will also be new shopping vouchers and [...]
read more
(by Andrea Pinto) Yesterday the official status, the Italian naval attaché at the embassy in Moscow is no longer a welcome person. Thus, today the captain of the vessel, Curzio Pacifici will have to repatriate. The Farnesina's reaction was immediate: “deep regret is expressed for the unilateral decision of the Kremlin”. Our officer unlike the two Russian officials Dmitri Ostroukhov and Aleksey [...]
read more
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and High Representative Josep Borrell sent a jointly signed letter dated 21 April to the 27 EU heads of state and government. Attached to the letter was the report for the European Council which highlights the authoritarian turn of Beijing: "EU and [...]
read more
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after days of silence, during a public meeting at the Ankara library, in front of an audience of young people, called the Italian Prime Minister, Mario Draghi, who days ago called him a "rude" "dictator". Erdogan also removed another pebble from his shoe: [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The game played on the chessboard between Italy and Turkey marked a new move by Istambul, a kind of checkmate. Today the entire Libyan government that has just taken office will go to Turkey. President Abdul Hamid Mohammed Dbeibah will lead a delegation of 13 ministers, including the Army Chief of Staff [...]
read more(by Francesco Matera) Palazzo Chigi in these hours is on hot coals between the bubbling square and a vaccination plan that is struggling to start as desired with 600 thousand inoculated doses per day. A strong and credible response to the country is urgently needed which, apparently, will be given at the next CDM scheduled for mid-next [...]
read more“We have great confidence in Italian diplomacy and in the new unified government of Libya, led by Prime Minister Abdel Hamid al Dabaiba. The visit of the Italian Prime Minister, Mario Draghi, who chose Libya for his first mission abroad since taking office, confirms the strategic importance and the deep bonds of friendship that bind [...]
read moreBetween economic bonuses, layoffs, hiring / investments in health care, suspension and tax cuts, refreshments, subsidies, grants, etc., last year every Italian citizen hypothetically received 1.979 euros from the state to deal with the negative effects caused by the pandemic, against an average of Eurozone countries which is estimated at 2.518 euros per capita [...]
read moreYesterday Mario Draghi spoke to the Italians with 7 minutes of video: “I do not want to promise anything that is not really achievable, in these days we are facing a new worsening of the health emergency. Our task is to safeguard the lives of Italians by every means and allow a return as soon as possible [...]
read more
A provocation, the one launched by the CGIA Studies Office, which rests on the particularly significant economic dimension of two phenomena deeply felt by public opinion. Although both are not comparable from a strictly statistical point of view, we can still say with good approximation that the 'tax evasion and social security contributions present in our country - equal, according to the data of the Ministry [...]
read more(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Who would have thought, vaccines used as a strategic weapon at a global level. China distributes them for free in Africa and Latin American countries while the United States decides how, in what quantities to produce them and to whom to distribute them. The only one left behind without a "vision" is Europe, stranded within its own [...]
read more
The advisor to the Minister of Health, Walter Ricciardi, immediately gave the first grain to the new Draghi government: "It is urgent to immediately change the strategy to combat SarsCov2: an immediate total lockdown throughout Italy is needed, which also includes closure of schools without prejudice to essential activities, but of limited duration. Neither […]
read moreViability Italy continues to follow the evolution of adverse weather phenomena that have affected a large part of the country in various ways. There were few repercussions on traffic and were concentrated above all in the Apennine, Tuscan-Emilian and Umbrian-Marche stretches and in the central-southern regions. WEATHER FORECAST According to the weather scenario developed by the Department of Civil Protection, to which [...]
read more
On the day of the oath in Europe, Draghi is called Super Mario, the man who at the helm of the European Central Bank saved the single currency and who is now preparing to save his country. "His experience will be an extraordinary resource not only for Italy, but for all of Europe, especially in such a difficult time", [...]
read more(by John Blackeye) It seemed to me a comment made on the streets of Rome, last night, by a thug who knows very little about economics and politics but who is probably struggling to make ends meet to put together lunch and dinner. . Looking at his companion in misfortune he solomonically said: "..to [...]
read moreAustere, serious and determined, this is how Mario Draghi appeared after dissolving the reserve with President Mattarella. After an hour of conversation with the Head of State he read his team: 23 ministers, 15 men and 8 women while the undersecretary to the Prime Minister will be Roberto Garofalo. Eight are the super technicians [...]
read more
The prime minister in charge Mario Draghi has finished the first round of consultations, today and tomorrow a second very fast lap and then he will go up to Colle to present the team of new ministers. We do not want to leave any initiative to the parties, the team will be decided by Mario Draghi and President Mattarella. It is either [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Tonight the explorer, the president of the Chamber Giuseppe Fico will go up to the Hill to give the verdict of the grueling negotiation still underway in these hours. The 5 Stars are perched on their positions, they are afraid of internal splits. The return of Renzi to the Mes Sanitary and the [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The polls commissioned by the Presidency of the Council see Prime Minister Conte at the top of the rankings, before Draghi, a propaganda way to defuse any reference to the former governor of the ECB. The survey was published by Il Fatto Quotidiano raising many doubts about the advisability of using the funds of the Presidency of the Council for [...]
read more(by Massimiliano D'Elia) President Mattarella threw the last card, asked the President of the Chamber Roberto Fico, to test the majority in Parliament in support of the outgoing premier Giuseppe Conte, trying to include the honorable members of the game. Iv. An address that therefore provides for an interview with those of Italia Viva who [...]
read moreGiuseppe Conte: “Now is the moment of truth. With the consultations, at the Quirinale, there will finally be a clarification, everything will come out, it will come out if, as Iv says, there are no problems with the names ”. (by Massimiliano D'Elia) They made the "package" to Giuseppe Conte. Resign, we support you for a Count ter, the words [...]
read more(by Francesco Matera) Count to his followers: "Trust me". On the surface it looks like the Contiana Caporetto, but the Apulian lawyer is sure he has the ace up his sleeve. First of all, Corsera reveals, he will try to ask for an extension of the presentation of Minister Bonafede's report on justice by one day on Thursday. The "dead line" of the Conte government [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia). It seems political fiction but perhaps one day events will prove me right. Original sin comes from afar, ever since it was decided to form Count 2. How to ally with those of the M5S? "With them never", thundered Zingaretti from the boxes during the pre-Covid electoral rallies. After Papeete, the alliance was taking shape more and more, [...]
read more
(by Francesco Matera) Disappointment, this is proved by the President of the Republic Mattarella, after noting that the government crisis is anything but "frozen" as he would have liked. Today at 21.30 the CDM, after which anything could happen. Renzi has made it clear that he will honor the request of the Head of State to approve the Recovery Plan but immediately [...]
read more
“All the contributions from the various political forces have served to improve the current working draft of the Recovery Plan. We have not been able to accommodate all the requests of each political force, we must always take into account the overall balance. But each force can recognize the impact of its own proposals in the new draft and appreciate the significant progress made ". It [...]
read more
Matteo Renzi through the page of Iv, answers the questions that are addressed to him in these days by the press, friends and colleagues. But does it seem appropriate to talk about politics in the midst of all the chaos of the pandemic? “Politics is needed precisely because there is chaos. The idea that in times of difficulty, politics goes [...]
read more
(by Francesco Matera) A country in full health emergency with a vaccination plan that goes as slow as a snail, last night 109 thousand vaccinated after a week, 150 thousand vaccines a day travel to Israel. Faced with such a demonstration of inefficiency, the Lombardy Health Councilor, perhaps in a moment of sensory blackout, [...]
read more
(by Andrea Pinto) With the start of vaccination campaigns around the world, the military sector is in a hurry to make its men immune from the virus. The US, Russia and China have already started mass vaccination of their military before other categories of the population to show that the priority is to maintain [...]
read more
In the face of a fall that in 2020 would seem to amount to 9,9 percent, in 2021, however, GDP should return to growth by 4,1 percent. Translating these data into absolute and nominal values, it emerges that in 2020 the crisis would have burned 156 billion euros of wealth in the country. During this year, however, [...]
read more
(by Francesco Matera) An executive of IV, writes the Ansa, took a picture of the current Italian political situation: "Conte wants to stay at Conte bis, Renzi wants to replace Conte, the Democratic Party would support Conte ter". The solution, the manager specifies, is the birth of a new Conte government, with a greater presence of parties perhaps with two deputy premieres [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Matteo Renzi does not let go, on Christmas Eve we thought that everything was back in the right direction, but no, the resentments are too many and not only from the leader of IV. They do not show it but the "lonely" Count the "Sun King" does not really like anyone, both inside [...]
read moreAfter over two million infected and almost 72 thousand deaths, Vax Day finally arrives in Italy: starting today, the first 9.750 doses of the anti-Covid drug will be administered to health workers, staff and guests of the RSA. The vials of the vaccine arrived at the Spallanzani hospital in Rome after a journey that began on the eve of [...]
read moreItaly and Switzerland signed today in Rome a new agreement on the taxation of frontier workers and a Protocol amending the Convention to avoid double taxation. The new agreement will replace the one currently in force, dating back to 1974, will significantly improve the current system of taxation of cross-border commuters and will help maintain good bilateral relations […]
read more
(by Andrea Pinto) Last night around 19 pm Matteo Renzi met with Giuseppe Conte, only half an hour, just the time for the pleasantries because Matteo Renzi had already sent his requests to Palazzo Chigi through a letter published entirely on his profile fb. From Recovery to Mes, the five-page letter [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Last night at Palazzo Chigi real consultations. The M5S was presented with Vito Crimi, Alfonso Bonafede, Luigi Di Maio and Stefano Patuanelli. Nobody wanted to talk about the reshuffle. On Facebook, Di Maio: “Talking about armchairs in the face of a crisis like the one we are experiencing is surreal. We asked for respect [...]
read more
Railway connections between Italy and Switzerland confirmed: this is the outcome of today's meeting between the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Paola De Micheli, and her counterpart and current president of the Swiss Confederation, Simonetta Sommaruga. During the phone call, there was ample agreement on the need to ensure continuity of passenger transport [...]
read more
(by Mauro Nicastri, President of AIDR) In a recent interview, released to a national newspaper, the Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte clarified that in the projects that will be financed by the Recovery Fund <
read more
The Recovery Fund chapter promises to be difficult and not easy and short to solve due to the crossed vetoes of Hungary, Holland and Poland. To the rescue, the ECB could buy government bonds until mid-2022. La Stampa reports the rumors gathered by Bloomberg according to which the next meeting of the ECB's Governing Council, [...]
read more
(by Francesco Matera) A sort of earthquake is shaking the M5S from the inside, four MEPs have announced their farewell, Ignazio Corrao, Eleonora Evi, Rosa d'Amato and Piernicola Pedicini, would belong to Alessandro Di Battista's current. The four former grillini argue that “the air inside the Movement has become unbreathable and the internal spaces of confrontation completely eliminated. [...]
read moreBellanova: “Positive confrontation with Minister Vuckovic. Ready to share the best practice in the field of fruit and vegetables. Common points about labeling ”“ It was a fruitful dialogue. Common, important Mediterranean sensitivities emerged, for example on the enhancement of the quality of our agri-food productions ": this is how Minister Teresa Bellanova during the Intergovernmental Committee for Italy [...]
read moreFour Italian schools protagonists of the Third World Congress of Transdisciplinarity in virtual mode In the first week that sees Italy as the protagonist in the context of the Third World Congress of Transdisciplinarity, four Italian UNESCO ASPnet schools participate for our country: two of the first cycle and two of the second, distributed throughout the country. The Congress, organized [...]
read more(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Air of reshuffle? This time it seems that Prime Minister Conte is also convinced. To reveal an indiscretion is the Republic that tells the visit of Matteo Renzi to Palazzo Chigi. He would have been there for at least twice in the past month. At the center of the talks is the relationship to be undertaken with the new president [...]
read moreThe German navy, part of the naval device of Eunavfor Med's Irini mission, was forced to abandon the intervention on a Turkish merchant ship, suspected of transporting weapons to Libya. Strong were the objections raised by Ankara which contribute to increasingly tilt the already fragile relations between Turkey and the European Union. (of […]
read more
The ECOFIN Council approved the Action Plan for an integrated Union policy on the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing which provides for the establishment of a European supervisory authority which will have direct intervention powers, but it may also take the place of national authorities in clearly defined and exceptional situations The Council [...]
read more
SVIMEZ RESEARCH ON THE NUMBER OF SOUTH WORKERS. THERE ARE 45 THOUSAND WORKERS OF THE LARGE COMPANIES IN SOUTHWORKING. COMPANIES ASK FOR INCENTIVES AND IRAP REDUCTION. BIANCHI (GENERAL MANAGER), AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTRACT TALENTS TO THE SOUTH AND STOP THE ESCAPE BUT SERVICES ARE NEEDED Forty-five thousand employees have been working in smart working from the South for large companies since the beginning of the pandemic [...]
read more
"From Monday we will experience five thousand do-it-yourself tests", the announcement of the president of Veneto Luca Zaia. If the experimentation were to give the desired results, it would be a real revolution in the fight against the spread of coronavirus. It will be possible to avoid the queues at the ASL and at the same time have immediate answers on the epidemiological trend in [...]
read more
The Mestre CGIA announces that of the 12 billion euros made available by the Conte government to allow the ASL, the Regions and the local authorities to pay trade payables due by 31 December 2019, only just over 2 billion have been requested from these public entities to the Cassa Depositi [...]
read more
Prime Minister Conte, on the strength of data that show almost stable data at the moment, will not impose new national restrictions leaving full discretion to the various governors. Arcuri will officially take care of the operational plan for the distribution and storage of the German-American vaccine arriving in Italy as early as January 2021. (by Andrea Pinto) The contagion curve for [...]
read more
COVID-19 and the effects on companies over 50 employees: 87% suffered a reduction in turnover. 42% need to digitize to restart.
read moreDue to Covid, this year every Italian will lose on average almost 2.500 euros (precisely 2.484), with peaks of 3.456 euros in Florence, 3.603 euros in Bologna, 3.645 in Modena, 4.058 in Bolzano and even 5.575 euros in Milan. To estimate the contraction of the added value per inhabitant at the provincial level, he thought about it [...]
read more
"Italia Viva will be decisive for the legislative pact", so Matteo Renzi after the 4-way meeting (Nicola Zingaretti, Vito Crimi, Matteo Renzi and Roberto Speranza) with Giuseppe Conte. Renzi underlines the importance of dialogue with the opposition and insists that within a month the two ad hoc tables on the 2023 agenda, decided at the summit, must [...]
read more
The Parliamentary Committee for the Security of the Republic, chaired by the Honorable Raffaele Volpi (Lega) has decided to request hearings by the Minister of the Interior and the Chief of Police on specific issues concerning the events in the streets that are taking place and on the matter of the Tunisian citizen who passed through Italy then carried out the bloody attack [...]
read more
The confrontation between the government and the regions continues, waiting for the next Dpcm to be issued. There are many hypotheses in the field, many of which have already leaked late yesterday. The most discussed point is the lockdown, the government is considering the hypothesis of targeted red zones in the areas where the virus circulates the most, the [...]
read more
The battle continues to the sound of communications between Conte and exponents of Italia Viva, the Dpcm does not really go down to Matteo Renzi who proposes to review him in the points concerning closing times to the detriment of restaurants, bars and pubs. Conte is lapidary: “The Dpcm is that”. (by Francesco Matera) To Giuseppe Conte [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) By now we are used to the Sunday evening Dpcm, this time the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte signed the 22nd Dpcm since the pandemic emergency began in the early hours of Sunday close to Saturday night. One point remains firm, "no general lockdown", a measure that many scientists have invoked but that the premier does not [...]
read moreENIT announces real-time monitoring from 28 foreign offices. Real-time updates on movements, travel possibilities and rules to follow. Enit, which has already been supporting the tourism supply chain since the first lockdown with newsletters on the progress of the sector, is now also photographing the international situation thanks to the Agency's 28 offices around the world, presidia [...]
read more
(by Francesco Matera) The Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte does not want to hear about General Lockdown. There is much concern for the country's economy that it cannot go ahead with welfare measures. It is no coincidence that Conte, during last night's speech, said that the measures to support income do not [...]
read more
The use of the Rimini airport by the Republic of San Marino and the inter-regional road links with Emilia Romagna and the Marche are the topics at the center of the bilateral meeting held at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport between the Minister Paola De Micheli, the San Marino Secretary of State for Finance with delegation [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Yesterday alone, 400 cases of Coronavirus positives were discovered in Rome. Endless queues to be tested at the hospitals of the capital. To intervene, hopefully in time, the provincial committee for public order and safety, which also met yesterday in the Prefecture in Rome. The meeting was attended by [...]
read moreOn Saturday there was a new leap in infections in Italy. In the past 24 hours, positives have increased by 5.724, with 29 deaths. The experts of the Technical-Scientific Committee and the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza will meet this afternoon in an urgent meeting. The situation and the possibility of adopting new measures will be assessed [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Do you want to get the bonus reserved for self-employed workers and VAT numbers provided for by the Cura Italia and Relaunch decrees? Simple, just access the Inps site, receive the device pin if you do not have the SPID and the "game" is done because by diligently checking the various possibilities, with a simple final self-certification, the money [...]
read more
In the second part of this day with a red dot for departures to holiday resorts, traffic is decreasing without particular problems. The limitation to the circulation of commercial vehicles with a total mass at full load exceeding 7,5t, is still in force until 22.00, while vehicles are allowed to circulate [...]
read more
The Einaudi Foundation has asked the Government to declassify the acts of the Scientific Technical Committee (CTS), those that prompted the executive to launch, last March, various dpcm to gradually impose a complete "lockdown" on Italy . In early March, the CTS advised dividing Italy in two with more stringent measures [...]
read more
Viabilità Italia is active for the monitoring of vehicular traffic on this first Sunday of August marked with a red dot. A traffic ban is in place for commercial vehicles with a total mass with full load exceeding 7,5t, until 22.00pm today. At the moment there is an intensification of traffic towards the main [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Every day there is a real assault on our coasts. 350 arrived tonight with the famous ghost boats, another 85 were rescued by the Coast Guard in waters not under Italian jurisdiction, in the deafening silence of Malta, Libya and France who ignored the distress calls, [...]
read more
Compared to the same period in 2019, landings have tripled reaching the figure of 12.228 of which only in July 5.278, a third equal to 4354 are Tunisians. (by Massimiliano D'ELIA) Tunisia is suffering from a serious economic crisis because it can no longer take advantage of tourism revenues due to the effects of the pandemic [...]
read more
In a press release, the Treasury, following alleged news in some media regarding the State Budget, specifies that the trend in cash and the forecast of future balances are completely in line with the expectations contained in the financial documents public. The consolidated data relating to the liquidity available for [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Having reached the agreement on the Recovery Fund between the 27, however, the uncertainty remains about the disbursement and the checks that can be made in the future. Will this money really help the development of individual applicant countries? Will we be able to use them in a virtuous way so as not to further burden the next generations? Reading the front pages of the newspapers [...]
read more
(by Fulvio Oscar Benussi member of AIDR) Defensive teaching "can be attributed part of the responsibility to the scarce diffusion of digital skills: the results of international comparisons show that the backwardness in the diffusion of digital skills among the population has essentially remained stationary since 2015. National research shows that a certain hostility is widespread among teachers [...]
read more
European leaders reached the historic agreement on the Recovery Fund and the EU Budget 2021-2027 at the end of a record negotiation that lasted four days and four nights. This is the longest summit in the history of the European Union. The Recovery Fund has an endowment of 750 billion euros, of which 390 billion in "grants", [...]
read more
So Giuseppe Conte yesterday after the second round in Brussels. "Italy has decided to undertake, on its own initiative, a path of reforms that will allow it to run but will demand a serious common fiscal policy, in order to tackle trade surplus and tax dumping once and for all, to compete on equal terms" . "With Rutte I have a [...]
read more
"Nothing is unshakable in life, let's see tomorrow". So Giuseppe Conte to the reporters in front of the hotel just after midnight. The "Dutch vetoes" and the resistance led to the black smoke in the first day of work of the extraordinary European council which is entrusted with the difficult negotiation on the 'Next generation EU'. https://www.facebook.com/GiuseppeConte64/videos/597209300981019/UzpfSTE1ODA0Mjg3MTUzMTUyODI6MzQwMzE1MzUwOTcwOTQ1MQ/ "We still have to work because [...]
read more
In the next few days, the landings in Italy will intensify and the Government is running for cover, boats and barracks will be able to be requisitioned to welcome irregular migrants to allow them to spend the quarantine period. Health checks will continue and those to ensure safety in these new environments with the aim of avoiding social tensions with [...]
read more
The measure should arrive in the Senate in the coming days, but the executive forces do not have a common line on the issue. According to what has been learned, today at lunchtime the group meetings of Pd, Leu and M5S will be held to understand how to deal with the vote in the classroom. And in fact the Libya chapter to create [...]
read more
From today, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will begin his European tour, visiting Lisbon and Madrid, in view of the next Council in Brussels on 17 July. At that time Conte will have to prove that Italy is serious, will have to present a first draft of the Italian plan for the Recovery Fund. But to move what [...]
read more
From today for 15 countries, where the contagion curve is very low, there is freedom of movement across the border without having to observe the 14-day quarantine. Italy has decided to opt for the line of prudence. In the list of non-Shenghen countries that will have to observe the quarantine period there is also Japan [...]
read more
(by Francesco Matera) The month of July seems like a "black Friday", a festival of "bonuses", there are many subsidies that the government will give to Italians without a logical sense, without a plan, without making the billions that they will thus be dispersed in a couple of months in the face of an agonizing economy, in "therapy [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The General States of Giuseppe Conte are coming to an end, a kermesse, whose “core” not everyone has understood. We discussed the general lines of a plan whose foundations, financial resources, are not yet known and sure given that in Europe the discussion, on the various forms of appropriations made [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Italy out of the G7? No longer a bugbear but perhaps a sad reality. The news was revealed yesterday by Luigi Bisignani in La Stampa, which highlights the existence of a "strictly confidential" note that runs among the representatives of the Italian desk of the ECB. The document describes the Italian economic situation [...]
read more
On 12 June 1999, the first NATO forces entered Kosovo on a UN mandate at the end of the Alliance air campaign that had put an end to the bloody inter-ethnic conflict between Kosovars and Serbs. For having contributed uninterruptedly for 21 years to the security and freedom of movement of all citizens of Kosovo, respecting [...]
read more
(by Marco Zacchera) Having reopened the cages, I had to run around Italy for a week and I found it sadder, scared, uncertain. We can also laugh about it: there are those who keep their masks and those who do not, those who are afraid and those who are bold but - above all - there is no hotel, restaurant, [...]
read more
The Council of Ministers yesterday, late in the evening, approved the draft law: “Measures for the support and enhancement of the family”. The Minister of the Family Elena Bonetti of Italia Viva was enthusiastic and commented: "It is a historic moment for our country, for the first time we invest in humanity, for [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) They want to fight the bureaucracy, instead, they are bureaucrats inside and they invent junipers and administrative artifices to demoralize citizens and induce them not to access the bonuses ventilated by the four winds in unified network rallies. Reading the draft laws and then seeing what happens in real life it seems [...]
read more
The onset of a summer conditioned by the virus has motivated even more travelers who do not seem willing to give up their holidays thanks to the opening of the regional borders and the resumption of some internal and international flights. Italy is not frightening and on the contrary it is considered as a covid-free country, hyper monitored and reassuring according to the monitoring [...]
read more
(by Marco Zacchera) In recent days, the new president of Confindustria Carlo Bonomi has released several interviews. Since it is rare to read such clear, authoritative and precise words, I publish in full an excerpt from the one published by "Repubblica". Bonomi is not right because he is the new boss of industrialists, but because he supports sensible and good things [...]
read more
The Parliamentary Committee for the safety of the Republic - Copasir - as part of the cycle of hearings on the insurance banking system heard from AISE, Banca d'Italia, Ivass, Ubi Banca, Mediobanca, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti. The Unicredit hearing is scheduled for Thursday. In the context of Copasir's competences relating to security and national interest, there is progressively [...]
read more
Thus the president of Fratelli d'Italia, Giorgia Meloni, on her Facebook profile: “The Italian Parliament opens its doors to the propaganda of Islamic fundamentalism in Italy. A bilateral agreement with Qatar was ratified yesterday which allows the fundamentalist emirate to finance universities, scholarships, cultural activities, student exchanges and the teaching of the Arabic language in [...]
read more
MIPAAF, Bellanova: “excellent signal for our businesses. Presiding and expansion on global markets priority objective ”Now, Taiwan will also be able to taste Italian apples. In fact, the Memorandum of Understanding for the importation of apples from Italy was approved on May 22 by the Taiwanese authorities, the result of a fruitful discussion started in 2016 between the [...]
read more
So Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on his Facebook profile spoke of a plan for the future. Perhaps that plan that Europe wants to hear and see in order to launch the various credit lines, Recovery Fund, Bei, Fondo Sure etc. in favor of EU countries, afflicted by an economic crisis that is unprecedented in [...]
read more
The Department's commitment to coordinating all the components and operational structures of the National Civil Protection Service continues. In particular, in the context of health monitoring relating to the spread of Coronavirus in our territory, to date, May 26, the total number of people who have contracted the virus is 230.555, an increase compared to [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The leader of the League, Matteo Salvini wrote to the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella: "I am guaranteed the right to a fair trial, before an impartial third judge". President Sarpietro of the Court of Catania, regarding the appeal of the former Minister of the Interior to the President of the Republic: "Don't worry, Senator Salvini, he will have a [...]
read more
(by John Blackeye) Yesterday the umpteenth news of the suicide which involved a young financier who had just been out of the training school just over a year came. Suicides in 2020 among the police and the armed forces already amount to 22 cases. In 2019 there were 69 suicides. We hope that [...]
read more
(by John Blackeye) This morning Rome presented itself under its normal aspect with a Grande Raccordo Anulare not yet clogged but crossed at great speed by many more cars than those seen last week. It seems that the conditions are in place to change the country and start with [...]
read more
Il Giornale reports the news that the Italian Ferretti Group wants to invest in the port of Taranto - the former Belleli area - to create a sector dedicated to the construction of fiberglass and carbon hulls and superstructures and a research center engaged in the study of models and molds . The prestigious Ferretti Group, founded in Bologna in [...]
read more
Pressure on hospitals continues to decline. The Department's commitment to coordinating all the components and operational structures of the National Civil Protection Service continues. In particular, in the context of health monitoring relating to the spread of Coronavirus in our territory, to date, May 16, the total number of people who have contracted the [...]
read more
(by Francesco Matera) In the evening the press conference after the Council of Ministers which decreed the maxi maneuver of 55 billion for the "Relaunch" of Italy. A shower of money to try not to leave anyone behind, many measures in support of employees and self-employed, of school and research and for the [...]
read more
(by John Blackeye) Someone would say: it thundered so much that it rained. The reopening of all national activities, be they commercial or work, has been imposed on public opinion for months with the continuous hammering of national televisions that have tried in every way, until this evening to imply that "everything goes good […]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Yesterday a letter signed by the vice president, Valdis Dombrovskis, and the commissioner for economic affairs, Paolo Gentiloni, was sent to the president of the Eurogroup Mario Centeno. Today there will be the videoconference of the finance ministers of the eurozone. The letter pointed out that as regards the funds of the Mes (2 percent of GDP [...]
read more
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte during the interview with the director of the Press said that the government is solid and that it manages to work well with Senator Matteo Renzi's Italia Viva. Strange, because for days the two have been launching real blows. Conte says that in the majority there are those who follow his "particular", citing [...]
read more
(by John Blackeye) After the last electoral catwalk on TV where the first reopening and the return to an almost normal life were cautiously announced, it was hoped that the government would also provide instructions for use for the transition to phase two. That is, President Conte's outing on TV had been so devoid of any [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The first night of the presidency of the parliamentary halls by the League has passed, they will continue to the bitter end until their requests are heard and evaluated. The Carroccio parliamentarians want the next government decisions to pass through the Parliament, as it always was before the Covid-19 health emergency was decreed. [...]
read more
Intensive care and hospitalized patients with symptoms continue to decline. The Department's commitment to coordinating all the components and operational structures of the National Civil Protection Service continues. In particular, in the context of health monitoring relating to the spread of Coronavirus in our territory, to date, April 29, the total number of people who have contracted the [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The speech of the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, on Sunday evening, did not convince anyone, from politics to journalists, from commentators to ordinary citizens. A premier too clumsy, tense, with an inappropriate vocabulary and far from the measured and well-timed one he had accustomed us to in previous releases [...]
read more
(John Blackeye) The press conference of the President of the Council of Ministers was expected for about 20:30 and when the President Conte appeared on TV, millions of Italians were ready to memorize the new detailed indications on the behavior to be adopted to face the reopening of the company while it is still [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Last night in a “flash” speech the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, at the end of the European Council meeting announced: “Italy is in the front row asking for the Recovery Fund. Such an instrument was unthinkable until now and will make the European response more solid and coordinated ”. As everyone now [...]
read more
(by John Blackeye) The clash on the Mes between Five Stars and Pd has sent the spread to 245 basis points. Then the BTP-Bund spread fell back to 236. Non-performing government bonds with a yield on the 2% threshold. Piazza Affari has lost almost 5%, the worst in Europe. The president of [...]
read more
The Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte has just posted on his Fb profile, his position on the much discussed MES (Save States Fund), in the light of the EU Council meeting on April 23. “A debate is rising about the Mes which risks dividing the whole of Italy according to opposing supporters and rigid contrasts. My location […]
read more
(by Francesco Matera) A granite rock, made up of Prodi, Zingaretti, Renzi, Speranza, Berlusconi and all the ministers, except those of the M5S, strongly support the use of the Mes (Save States Fund) which would bring Italy an equal figure to 2 per cent of GDP, about 37 billion euros. Immediately available money which, according to the Eurogroup, can be used [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The other day we were outraged by the contents of the article in a well-known German newspaper Die Welt which headlined: “The mafia is waiting for the money that Italy is asking from the EU”. The bipartisan disappointment towards the German newspaper marked the "unanimous" response of Italian politicians. Today, Lorenzo Tondo in the English newspaper "The Guardian", in a [...]
read more
Eni's people donate over 600.000 euros to the Italian Red Cross Eni's people have raised over 600.000 euros in three weeks as part of a solidarity collection in support of the Italian Red Cross in this emergency period. From March 18 to April 9, Eni's people chose to donate [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) “It's still not enough. And it won't be enough until we have quickly accessible European bonds, the rest matters little ”. This is the position expressed by the Italian premier, Giuseppe Conte, who does not move the position held towards Brussels by an inch. No to Mes, Yes to corona bond. Today at 17.00 [...]
read more
A firepower of 750 billion: 200 billion of loan guarantees and 200 billion for exports are added to the 350 already foreseen, with the arrival of up to 100% coverage for loans up to 800 thousand euros. The postponement of tax deadlines for companies damaged by the crisis. The strengthening of the golden power, the [...]
read more
(by John Blackeye) Last night the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, after having communicated the contents of the latest decree, replied to a journalist on "phase 2", when after 13 April some activities could reopen: "And when this happens , however, a strict safety protocol must be respected. The government thinks about phase 2, even if [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The “liquidity decree” will soon be presented to the Council of Ministers, another decree to deal with the economic damage of Italian companies since the Covid-19 emergency began. The contents of the provision mainly concern 100% guarantees for loans up to 25 thousand euros or 800 thousand with a solvency assessment. Duration of [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The Eurogroup will meet in 4 days and in seven days (next Friday) there will be another confrontation between the heads of state and government of EU countries. The last time they met, in a 6-hour teleconference, the European Union risked disappearing into thin air with a [...]
read more
(by Francesca Zambuco - lawyer and AIDR partner) Italy was the first European country to be overwhelmed by the pandemic, but it risks being the last to intervene in support of businesses and to protect national strategic assets with dramatic consequences on the post - coronavirus. One month after the adoption of the first provision for [...]
read more
In a long message published on fb, the Minister intervenes and clarifies the theme: "The sale, even at retail, of seeds, ornamental plants and flowers, plants in case and fertilizers is allowed throughout the national territory or at least where a local law does not prevail, regardless of the Ateco code. The answer to the question, given by [...]
read more
Find the differences: "In Germany, the Covid-19 immunity passport is being studied, in Italy over 50 positives walking around the street" (by Massimiliano D'Elia) Germany, the country where there was the number one patient on the European continent, is addressing the Covid-19 pandemic with absolute rigor by issuing few rules, followed to the letter by the population and [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The 27 heads of state and government agree only on one front: to implement greater coordination on the health aspects of the emergency. On the rest they remain separated in a house made of cardboard and without foundations. Yesterday, for the first time, the summit of the 27 heads of state and government took place [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Around 18.00 the usual war bulletin read by the representative of the Protection. Hundreds of deaths announced every day, we have broken a sad world record. Faced with this merciless scenario, the "assumptions" of the experts follow one another in the various television programs and in the major Italian newspapers. From the most catastrophic when the same [...]
read more
Peace, social serenity and security are the founding values of civil society. The geopolitics of security rests its studies on many sectors, but that of disasters is by election. Only by mitigating the effects of disasters are those of national security also mitigated. Thus stated in a statement the former head of state [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) In the most delicate moment for our country, for health, the lives of our citizens are uncovered, palace maneuvers to tear down the castle of the Conte government. Matteo Salvini continues to call Prime Minister Conte to contribute with the League's proposals to the ongoing emergency: it is a pity that on the other side [...]
read more
(by Vanessa Tomassini correspondent from Tunis) Coronaviruses (CoVs) are a large family of respiratory viruses that can cause mild to moderate illnesses, from the common cold to respiratory syndromes such as MERS (Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome) and SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) . They are so called because of the crown-shaped tips on their [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Yesterday was the day that most marked Italy where, with 3405 deaths, we surpassed those of China. Then in the morning on the social networks there were the dramatic images of the parades of the coffins of Bergamo, transported by Army vehicles. The songs of the Italians from the balconies have ended, today at 11.00 [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The contents "screamed" by the leader of the Brothers of Italy Giorgia Meloni on a Fb video that has totaled more than 7 million views have not gone unnoticed by those who have to check on the so-called "family jewels". We are talking about those national assets and assets of a strategic nature that in a moment of emergency [...]
read more
The numbers and the subdivision of the 25 billion of the #curaItalia decree have finally been disclosed which, according to the forecasts of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, will activate cash flows for 350 billion. 3,5 billion are for Healthcare and Civil Protection, while 10 billion for support for employment, income and workers. [...]
read more
The governor of New York has asked US President Donald Trump to mobilize the army to avoid a medical meltdown that will be "worse than what we are seeing in Italy". In an open letter published in the Sunday edition of the New York Times, Governor Andrew Cuomo warned that hospitals in the state of [...]
read more
More than 100.000 people have been checked in the station by railway police operators since the date of issue of the Prime Minister's Decree for the containment of Coronavirus. Ordinary supervisory activities in the railway sector continued, leading to 9 arrested, 653 under investigation and 61.046 identified. 4.027 patrols engaged [...]
read more
(by John Blackeye) "After the storm, please, Housekeeping." Almost two months have now passed since Italy entered the height of the emergency. The epidemic will pass as all the epidemics in history have passed but today we are counting two hundred deaths a day and we hope that the number tends to decrease and not to increase. Unfortunately the [...]
read more
Thus, in a statement, the National Ambulance Association announced the situation of operators in the sector and the requests made to the Government, following the national emergency caused by the spread of the #coronavirus epidemic. "In the days when Italy is at a standstill to combat the Coronavirus contagion, we must take note that the trade sector that has [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) "Scholars have been warning decision makers for years: 'Pandemics are real threats to humanity" but decision makers are always found unprepared and people do not follow them ". Thus wrote in an article published by Eurispes, Pasquale Preziosa former head of the Italian Air Force and today President of the Observatory on Security. To resume [...]
read more
"Scholars have been warning decision makers for years: 'Pandemics are real threats to humanity" but decision makers are always found unprepared and people do not follow them ". So wrote in an article published by Eurispes, Pasquale Preziosa formerly head of the Italian Air Force and today President of the Observatory on Security. "What is systematically surprising - he specifies [...]
read more
"We stay apart today to embrace each other more warmly and to run faster tomorrow. All together we will do it". Shops, bars, pubs, restaurants, hairdressers and company departments that are not essential for production will be closed until 25 March. Tobacconists, food shops and newsstands remain open. "In the rough moment [...]
read more
ABI: the updated and strengthened moratorium is already operational throughout Italy The Agreement between ABI and the business associations is already operational throughout Italy, with which the possibility of requesting suspension or suspension was extended to loans granted until January 31, 2020 elongation. The moratorium refers to loans to micro, [...]
read more
"When the going gets tough, the tough get to play." (by Andrea Pinto) The serious emergency situation in Italy has been managed up to now by the Government which is trying to do its best but which exclusively relies on the Civil Protection Department which is the institutional body of the Prime Minister [...]
read more
On the Government website, in a note, a series of questions and answers, in reference to the “Italy protected area” decree. The important thing is that you can always go out to buy groceries and there is 'no need to grab them now because' they will always be available, specifies the note. It is allowed to do 'physical activity as long as' not in a group "and [...]
read more
(John Blackeye) It is regrettable to have to talk about accounts that do not add up while referring to human lives and it is even sadder to have to refer to the human lives that are being lost in this battle with the #coronavirus. But if someone logs into the sites that update the world pandemic situation daily with [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The resuscitators ask for a decalogue, they are at the end of their strength and above all they are unable to assist all the sick citizens. Artificial respirators fail to meet the need. The "decision" is up to the doctors: they are forced to choose who to give respiratory support. Just as it is done in [...]
read more
(by John Blackeye) But in this moment of national crisis a question arises spontaneously to everyone: who do we have at the head of the nation? Who is handling the emergency? The national political system set up in recent decades has meant that people who did not boast a specific curriculum but who [...]
read more
The Council of Ministers, on the proposal of the President Giuseppe Conte, the Minister of Justice Alfonso Bonafede and the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza, approved a decree-law that introduces extraordinary and urgent measures to counter the epidemiological emergency from COVID-19, containing the negative effects on the performance of judicial activities and for the strengthening of the National Health Service. [...]
read more
Defense One reported that Lockheed Martin has paused production of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft at a Japanese factory of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries due to the outbreak of the #coronavirus outbreak. This was stated by a senior Pentagon official. To some employees of an Italian company interested in the production of parts of the F-35, of [...]
read more
(by John Blackeye) Let's make a premise: the problem we have in Italy at the moment is that people infected by the virus but who don't know they are, are roaming freely on the national territory. We do not want to shoot the Red Cross and in these moments it is necessary to move towards national cohesion which, for reasons of political affiliation, in [...]
read more
(by John Blackeye) On the issue of Coronavirus another question arises spontaneously. But are we sure we need a contingency plan for the economy? Or rather do we need a health emergency plan? It almost seems that seizing the moment of extreme general confusion in which all attention is paid to the development of the epidemic [...]
read more
The Ipsos-Flair 2020 report presented at the CNEL. Pagnoncelli: Recovering the role of intermediate bodies “In this difficult moment, a great plan is needed to restart Italy. As emerges from the Ipsos-Flair Report, the country is split, people are disoriented and prey to emotion. We have to start from our strengths, resources and [...]
read more
Government totally inadequate and unprepared but one cannot joke on people's skin. Professionalism is needed. (by John Blackeye) For days we have been witnessing a continuous chant from the institutions and also from the doctors who take turns on national TV to launch, rightly, non-alarmist messages. However if the [...]
read more
Everything has a price. Macron made us the "package", to stay in the Neapolitan environment. Unlocking of the joint venture Fincantieri Stx France, new more ambitious European budget and redistribution of migrants, these are the main measures of the agreement between French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte during the Naples summit. Perhaps on the horizon also [...]
read more
Yesterday in Naples the summit between Italy and France, with Emmanuel Macron and Giuseppe Conte present, in the evocative setting of the Royal Palace. After a brief visit to the San Ferdinando Theater and a walk in the city center, the French president declared on the sidelines of the summit: “It is the summit of diplomatic peace, of the relaunch of cooperation [...]
read more
Six days after the appearance of the virus in Italy, the infected reached 424, 12 dead. Health Minister Roberto Speranza in his urgent briefing last night to the Chamber: "Initially they seemed distinct but they proved to be connected". According to the extraordinary commissioner for the emergency Angelo Borrelli, more than half of the positives do not [...]
read more
Eleven victims and 357 infected in Italy, one person recovered. Food shops stormed, amuchina disinfectant and unobtainable masks. We are talking about panic in the pure state created by a "cheerful" and uncoordinated communication by the institutions. Tired of the controversy of our politicians, we try to understand something more about the coronavirus directly from the experts. Gianni [...]
read more
“The peak has suddenly increased we are surprised but not unprepared. Control controversy? Maybe there was some flaw, but only in the first few days “, said Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, yesterday interviewed by Mara Venier live on Rai Uno. "We are not unprepared, my surprise is due to the fact that there was a peak from a [...]
read more
Fausto Biloslavo in il Giornale talks about a secret defense plan. 19 would be the barracks identified for quarantine with 3.500 beds available. Two thousand would be the military in an "alarm" position, that is immediately available and usable for the emergency. In the meantime, the repatriation of compatriots from areas at risk abroad continue, even all [...]
read more
Coronavirus hit Italy for the first time in Lombardy. There are 15 confirmed infections, two more in Veneto, in Vo 'Euganeo, in the Padua area. In the evening, one of the two pensioners infected in Veneto died, he was 78 years old. Health Minister Roberto Speranza has reached Milan to take stock with the governor [...]
read more
La Difesa will be present at the 6 Nations Rugby Tournament on the occasion of the match between Italy and Scotland Rome, 21 February 2020. The Armed Forces will be present at the 6 Nations Rugby Tournament on the occasion of the match between Italy and Scotland which will take place tomorrow 22 February 2020 at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, where the next [...]
read more
To intervene decisively so that "the cuts in the agricultural heading are reinstated, so as not to damage a sector of fundamental importance for the national economy", rejecting the proposal presented by President Michel where "the agricultural chapter suffers a curtailment that is absolutely not acceptable and not understandable". Especially in relation to the additional commitments required of farmers with [...]
read more
Matteo Renzi continues in the slow political attrition to try to send Giuseppe Conte home, considered an obstacle, not just, to the rise of Italia Viva on the Italian political scene. Matteo Renzi hosted by Bruno Vespa has put on the table "detonating" requests for the majority, such as the cancellation of the citizenship income or the review of [...]
read more
(by Luigi Alfano) Politics brings with it an intrinsic "charm", capable of "bewitching" and "intoxicating". The article on Italian affairs (www.affaritaliani.it) is highlighted by the latest events on the political scene. A more moderate and less Salvinian Carroccio could facilitate the rapprochement between the two Matteo. The rumors of the Palazzo tell that the Renzians could also hypothesize the [...]
read more
(by Luigi Alfano) In Italy, a crime could be extinguished if an excessive amount of time passed and the interest of the State failed: it fell into prescription. With the publication in the Official Gazette (no. 13 of 16 January 2020) of Law no. 9 of 2020 January 3, called "Corruption sweep", which introduces "measures to combat crimes against the Public Administration, [...]
read more
The Space 19+ ministerial conference, organized by ESA - European Space Agency - last November in Seville highlighted the need to start gradually increasing the budget for the 22 member countries. The desired increase is expected to reach approximately 45%, equal to 14,4 billion euros over the next three years. An effort, writes the Sole24Ore, which [...]
read more
What would happen if one of our countrymen abroad were infected? Fortunately, or foresight, we have a unique ability worldwide. (Andrea Pinto) Italy, together with Great Britain and the United States is the only nation in the world that possesses a very special and essential capacity in modern times, safe air transport in bio-containment. A capacity [...]
read more
The US State Department has issued an "alert" on Italy, US citizens who intend to stay in our country are advised "to be more cautious". The “level 2” warning concerns countries where the risk of an attack could be high. Level 2 is the second of four danger levels. [...]
read more
According to reports from La Stampa, the truce will be signed today in Moscow between Fayez al Sarraj, president of the Government of national agreement, General Khalifa Haftar, the president of the Tobruk parliament Agila Saleh, and the head of the Tripoli State Council, Khalid al -Mishri. It sounds strange that this important passage in the "dossier" [...]
read more
This is a real scoop of La Stampa. The general who controls Cyrenaica, Khalifa Haftar was in Rome on January 8 to meet with US Deputy National Security Advisor Victoria Coates (in charge of Libya and North Africa), and Richard Norland, American ambassador for Libya. The news emerged by crossing the information [...]
read more
Iran has launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles at two Iraqi military bases where US and allied personnel are based, according to reports from military in the region and confirmed by the Defense Department tonight. The personnel of the Italian military contingent (about 900 units present in Iraq) [...]
read more
Al Serraj the day before the visit of the EU delegation (scheduled for January 7), headed by High Representative Borrel, warned: "Do not come to Libya, for security reasons, it is dangerous here". As Semprini points out in La Stampa, in reality, Fayez al Sarraj does not want any interference, he wants to continue with the agreement signed with Turkey by [...]
read more
(by Andrea Pinto) The Movimento delle Stelle may have come to a crossroads. Emblematic was Beppe Grillo's video launched on the web at the end of the year: “he was digging a huge hole“. A symbolic gesture, a hole to entrench, or a hole to definitively bury the grillismo? https://www.facebook.com/martignonereal/videos/619203642176091/?v=619203642176091&external_log_id=5c9adcef91312c94c7073db4b91ba8e6&q=buca%20Beppe%20grillo Certainly Beppe Grillo has his […]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) While Turkey has approved for a year the sending of its troops to Tripoli on January 7, the European mission will go to Tripoli and Benghazi, to try to make the two parties, Haftar and al Serraj, dialogue. to strike a lasting political agreement. Our foreign representatives have not [...]
read more
The libia.it site reported that the Libyan Islamist component, represented by the Libyan National Assembly of Revolutionaries on February 17, has called for a demonstration in the capital on January 7 against the arrival of the European delegation and in support of the protocols of Agreement between Erdogan and Serraj. The group affirmed its clear refusal to visit [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The Turkish Parliament will meet in extraordinary session on Thursday 2 January at 14, when in Italy it will be 12, to anticipate the vote on President Erdogan's AKP motion authorizing the sending of troops to Libya in support of the government of national accord of Fayez al-Sarraj against the offensive of the militias of [...]
read more
The opinion of General Pasquale #Preziosa on the hypersonic # is authoritative. The article by the former head of the # Aeronautica Militare globally analyzes this new and disruptive strategic weapon, whose effects on future inter-state balances are only imaginable and difficult to predict. In 2014 a first symposium was held in Italy from which it emerged that the hypersonic would have a [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Libyan interior minister Fathi Bashagha said his government will send Turkey an official request for military support to fight mercenaries alongside Khalifa Haftar. Erdogan replied that on the 7th the Turkish parliament (certainly of the majority) will approve the sending of troops to support Tripoli. On the 8th [...]
read more
Al Serraj's armed forces arrested pilot Amer Al-Jagam after his plane was shot down in southern Al-Zawiya. As reported by The Libia Observer, the pilot reported that the mercenaries of the Russian group Wagner operate in coordination with the operations room of Tarhouna in ground operations (snipers) [...]
read more
(by Pasquale Preziosa) The European Community had launched, at the time of Donald Tusk, a "warning" to Turkey for the respect of national sovereignties, after the ships of the Turkish Navy had prevented the ship chartered by our ENI from continuing the journey towards the exclusive economic area belonging to the Greek Cypriots, to explore the possible presence of gas [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Today will be a day of fire for the Government, especially for the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte. It starts with the vote of confidence in the Senate on the Budget Law and then moves on to a majority summit in the evening, in order to take stock of the first hundred tumultuous days of government [...]
read more
Italian foreign policy, this unknown But does the Italian political class really today have an interest in defending national interests beyond the borders of the country? It is clear to everyone that our national team lacks a foreign policy. Michele Marsiglia answered this question in an article published on "Lindro.it" It has been a long time now [...]
read more
The Egyptian press reported that General Khalifa Haftar announced “zero hour for the start of the decisive offensive on Tripoli. The Cyrenaica general even gave his men his final instructions: "do not touch private homes and properties". There are, however, four European countries, Italy, France, Germany and Great Britain that still hope to be able to find [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The Quirinale made itself heard on the delay of the economic maneuver, so much so that the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte yesterday had to climb to the highest hill in Rome to provide reassurance and update the President of the Republic on the work progress. At the moment, the most discussed measures are frozen, the [...]
read more
The Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte from London, in the middle of the NATO summit, was interviewed by the press: "On the Mes I reconstructed what happened, and until a signature is signed there is always room for improving a Treaty, I don't care if other countries consider the deal closed. Not even for [...]
read more
On 3-4 December the celebrations in London of the 70th anniversary of NATO and tensions between the leaders of the 29 member states do not subside. US President Donald Trump no longer wants to "subsidize" Europe. Trump wants EU countries to spend at least 2024% of GDP on defense by 2 (Italy is [...]
read more
An agreement was signed with CDP for the definition of joint sustainable development initiatives in Africa In the presence of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and Eni President Emma Marcegaglia, Prime Minister of Ghana Yaw Osafo-Marfo and Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi inaugurated today in Dormaa East, in the Bono region, the center [...]
read more
Italy and the fight against cancer: the health service promoted but with strong regional differences
(by Nicola Simonetti) About two thirds of citizens and cancer patients satisfied with the assistance offered by the NHS, but with a heavy regional gap, between the top of Lombardy (81%) and Calabria, where one out of three citizens express a negative opinion . In Puglia only three out of 10 cancer patients declare that they have received a diagnosis and [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Beppe Grillo went down to Rome to bring the Movement back on the right track, the one on the left. The pentastellati parliamentarians are no longer in the skin because they feel the ground, under the comfortable armchairs in Parliament, more and more friable. Beppe Grillo did not convince both the managers and the very agitated supporters of the base. [...]
read more
“Since I have been prime minister, I can't remember how many regional votes there have been. It's not like every regional vote is a referendum on the government. The MS is going through a transition phase and Luigi Di Maio also said it needs an internal renovation. So we have to give a moment of time to [...]
read more
A glimmer can be seen in the ArcelorMittal government negotiations. Ilva one step away from the abyss begins to glimpse a faint light of hope. The stakes placed on the negotiating table are immovable: up to the 5 thousand structural redundancies declared by ArcelorMittal and compliance with the commitments on an industrial and environmental level, with a push on the transition for [...]
read more
Leonardo sponsor of the Italian Pavilion at Expo 2020 where innovation and sustainability in Aerospace will be fundamental themes Innovation and sustainability will be key themes of Expo 2020 Dubai. Their realization in the aerospace industry will be the basis of Leonardo's sponsorship of the Italian Pavilion which, during the six months of the Universal Exposition, will allow visitors to increase [...]
read more
Task Force 44 yesterday in Iraq in Kirkuk ran into a rudimentary device known as IED during a training patrol on the street. 5 of the injured, 3 of which seriously, suffered damage to the lower limbs and one had to amputate part of his leg. The attack took place close to November 12, when [...]
read more
International police cooperation - joint patrols Italy - China Fourth year of collaboration between Italian police forces and the People's Republic of China Joint patrols with Chinese police operators in Italian territory will resume today for the fourth consecutive year. Italy is one of the three countries that carries out a project with China [...]
read more
SVIMEZ has analyzed the impact that the closure of ILVA would have on our country and on the south. The study is distinct for the different geographic areas using the econometric forecasting model. The evaluation exercise considers the direct, indirect, and induced effects. The first concerns the production achieved and the employment that would be lost directly in the three [...]
read more
According to the 2017 agreement between Italy and Libya, vans, ambulances, boats, satellite phones and other equipment would still be missing from the appeal of Tripoli's equipment. As the Corriere della Sera writes, the Italian expenditure, to honor the agreement, would have had to amount to about 800 million euros. The agreement never went ahead as agreed so much so that now [...]
read more
"Codial and profitable". Thus Minister Teresa Bellanova about the meeting held this morning at Mipaaf with the new Ambassador of Brazil, Helio Vitor Ramos, recently arrived in Italy, which allowed to review the progress of agricultural and food relations, both in a bilateral key as in multilateral fora such as the G20 and FAO. [...]
read more
The Pentagon has announced a deal worth $ 34 billion for the new batch of stealth jets from aerospace company Lockheed Martin. Under the terms of the deal announced on Tuesday, which includes jets for the US and allies, the US Department of Defense has purchased 478 aircraft. Ellen Lord, the top official [...]
read more
“The Minister of Economy will respond by providing the necessary clarifications. We are not worried, it is a necessary dialogue with Brussels from which we will not escape “. On the sidelines of the annual meeting of Confersercenti, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte expresses tranquility regarding the concerns expressed by the Commission on the effects of the Italian public debt maneuver. In a previous passage of his speech on [...]
read more
A coffee between the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte and the grillino leader, Luigi Di Maio, seems to have diluted, for now, the tension recorded in the last hours between the majority forces. The crux is the maneuver conceived by Conte and Gualtieri that does not convince Luigi Di Maio, especially as regards the measures for [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Giuseppe Conte, after the attacks on the maneuver by some illustrious members of the M5S and Italia Viva, was succinct by launching an invitation to obedience, "you need to get right, or get out of the way". The pentastellato leader Luigi Di Maio immediately replied: "The tones either do it like this or go home [...]
read more
Roberto Gualtieri on the sidelines of the meeting of the IMF and the World Bank and the G20 in Washington said at a press conference: "The reduction of the public debt is all the more credible the more realistic it is". Gualtieri is convinced that with the economic maneuver presented in Brussels, which has yet to pass the examination of the Parliament, [...]
read more
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte absolutely rejects any accusation of hypocrisy by President Tayyp Erdogan. Conte himself said this during the press conference after the European Council, responding to those who spoke to him about the accusations of hypocrisy that Erdogan launched against Western leaders who in the past few days have [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The official visits of the President of the Italian Republic to the US have always been "symbolic" and "institutional", they have rarely seen the two presidents discuss "bilateral" issues in such detail and with tones that are not exactly relaxed. Trump immediately entered with a straight leg: "Italy did a good thing by buying the new fighter-bombers [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The council of ministers started just before midnight, around 23pm after a “very tense” day within the majority. Giuseppe Conte, at one point, sent a text message to the Minister of Economy Gualtieri, to suggest that he focus on the fight against tax evasion. On a maneuver that should amount to 31 billion [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Yesterday a council of ministers was scheduled in the late evening: black smoke. There are so many disputes registered within the majority so much so that the "last chance" meeting of the council of ministers was fixed for this evening at 21 pm. Tonight, therefore, it is mandatory to bring out the tax decree and the programmatic document [... ]
read more
Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio on the escalation of Turkey in Syria said: “I hope that the European Union can take measures. Italy will ask for international law to be respected, not to put the lives of civilians at risk and an end to all military action ”. Di Maio also hinted that he wanted to [...]
read more
Ambriola Co Inc's gigantic warehouse in West Caldwell, New Jersey is chock full of hard cheese boxes and forms like Parmigiano Reggiano, Pecorino Romano, and Grana Padano - and more is coming. Phil Marfuggi, president and CEO of Ambriola, a rib of Auricchio SpA, one [...]
read more
Andrea Malaguti on La Stampa interviewed the leader of Italia Viva, Matteo Renzi. Many topics were discussed, but one of all was to remove the sphere of secret services from the competence of the Prime Minister. It is no coincidence that all governments prior to those of Giuseppe Conte appointed a delegated Authority for Services [...]
read more
On the maneuver that the Minister of Economy Roberto Gualtieri is preparing yesterday, the tones rose between the leader of Italia Viva, Matteo Renzi and the Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. Roberto Gualtieri is at work at his ministry. The cut to the tax wedge, as Palazzo Chigi recalls, leads to an average benefit of 40 euros [...]
read more
Last August, Attorney General William Barr with a small team of his staff met with the leaders of our secret services. But who gave the authorization? The only one who has the right is the Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte who is in charge of services. It is no coincidence that the Copasir - committee [...]
read more
Agreement between the Italian Air Force and Virgin Galactic The first contract between the Italian Air Force and Virgin Galactic for the purchase of a suborbital scientific research flight was signed today at the Italian Embassy in Washington. The flight will depart from the New Mexico Spaceport in the US in December 2020. To sign [...]
read more
The industrial revolution and new commercial outlets will come directly from space. The Space Economy is no longer a dogma but a reality that very soon will probably become the only commercial outlet for the most industrialized countries, able to compete in the world of high technology. Italy boasts a record in history: It is the third country to have [...]
read more
"Thousands of embarrassing emails about Hillary Clinton", held by the Russians. This is what Link Campus University professor in Rome Joseph Mifsud would have said to George Papadopoulos, advisor in Donald Trump's election campaign. This revelation provided further clues to prosecutor Robert Mueller who is investigating a possible plot against [...]
read more
The Ministry of the Treasury is convinced that the incentive to use credit cards can bring into the state coffers several billion euros, from three to five. The novelty would be the tax discount for those who use credit cards, between two and four percent of the expenses incurred. Refunds would take place [...]
read more
(by Andrea Pinto) “The decision to leave is taken. What's the point of waiting any longer? To hear yet another appeal, perhaps not entirely sincere, to unity? The decision is made, confirms a loyal of Renzi. The confirmation last night when Matteo Renzi, before returning from England, phoned Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte to inform him of the [...]
read more
"The status of the capital will have to be profoundly reformed, so that it is more consistent with the role that the city plays, even as the seat of the highest institutions of the Republic", so the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte during his speech in front of the Chamber of Deputies , on the yellow-red government program. Words that have given a new [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) For sub-government positions there is a brawl between the grillini, at the Democratic Party, they say: "We are ready". The fight to grab a seat of power risks blowing up the "dead line" requested by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, "by tonight I want the names". Pentastellati contest the method, that is to reward [...]
read more
Luigi Di Maio: "I will have the last word and I will choose on the basis of skills but you must propose the candidates to me". (by Massimiliano D'Elia) Luigi Di Maio, besieged by over forty disappointed grillini, has only just over 20 places to assign. In order not to have sole responsibility for the choices, he told the presidents of the 28 Chamber committees [...]
read more
Giuseppe #Conte quotes Giuseppe #Saragat: “Let the face of this Republic be a human face, democracy is not only a relationship between majority and minority but also a relationship between man and man. Where these relationships are human, democracy exists; where they are inhuman, it is nothing but the mask of a [...]
read more
Zingaretti from the stage in Ravenna: "Believe me, these faces, those volunteers in the kitchens ranging from 15 to 90 years, this generous humanity is our platform". (by Massimiliano D'Elia) Nicola Zingaretti with the wit of Matteo Renzi (I would say Renzi's cynicism) brought the party to the government. No one would have bet on such a scenario after [...]
read more
Viability Italia continues to monitor the last traffic flows of the counter-exodus towards the main cities of Italy, in order to ensure timely management of any serious traffic critical situations. Today - from 07.00 to 22.00 - there is a ban on circulation for commercial vehicles with a capacity exceeding 7,5 T. CLOSURE OF THE A2 MOTORWAY BETWEEN PONTECAGNANO [...]
read more
“I don't want conflicts but to work peacefully. Please do not respond to provocations but tell the Democratic Party not to behave like the League "(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Password: avoid open confrontation and do not give in to provocations. The grillini did not like the statements of the Minister of Infrastructure Paola De Micheli (Pd), on the Gronda [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Review the Flat tax, quota 100 and the safety measures, with the adjustments requested by the #Quirinale. Three would be the priorities of the yellow-red government to trace the "discontinuity" requested by the leader of the Democratic Party Nicola Zingaretti. The counterpart requested by the 5S, probably, the vote "immediately" on the cut of the parliamentarians. In the shared program, however, many [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Yesterday In the late morning Luigi Di Maio buried the hatchet: “the problem of the vice premier no longer exists”. The political leader of the Movement has always kept the bar high, during the excited days of interlocution with the Democratic Party. After the 10 programmatic points, which cannot be renounced, he raised with another 10, so much so that the guarantor [...]
read more
(by Andrea Pinto) Yesterday a small appetizer of what could happen with a yellow-red government. Luigi Di Maio, after meeting with the prime minister in charge, Giuseppe Conte, put the ball back in midfield by relaunching with 20 indispensable MoVement proposals. The security decree bis is not touched, it will be necessary to proceed with progressive autonomy, remove the [...]
read more
(by Andrea Pinto) The yellow-red government is sprouting despite the dangers in the long path that will see it next week in the presence of the two classrooms for the parliamentary seal with the vote of confidence. As for the numbers in the Chamber, there are no major problems: 316 are needed and the yellow-red coalition has [...]
read more
(by Andrea Pinto) Finally, the solution to the crisis has come after a series of stops and resumes the dialogue between the 5-star Movement and the Democratic Party, the Italians will finally have a new government that the media have branded as a "Conte Bis" , or "Conte due" There are many questions that Italians [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Today second day of consultations with the poisoned tooth of Giorgia Meloni who from the Quirinale, during the meeting with the press after the meeting with Mattarella, invokes the square: appointment in Montecitorio during the oath of the yellow government -red. Thus the leader of Fratelli d'Italia, Giorgia #Meloni: “We reiterated our clear and simple position. [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Last night after the meeting at Palazzo Chigi, between Giuseppe Conte, Luigi Di Maio and Nicola Zingaretti, the grillini showed all their resentment: “Zingaretti is pulling too hard. He just came to talk to us about armchairs and would like one for himself too. It's not like that “. The negotiation is not [...]
read more
“Mandatory, as Luigi has always said: never with Bibbiano's party. But why don't you consult us voters? " (by Andrea Pinto) The sentence in a comment on a post by Luigi Di Maio, a sentence that was flooded with likes; this gives the idea of the will of the grillina base that loudly invokes #Rousseau, [...]
read more
5Stelle social media are the turmoil. Please stop, I sincerely hope for consistency, I can't do it, these are some of the phrases that bounce between the various accounts. About 90 percent of the grillina base is against the agreement with the Democratic Party. "A powder keg, that of social media, which we cannot ignore", says [...]
read more
Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio is already having dinner with the secretary of the Democratic Party, Nicola Zingaretti, as reported by Il Messaggero. The dinner took place around 20 when there was telephone contact between the M5S leader and the secretary of the Democratic Party. They'll eat a pizza, leaked from their respective staff. In the menu, according to qualified sources of [...]
read more
The President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella around 20.00 announced the outcome of the consultations as follows: “I will carry out new consultations that will begin next Tuesday to draw conclusions and take the necessary decisions. Only governments that win the confidence of Parliament are possible with agreements by groups on a program to govern the country, in [...]
read more
At 16.00 pm the start of the consultations at the #Quirinale. A phone call, as a rule, to the former president Giorgio #Napolitano and then to follow, they crossed the door manned by two cuirassiers, the president of the Senate, Maria Elisabetta Alberti #Casellati, and the president of the Chamber, Roberto #Fico. A news beaten by Agi: the door that creaked and struggled in recent consultations [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) A "soap opera" model government crisis, a novelty every day. A video, a letter, a note: all via social media. Today at 15.00 the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte in the Senate Chamber will give his communications to which, most likely, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Matteo Salvini will respond. The votes […]
read more
“If they make an agreement on the sharing of power, I don't have the numbers in Parliament to stop them… This must be said. Then we will find ourselves peacefully in the Italian squares to ask for the right to vote ”. Matteo Salvini said this during this evening's speech-interview at Versiliana, in Marina di Pietrasanta. "I just go forward, backward [...]
read more
Mattarella anticipates the return and expects "clarity". The first contacts already over the weekend
"I'm ready to talk, my phone is always on". So Matteo Salvini opens a window to the 5 Stars for a possible Count bis. In the meantime, the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, has anticipated his return from holidays in Sardinia and as the quirinalist Breda writes, in the Corriere della Sera, the president does not hide [...]
read more
Today alone all the alarm services were activated: Air Defense, Search and Rescue, Emergency medical transport and organ transport Today's busy day for the ready crews of the Air Force. All H24 alarm services have been activated for the safety and rescue of the civilian population. Air Defense Due [...]
read more
Salvini “is now sorry, but now the omelette is done. Everyone is the creator of their own destiny. Good luck!". Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio writes it on Fb. “On August 20, we Ministers of the 5 Star Movement will be alongside Giuseppe Conte in the classroom to support him against the distrust of the league. We are waiting for them at the gate! " adds [...]
read more
The Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte thus commented on the Open Arms story on his Facebook profile Dear Minister of the Interior, dear Matteo, I am writing this open letter because the case of the Open Arms ship now dominates the front pages of the newspapers and because I am forced to note that even the official correspondence between [...]
read more
Repubblica.it writes that since dawn the ship has dropped anchor in the Cala Francese area, a few hundred meters from the port of Lampedusa. Personnel from the Port Authority, the Guardia di Finanza and the Cisom doctors went up for an inspection on board the boat of the Catalan NGO that headed for the island of the Pelagie, [...]
read more
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte wrote to me “for the disembarkation of a few hundred migrants aboard a ship belonging to an NGO that is foreign and in foreign waters .. I will reply politely. It is not clear why they should land in Italy ”. The leader of the League Matteo Salvini from Genoa reported. [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The "soap opera" Italian Government Crisis continues. Every day a twist that sends all political scientists and constitutionalists into a tailspin. Yesterday the Senate voted to schedule the no-confidence motion presented by the League to the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte. Lega, Forza Italia and the Brothers of Italy would have liked to vote for it [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Daniele Di Mario on Il Tempo made a real journalistic “scoop”. Late yesterday no agency talked about it and today the article explaining the meeting between the PD secretary, Nicola #Zingaretti and an ex who never wants to lose the scene in the moments that matter in politics [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Marzio Breda in Corriere della Sera talks about the silence of the Quirinale on the complicated Italian political crisis. A silence dictated by the still very fluid situation, where the political teams are trying to make up their minds on possible alternative majorities to avoid going to the early elections already in the autumn and giving [...]
read more
(by Francesca Proietti Cosimi) Nicola Zingaretti's no to an executive who holds together dem and 5 Stars to save the Italians from the VAT increase and approve the cut of the parliamentarians, alarmed the Renzians and convinced Matteo to accelerate towards the tear. So much so that yesterday Renziani pro Zingaretti made fun of themselves [...]
read more
Matteo Salvini does not want to waste time and wants Parliament to vote no confidence in the government before mid-August. The Speaker of the Chamber, Roberto Fico, however, reminds him that only “the Presidents of the Chamber and Senate convene the Chambers. Nobody else". How to summon the parliamentarians? Il Giornale writes: How? By phone? Mail? Whatsapp? No, […]
read more
(by Francesca Proietti Cosimi) Dear grillini, you have revealed to yourselves what you are, like children whose toy is taken away from them. If it is scandalous Salvini in a bathing suit in Milano Marittima, while others are at work in the government, as premier Conte pointed out in his conference, someone [...]
read more
The leader of the League Matteo Salvini with a text message "summoned all the parliamentarians of the League on Monday in Rome", to clarify the reasons for the crisis in Parliament. Yesterday the League also filed a motion of no confidence in the Senate against the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte. On Monday the conference of [...]
read more
In 2018, Italians paid 33,4 billion euros in taxes more than the total average amount paid by citizens of the European Union. This is a differential that “weighs” almost 2 points of GDP. In per capita terms, on the other hand, we paid the tax authorities 552 euros more than the average of European citizens. TO […]
read more
“But what does Luigi Di Maio want? I am not a minister, or rather an undersecretary, I have not sworn on the French Constitution ”, so Macron's new adviser, the Italian Sandro Gozi, responded to the Italian controversy in an article in the Republic. It should be remembered that Sandro Gozi was a politician in the ranks of the Democratic Party and undersecretary for [...]
read more
The Minister of Agricultural, Food, Forestry and Tourism Policies, Sen. Gian Marco Centinaio, received the new Chinese ambassador to Italy LI Junhua in Rome today to talk about the future relations between Italy and China in the field of tourism and agro-food. “We are now working on the 2020 Italy-China Year of Culture and Tourism. For […]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) A decisive week for the government. The issue on autonomy has become too thorny for Matteo Salvini, the north is in turmoil. Last night the Northern League leader "thundered": "We are in government only to do the important things. If we fail, we will go alone but we don't stop. We do not accept a no, the government [...]
read more
In contrast to the trend in recent years, the state bureaucracy has started to stretch its tentacles again. In fact, in 2018, the overall balance of the administrative burdens introduced and eliminated with the regulatory acts approved by the individual ministries returned to being positive. By virtue of this result, it amounts to just over 36 million euros [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Matteo Salvini yesterday launched another dig at the government ally through one of his ministers: “If they think that the issue of the government crisis is closed, then their calculations have been wrong. Matteo can break even in mid-August ”. Salvini is far from Rome and is thinking about the strategy for next week. [...]
read more
(by Andrea Pinto) In light of these epochal two days that involved military unionization, we interviewed the president of the Sim Aeronautica Militare, Sinibaldo Buono, to get his cold reactions. President, what are your impressions after your speech in the Defense Commission and the meeting the following day with the Head of [...]
read more
The president of the Russian Federation, Vladimir #Putin has landed in Rome. The first appointment at the Vatican, for the audience with #Pope Francis. The parade of cars, reports ANSA, coming directly from Fiumicino, reached the Vatican through St. Peter's Square and the Arco delle Campane, to then reach the San Damaso courtyard. Here Putin and his [...]
read more
Yesterday the meeting of the EU Council for the appointment of the new leaders of the highest offices of the European institutions. Prime Minister Conte during the various meetings and during the works has always been anchored to the phone to discuss with his two deputies, Di Maio and Salvini and during the final press conference he said: "Not [...]
read more
The captain of the Sea Watch3, Carola Rackete, was entered in the register of suspects for aiding in illegal immigration and for refusing to obey a warship, according to the provisions of the navigation code. The registration in the register of suspects, by the Prosecutor of Agrigento, was made after the acquisition of the annotation of the Guardia di Finanza. [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) On July 2 the Commission will confirm the opening of the procedure for excessive debt and will turn the ball to Ecofin for the verdict of July 9. Give to keep in mind, because around the corner. In Italy, however, the grueling "skirmishes" between the two vice premieres continue. The Luigi Di Maio case and the Deputy Minister [...]
read more
Third year of collaboration between the Italian and Chinese Police Forces in joint patrols The number of Italian visas for China increases, thanks also to greater trust and security Joint patrols between the Italian and Chinese police forces return to Beijing, the innovative project that brings the two countries together in [...]
read more
"I don't care if in good or bad faith, but if someone destabilizes the Movement with declarations, events, books, it also destabilizes our ability to guide the government". This is what Luigi Di Maio writes on Fb, referring, without ever mentioning him, to Alessandro Di Battista. "Do it now that the premier is carrying out negotiations [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Davide #Casaleggio and Alessandro Di Battista together in Catania. An important signal for the fate of the movement. The appearance on the stage of the two "apparent marginalized" met with the icy reaction of the leader Luigi Di Maio who is grappling with the various regional assemblies throughout Italy, to build the electorate network directly on [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) It is a problem of attributes. Salvini must now show everyone who the "Captain" is. An agency has just been beaten on a meeting between Matteo #Salvini and Mara #Carfagna, coordinator of Forza Italia yesterday, together with Giovanni #Toti. Apparently the center-right is assuming a credible form of government [...]
read more
The Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte yesterday in Brussels was able to personally see that the climate towards Italy is anything but "peaceful". Conte did not give up and met, however, Macron, Juncker and Tusk and saw Tsipras and Rutte. He spent a lot of time with Merkel with whom he [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The Italian vice president of the council Matteo #Salvini flew to Washington. A visit that had already been postponed before the elections. Today, however, after the outcome of the European elections, where there was a plebiscite in favor of the League, the visit takes on a different connotation, especially with an EU Commission always of [...]
read more
Salvini: “Things are not going the right way. Get ready for any eventuality ". (by Massimiliano D'Elia) Yesterday morning the government summit hosted by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. In addition to the two vice premieres, there was the Minister of Economy Giovanni Tria and a large number of technicians from his ministry. The meeting was wanted by [...]
read more
#Eurogroup and #Ecofin as early as July could trigger the formal opening of the infringement procedure for excessive deficit. (by Massimiliano D'Elia) Yesterday, the Economic and Financial Committee approved the technical conclusion of the EU Commission, confirming that Italy has violated the stability pact for 2018 and 2019. Immediately after, the president [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Yesterday late in the evening, around 22 pm, with an hour late, the showdown between the premier and his two deputies. Giuseppe Conte, feels under siege and tries to launch phase 2 of the government, in accordance with the "faded" contract. Salvini and Di Maio, on the other hand, dictate the line to take [...]
read more
“I want to find that money now. #Conte and #Tria provide in some way ”, so Matteo #Salvini made his debut yesterday, while talking about the credits that the companies have left over from the Public Administration. (by Massimiliano D'Elia) The dry No to #minibot came directly from the Minister of Economy Giovanni Tria, from the president of the ECB, Mario [...]
read more
Cristina Carlini on Adnkronos summarizes all the matches open with France and those already closed. Apparently France is doing "shopping" in Italy. The jewels of the beautiful country are targeted. The waters do not have time to calm down, at least apparently, for a dossier that immediately another ends up in the eye of the storm: not [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The Movement begins countermeasures against the Northern League's overwhelming power and proposes, as Il Messaggero writes, two poisoned meatballs. Removing #Giorgetti, supporting his candidacy as EU Commissioner and proposing the Mef to the #Lega. The theater of the letter of reply in Brussels did not go down to the pentastellati. So ready to sacrifice Minister Giovanni [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Giuseppe #Conte in the long-awaited direct from Palazzo Chigi spoke to the Italians, indeed no, only to the two vice premier. An unusual way to send messages to the two majority leaders. This is usually done in a closed-door meeting, or the situation in the Chamber is discussed in front of the [...]
read more
Thus in a press release the president of the Italian Military Union - Aeronautica Militare - SIM AM, Sinibaldo Buono, represents that he is still awaiting a response from the Minister of Defense, #Trenta and from the premier #Conte: "We listened with institutional composure and pragmatic dissertation the extreme elegance shown by the Prime Minister [...]
read more
“At 18.15 pm I will hold a press conference at Palazzo Chigi, I have some important things to say to all of you”. Thus Prime Minister Giuseppe #Conte announces the time of the press conference inviting, on twitter, to follow him "live streaming" on his Facebook page. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is playing the last card for himself and for the government. Self […]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) It did not go unnoticed that only #Salvini and the economists of the Lega had moved for the reply to the letter from Brussels. The meeting in via XX Settembre the other day. Yesterday a letter began to circulate in the media, complete with signatures and headed paper. The contents were very destabilizing. They promised [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) On 5 March the # M5S closed the electoral round with a resounding 32 percent and the #Lega reached the important milestone of 17 percent, establishing itself as the first party of the center-right. What everyone thought and hoped would not happen then came true: the yellow-green government was born. In the summer Salvini began [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Matteo #Salvini, live, while last night he was interviewed by Massimo #Giletti on La7, he learned that the Agrigento prosecutor Luigi #Patronaggio was making disembark from the Sea Watch, seized a few hours earlier by the financiers, well 47 migrants. 18 had already been transferred hours before to Lampedusa (children, women and some sick people). While […]
read more
(by Andrea Pinto) The Italian surface-to-air defense, ensured by #Aspide missiles is now 40 years old and will end its operational cycle at the end of 2020. The staffs had, wisely, foreseen a budget of about 545 million spread until 2031 , for a new integrated and interoperable weapon system. Defense Minister Elisabetta #Trenta [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The #spread yesterday stood at 281 basis points. The constant quarrels between Di Maio and Salvini is a great opportunity for the markets to keep Italy on a leash. Luigi Di Maio warns: “Stop shooting from irresponsible people. It is not possible to exceed 3% of the deficit-GDP ratio ”. Matteo Salvini, on the other hand, replies: "We must and [...]
read more
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Today's Council of Ministers will have to play "the dead man" with no ifs and buts. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and the leader of the pentastellati Luigi Di Maio had hoped that the Northern League undersecretary Armando Siri had taken a step back independently. In reality, the council of ministers will not count [...]
read more
President Donald Trump had a telephone conversation with Marshal Khalifa Haftar to discuss ongoing counter-terrorism efforts and the "need to achieve peace and stability". The White House says so. "The president recognized Haftar's significant role in combating terrorism, and the two discussed a [...]
read more
Interior Minister Matteo Salvini raised the alarm on the risk of terrorist attacks also in Italy, given the escalation of recent days in Sri Lanka: «We must organize ourselves so that this does not happen in Italy. The police are checking thousands of points that could be at risk and therefore we count on them, which are among the best in [...]
read more
The Minister of the Interior, Matteo Salvini, interviewed by Rtl 102.5, about the Libyan crisis and the secret negotiation, which the newspaper "La Repubblica" talks about, between Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and a delegation of General Haftar, said: " If Conte meets all the parties involved, I can't tell you yes or no, but if [...]
read more
Far from Italy and France? It would not seem like it if you consider the commercial relationships and some strategic mergers at a global level that are in the works. Fca and Peugeot are looking at each other more and more, Essilor and Luxottica are already in business and then there is the question of the Tav. Then there is the ongoing clash between Tim and [...]
read more
The banking associations of Austria, Croatia, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia note that the articulated and detailed financial regulation entails for medium and small banks, in particular, disproportionate burdens and costs: over 80% of them are based in the states where these associations operate. Despite the reform package of [...]
read more
(by Antonio Gaspari, www.frammentidipace.it) A new world is emerging. Faced with trade wars, price speculations, threats of tariffs, sanctions and territorial disputes, China and Italy have indicated a new path made of cooperation and investment, technological innovation, cultural progress and environmental protection. A strong signal in which China and Italy, the East and [...]
read more
Xi Jinping landed on the Cote d'Azur and in Nice Macron as soon as he met the Chinese president said: "I am happy to welcome you to France". The agenda is very dense with a bilateral meeting at the Elysée, signing of commercial agreements and then a state dinner. Tomorrow the meeting at the Elysée with Chancellor Angela Merkel and the President of the Commission [...]
read more
There are 29 agreements included in the Memorandum of Understanding signed today in Villa Madama between China and Italy during the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Italy that in fact mark the birth of the New Silk Road. The signature was placed in the presence of the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, and [...]
read more
Italy is the first G7 country that decides to do so, but also the fifth in the European Union. The former minister explains in an interview with “La Stampa” that Angela Merkel is right when - she did so at the last Davos summit - she says that the future of all of us is around shared institutions. This agreement [...]
read more
It is very interesting what the Chinese media write about Italy and about their president's trip to our country. Italy is one of the first countries in the world to do sci-tech cooperation with China. In 1978, the two countries signed an agreement in Rome for the exchange of funds for researchers, knowledge and sci-Tech. The fields […]
read more