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    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Enel SpA
      Italy’s Enel to cut renewable investments

      State-controlled utility rows back on green spending in new 3-year plan after clash with government

      Enel Green Power’s geothermal power site in Larderello, Italy
    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      EU budget rules
      EU urges member states to scrap energy subsidies

      Commission calls on Germany, Portugal and Malta to remove measures as soon as possible

      A construction crane beyond an apartment building at dusk in Berlin
    • Monday, 20 November, 2023
      Italian bonds rally after Moody’s credit rating reprieve

      Ten-year borrowing cost falls to 2-month low after Rome avoids downgrade to ‘junk’ status

      A delicatessen truck at a street market in Milan
    • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
      Special ReportDiversity Leaders
      FinecoBank takes on Italy’s women-in-workforce challenge

      Part-time work option and hybrid model assist in supporting female participation in labour market

    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      LexCamilla Palladino
      The Lex Newsletter: threat of junk inspires no funk for Italy Premium content

      Despite country’s huge debt load, politicians, central banks and rating agencies prevent it tumbling into the abyss

      Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
    • Wednesday, 25 October, 2023
      Top Italian finance official criticises government over bank windfall tax

      Federico Freni says communication on new levy was poor, while measures on bad loans are unnecessary

      Federico Freni
    • Thursday, 19 October, 2023
      Inside BusinessSilvia Sciorilli Borrelli
      Italian coalition members risk another clash with investors

      Members of the government want to make it easier for companies to repurchase impaired loans

      Italy’s PM Giorgia Meloni
    • Monday, 16 October, 2023
      Italy unveils €24bn in tax cuts and pay rises to spur faltering growth

      Premier Giorgia Meloni launches ‘serious’ budgetary measures amid market concern over country’s public finances

      Giorgia Meloni with Cabinet ministers
    • Sunday, 8 October, 2023
      Interview
      Italy’s central bank governor urges Meloni to heed investors’ debt fears

      Ignazio Visco says concerns persist about country’s long-term growth prospects

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

      Rome and Brussels must work together to adapt spending plans

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

      Giorgia Meloni at a news conference
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