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Council of Ministers approves legislative decree on transparent conditions The Council of Ministers has approved, in preliminary examination, a legislative decree implementing the EU Directive 2019/1152 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019, on transparent and predictable working conditions in the European Union. The Decree [...]

Export: excellent performance but volumes remain lower than France and Spain Italy is the queen of the production of wines and sparkling wines, but is lagging behind in export volumes. According to data presented by Ismea at Vinitaly, Italy maintains its world leadership in the production of wines and sparkling [...]

Commission takes new measures to promote circular business models The European Commission has put forward a package of proposals aimed at making products sustainable in the EU a practice, promoting circular business models and providing consumers with the means to participate in the green transition. The new rules advocated by [...]

Reduce material consumption, eliminate fossil fuels, protect biodiversity, promote environmental sustainability. The following are some of the points around which the VIII Environmental Action Programme revolves: it was adopted by the European Council to address the EU’s ecological transition between now and 2030. The Environmental Action Programme aims to accelerate [...]

The proposal provides for investments in our Country for 3,1 billion euros The European Commission has approved the programming of the React-EU for 2022 proposed by Italy, which involves investments in our country for about 3.1 billion euros. The document, drawn up by the Ministry for South and Territorial Cohesion, [...]

The European Commission pays Italy its first instalment of 21 billion euros On 13 April, the European Commission paid Italy the first instalment of 21 billion euros for the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, following the positive assessment of the payment request submitted by Rome at the end of December, [...]

The aim is to encourage practices to store coal in the soil in a sustainable way The EU goal for the coming years is as follows: to store more carbon in agricultural and forest soils to reduce the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere, favouring with ad hoc financing the [...]

The continuous growth of innovative startups and SMEs is driving the recovery and the digital transition in Italy. According to the report on the fourth quarter 2021 of the Ministry of Economic Development with Unioncamere, InfoCamere and Mediocredito Centrale, the innovative startups registered in the special section of the Register [...]

There are 318.000 hirings planned by Italian companies in February, 1.023.000 the forecast between February and April. Numbers slightly down from the beginning of the year but growing compared to the same period of 2021. In Sardinia, 7.450 employees are scheduled by companies in February (+2.160 compared to February 2021) [...]

The Italian agri-food industry risks to pay for the effect on the market of the conflict in Ukraine. This is confirmed by an analysis of ISMEA, the Institute of Services for the Agricultural Food Market. According to the study, Italy is particularly vulnerable due to its high degree of dependence [...]