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The European Commission paid Italy the second instalment of 21 billion euros yesterday, 8 November, for the achievement of the 45 goals and objectives set by the National Recovery and Resilience Plan. The payment of this instalment, which follows the pre-financing of over 24 billion occurred in August 2021 and [...]

The first nine months of 2022 have been positive for companies in the industry and services sector. According to the results of the Economic Survey on Industrial Enterprises and Services, published by the Bank of Italy, companies with at least 20 employees show an increase in turnover until September 2022, [...]

The European Commission greenlights the program of the European Fund for the marine affairs, the fishing and the aquaculture for Italy, which has adopted the 987.8 million euros worth document; 518.2 million of which will arrive under the form of contributions from the EU. About half of the funds allocated [...]

Yesterday, 1st November 2022, the EU law on digital markets came into force. The new regulation puts an end to the unfair practices of companies operating as "gatekeepers" in the economy of online platforms. The law on digital markets defines situations where a large online platform is a "gatekeeper". These [...]

On November 4, in the framework of the Tourism Innovation Summit in Seville, the European Data Space for Tourism (DATES) initiative was officially launched, aimed at the development of the first "data space" of tourism in Europe. The project is funded by the European Commission through the Digital Europe Programme, [...]

Stop persistent organic pollutants. With the approval by Parliament of the Law of 12 July 2022, Italy has ratified its accession to the Stockholm Convention, thereby committing itself to minimising emissions into the atmosphere of persistent organic pollutants (Pops), intentional and unintentional, and their releases into water and soil, through [...]

The European Commission has approved an Italian aid measure of 35 million euros in support of businesses providing commercial bus transport services. The measure is intended to alleviate the liquidity needs faced by these companies due to the current geopolitical crisis and the consequent increase in the prices of natural [...]

First green light of the European Commission to Italy’s second request for payment of 21 billion euros (10 billions of subsidies and 11 billion of loans, net of pre-financings), as part of the device for the recovery and the resilience (RRF), a key tool of the Next Generation Eu programme, [...]

Technological and scientific innovation continues to grow in the EU, with Italy among the "moderate innovators" countries. According to the 2022 edition of the European Innovation Scoreboard, published yesterday by the European Commission, EU innovation performance has improved by around 10% since 2015. Innovation performance has improved for 19 Member [...]

The Ministry of Agricultural Food and Forestry Policies has issued a decree allocating 25 million euros to the horticultural sector, as an aid to counteract the effects of higher energy prices due to the current economic crisis, generated by the international instability, caused by the Ukrainian war. According to Istat [...]