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The European Commission has adopted an exceptional support package of 330 million euros to support agricultural businesses. Farmers in Italy , Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia, Finland, and Sweden will have access to [...]

The Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy reopens Patents+, Designs+ and Trademarks+ , with a budget of 32 million euros, as provided by the Strategic Lines of action on industrial property for the three-year period, 2021-2023. Grants for SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) break down as follows: 20 million [...]

The tourist season got off with a slow start in Northwest Sardinia. According to an analysis of Federalberghi-Confcommercio province of Sassari, in June there was a decrease of more than 6% of the room occupancy rate, going from 68.89% in June 2022 to 62.23% in June 2023. The analysis is [...]

The Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy has allocated further 175 million euros to support research and development projects carried out under Agreements for Innovation , presented at the second subsidised office and not admitted for lack of resources. The projects must be carried out entirely in the southern [...]

The European Commission has approved two Italian aid schemes, with a total budget of about 535 million euros, to support the labour costs of companies in the context of Russia’s war against Ukraine. The schemes were approved under the Temporary Framework for State aid in the event of crisis and [...]

The new EU regulation on general product safety came into force today, 12 June 2023. The new rules aim to address the major social changes that have affected consumer product safety over the past 20 years, such as increasing digitisation, new technological developments, and globalised supply chains. This updated framework [...]

The new platform "Connect Italy - Ultrafast Networks" is available online: it’s a tool designed to offer citizens all the information in real time on the progress of the interventions of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) Mission 1, Component 2, Investment 3 - "Ultrafast networks". The site, created [...]

The Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy has issued two decrees for the allocation of 108 million euros in order to refinance "Smart&Start Italy", an incentive that supports the creation and growth of innovative start-ups. The measure facilitates business projects to produce goods and services in the field of [...]

The European Commission has launched the 2023 Industry 5.0 Award , which recognises and values EU-funded projects that make an outstanding contribution towards building a European industry. The plan is to achieve social goals beyond employment and growth, becoming a resilient provider of prosperity, making production more sustainable and putting [...]

The European Investment Fund, supported by the InvestEU programme, has signed three new agreements with Endeka SGR, Banca Cassa di Risparmio di Savigliano S.p.A. and Azimut Investment SA for a total value of 88 million euros, to support the green transition of SMEs in Italy. The agreement with Endeka SGR [...]