https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A report by the OECD on Tuesday showed that less than half of Italy’s new business owners are women. But as The Local discovered, things have been slowly changing since the period from which the organization collated its research. https://www.thelocal.it/20151118/the-women-shaking-up-italys-startup-world Wed, 18 Nov 2015 17:42:08 +0100 the-women-shaking-up-italys-startup-world Gianluca Petrelli's mystery shopper app, BeMyEye, has thrived since being launched just two years ago. He talks to The Local about what it takes to be successful in the challenging startup scene. https://www.thelocal.it/20151103/the-italian-firm-is-disrupting-the-startup-scene Tue, 03 Nov 2015 09:00:25 +0100 the-italian-firm-is-disrupting-the-startup-scene Finmeccanica and Unicredit are among the 340 international companies said to have struck secret tax deals in Luxembourg, allowing them to reduce global tax bills despite having little activity in the tax haven. https://www.thelocal.it/20141106/major-italian-firms-cut-secret-luxembourg-tax-deal Thu, 06 Nov 2014 11:59:00 +0100 major-italian-firms-cut-secret-luxembourg-tax-deal The number of Italian businesses opening up in Romania is on the rise, with 282 registering in the first two months of 2014 alone, according to new figures from the Italian foreign ministry. https://www.thelocal.it/20140527/italian-businesses-flock-to-romania Tue, 27 May 2014 15:11:00 +0200 italian-businesses-flock-to-romania The Italian government has paid €5 billion of its debt to businesses, out of a total of €20 billion to be paid this year, the Ministry of Economy and Finance said in a statement. https://www.thelocal.it/20130807/5-billion-boost-for-struggling-italian-firms Wed, 07 Aug 2013 14:33:00 +0200 5-billion-boost-for-struggling-italian-firms Italy's motorway petrol stations will close late on Tuesday until early Friday morning as gas pump operators strike over price hikes. https://www.thelocal.it/20130716/italys-motorway-petrol-operators-set-to-strike Tue, 16 Jul 2013 11:37:00 +0200 italys-motorway-petrol-operators-set-to-strike