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 Italy's inland revenue last year managed to recover a record €19 billion in its fight against tax evasion. https://www.thelocal.it/20170209/italy-recovers-record-19-billion-from-tax-evasion Thu, 09 Feb 2017 13:13:33 +0100 italy-recovers-record-19-billion-from-tax-evasion Eurogroup head Jeroen Dijsselbloem on Monday said there was still time to solve the crisis affecting banks in Italy that is raising fears of new dangers to the eurozone economy. https://www.thelocal.it/20160711/eurogroup-chief-plays-down-italys-banking-woes Mon, 11 Jul 2016 18:31:17 +0200 eurogroup-chief-plays-down-italys-banking-woes Italy's Finance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan has said a reduction in business tax will form part of the government’s overall tax cut pledge over the next few years. https://www.thelocal.it/20150907/italy-plans-cuts-to-business-taxes Mon, 07 Sep 2015 16:24:23 +0200 italy-plans-cuts-to-business-taxes Italy is in favour of tighter European integration and the creation of a European Monetary Fund, its finance minister said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150804/italy-in-favour-of-a-european-monetary-fund Tue, 04 Aug 2015 18:00:41 +0200 italy-in-favour-of-a-european-monetary-fund The amount of public debt racked up by the eurozone’s third largest economy reached a new record of €2.2 trillion in May, up by €23.4 billion in a month, the Bank of Italy said on Tuesday https://www.thelocal.it/20150714/italys-public-debt-reaches-new-record Tue, 14 Jul 2015 18:30:10 +0200 italys-public-debt-reaches-new-record Italy could have to pay an extra €11 billion to service its bad debt due to higher interest rates if Greece leaves the euro, according to forecasts from the ratings agency, Standard & Poor’s. https://www.thelocal.it/20150702/grexit-could-cost-italy-11bn-in-interest Thu, 02 Jul 2015 18:54:37 +0200 grexit-could-cost-italy-11bn-in-interest Italy’s finance minister on Monday played down the threat of Italy being hit by the fallout from market instability linked to the Greek crisis. https://www.thelocal.it/20150629/italy-does-not-fear-greek-contagion-padoan Mon, 29 Jun 2015 15:54:39 +0200 italy-does-not-fear-greek-contagion-padoan Italy’s Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan said on Monday there is no "Plan B" being hatched in the event of Greece leaving the euro. https://www.thelocal.it/20150427/there-is-no-plan-b-on-greece Mon, 27 Apr 2015 15:20:12 +0200 there-is-no-plan-b-on-greece Italy's Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan said a Eurogroup meeting on Greece's debt renegotiations was "not very useful". https://www.thelocal.it/20150217/greek-talks-not-very-useful-padoan Tue, 17 Feb 2015 15:21:00 +0100 greek-talks-not-very-useful-padoan A Greek exit from the euro would see the euro collapse like a house of cards, Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis warned in comments that triggered a spat with Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20150209/greece-in-spat-with-italy-over-bankruptcy-comments Mon, 09 Feb 2015 12:52:00 +0100 greece-in-spat-with-italy-over-bankruptcy-comments UPDATED: Italy’s planned tax incentives risk being "a costly flash in the pan”, an economist told The Local, as the country’s finance minister said on Monday that the measures could create 800,000 jobs. https://www.thelocal.it/20141020/italy-tax-breaks-could-create-800000-jobs Mon, 20 Oct 2014 17:42:00 +0200 italy-tax-breaks-could-create-800000-jobs Finance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan on Sunday promised to revamp Italy's bureaucratic system, rewarding the "honest taxpayer" as a way of sparking economic growth. https://www.thelocal.it/20140616/simplify-the-life-of-the-honest-taxpayer-padoan Mon, 16 Jun 2014 11:34:00 +0200 simplify-the-life-of-the-honest-taxpayer-padoan