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 needs to step up reforms if it is to make a full recovery from an economic crisis that caused poverty and inequality to surge while investment collapsed, the OECD said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170216/sustained-reforms-are-needed-in-italy-oecd-warns Thu, 16 Feb 2017 09:40:32 +0100 sustained-reforms-are-needed-in-italy-oecd-warns 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 Italy's economy stalled in the second quarter of the year, official data indicated on Friday, exacerbating fears a sluggish recovery from recession is running out of steam. https://www.thelocal.it/20160812/italian-economy-grinds-to-a-halt-as-recovery-runs-out-of-steam Fri, 12 Aug 2016 12:38:14 +0200 italian-economy-grinds-to-a-halt-as-recovery-runs-out-of-steam Italy’s unemployment rate in October stood at 11.5 percent, the same as September, following a decline over three consecutive months, the national statistics agency, Istat, said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20151201/italys-unemployment-rate-at-three-year-low Tue, 01 Dec 2015 12:50:41 +0100 italys-unemployment-rate-at-three-year-low 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 Nearly four decades after his murder, the mystery surrounding the death of acclaimed Italian film director and poet Pier Paolo Pasolini has been given a dramatic new twist. https://www.thelocal.it/20141203/new-dna-twist-to-pasolini-murder-mystery Wed, 03 Dec 2014 09:40:00 +0100 new-dna-twist-to-pasolini-murder-mystery 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