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 is planning major improvements to internet access nationwide using money from the European recovery fund. Silvia Marchetti looks at the country's connectivity problem and asks how likely things really are to change. https://www.thelocal.it/20210913/opinion-italy-has-a-big-chance-to-improve-its-internet-speed-but-will-it-take-it Mon, 13 Sep 2021 19:10:24 +0200 opinion-italy-has-a-big-chance-to-improve-its-internet-speed-but-will-it-take-it Italy faces a "formidable challenge" as it tries to fix its long-ailing economy with the help of EU post-pandemic recovery funds, Italian central bank governor Ignazio Visco warned on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20210531/recovery-fund-italy-faces-formidable-post-covid-challenge-says-central-bank Mon, 31 May 2021 15:44:22 +0200 recovery-fund-italy-faces-formidable-post-covid-challenge-says-central-bank Italy's parliament overwhelmingly approved the government's huge European Union-funded pandemic recovery plan Tuesday, just days before the deadline to submit it to Brussels. https://www.thelocal.it/20210426/less-red-tape-italy-announces-post-covid-economic-recovery-plan Mon, 26 Apr 2021 12:29:46 +0200 less-red-tape-italy-announces-post-covid-economic-recovery-plan Some 200 rural municipalities in Italy are to get publicly-subsidised fiber-optic broadband under the country's economic recovery plan. https://www.thelocal.it/20210425/waiting-for-wifi-italys-digital-divide Sun, 25 Apr 2021 12:08:29 +0200 waiting-for-wifi-italys-digital-divide Italy's governing parties meet on Friday to discuss revised plans to spend billions of euros in EU post-virus recovery funds after initial proposals provoked a crisis in the coalition. https://www.thelocal.it/20210108/how-italy-plans-to-spend-its-222-billion-coronavirus-recovery-fund Fri, 08 Jan 2021 12:55:31 +0100 how-italy-plans-to-spend-its-222-billion-coronavirus-recovery-fund Italy's prime minister on Wednesday set out plans for spending the country's 28 percent share of the €750 billion EU recovery fund aimed at helping countries re-emerge from the coronavirus crisis. https://www.thelocal.it/20200917/more-growth-lower-tax-for-families-italy-sets-out-plan-for-spending-eu-recovery-fund Thu, 17 Sep 2020 13:29:25 +0200 more-growth-lower-tax-for-families-italy-sets-out-plan-for-spending-eu-recovery-fund Europe's €750 billion recovery fund aimed at helping countries re-emerge from the coronavirus crisis is a mafia target, police chiefs said at a meeting in Rome on Tuesday, as organised crime groups continue to profit from the crisis. https://www.thelocal.it/20200915/the-recovery-fund-is-in-their-sights-europol-warns-eu-countries-of-mafia-profiting-from-covid-19-crisis Tue, 15 Sep 2020 12:38:25 +0200 the-recovery-fund-is-in-their-sights-europol-warns-eu-countries-of-mafia-profiting-from-covid-19-crisis