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Italy could lose $23.6 billion in exports, 118,000 jobs with US tariffs, industry head says
MILAN (Reuters) -Italy risks losing 20 billion euros ($23.6 billion) in exports and 118,000 jobs next year if the U.S. imposes tariffs of 10% on all European products, the head of the main Italian business lobby said on Wednesday. "Italy does not...

Italy Explores Turning Sicily Bridge into NATO-Linked Military Project
(MENAFN) Italy's government is considering reclassifying the much-debated €13.5 (around $14B) billion bridge connecting the mainland to Sicily as a strategic military project, aimed at meeting NATO’s ambitious defense spending target of 5% of GDP...
Italy could lose 20 billion euros in exports, 118,000 jobs with US tariffs, industry head says
MILAN (Reuters) -Italy risks losing 20 billion euros ($23.6 billion) in exports and 118,000 jobs next year if the U.S. imposes tariffs of 10% on all European products, the head of the main Italian business lobby said on Wednesday. “Italy does not...

Italy could classify $13.5 billion bridge as NATO spending Poltico
The planned overpass to Sicily lies outside of the US-led blocs military mobility corridor in the country Italian authorities are looking to classify a long-term project to construct a bridge connecting the mainland to the island of Sicily as a...

Italian Bank UniCredit SpA Announces Investment On BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF IBIT
Italy-based UniCredit SpA announced today it will offer to its professional clients a structured investment product tied to BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT), offering their clients full capital protection against losses, Bloomberg...

Europe’s Banking Union: Still unfinished business?
The EU Banking Union, created to stabilize Europe’s financial system, remains incomplete after a decade. Sep. 13, 2017: In his State of the Union address, then European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker highlighted the urgent need to...

ECOMONDO 2025 ON THE ROAD: THREE INTERNATIONAL STOPS AHEAD OF THE NOVEMBER EDITION AT RIMINI EXPO CENTRE (ITALY)
(MENAFN- Italian Exhibition Group (IEGEXPO)) THREE STOPS FOR ECOMONDO’S INTERNATIONAL ROADSHOW The first stop will be on 8th July in Cairo, in collaboration with the Italian Chamber of Commerce for Egypt, the Italian Embassy and the Italian Trade...

Việt Nam, Italy’s Lombardy region step up cooperative ties
ROME — Việt Nam has attached much importance to its Strategic Partnership with Italy and expects to deepen the bilateral relations in a substantive and effective manner across all areas, including cooperation between its localities and Lombardy...
Cirsa's Spanish IPO open to investors until July 7 in deal valuing it at nearly $3 billion
MADRID (Reuters) -Blackstone's Spanish gambling company Cirsa opened its initial public offering to investors on Wednesday and will close it on July 7, a bookrunner said in a document seen by Reuters. The new shares in the company would be...
Investment, Economic Cooperation With Italy, Brazil And France Expected After PM’s Working Visit – Fahmi
PUTRAJAYA, July 2 (Bernama) -- Several new initiatives involving investment and strategic economic cooperation between Malaysia and Italy, France, and Brazil are expected to be announced following Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's working...

Malaysia eyes investment, trade ties with Italy, Brazil, France
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia is set to strengthen investment and economic cooperation with Italy, Brazil, and France following Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s working visit to the three nations. The trip, which began yesterday and continues until...

Dean O’Gorman & Simone Kessell Join WBD New Zealand Series ‘Ms. X’; Germany’s Joyn & ProSieben Greenlight ‘The Hunt’; RTL Completes Dutch Sale; Warner Bros Sets Italy Production Team – Global Briefs
Dean O’Gorman & Simone Kessell Join WBD New Zealand Series ‘Ms. X’ Dean O’Gorman (After the Party, The Hobbit) and Simone Kessell (Yellowjackets, Obi-Wan Kenobi) are among the cast added to Ms. X, the six-part crime comedy-drama for Warner Bros....

Zelestra, a Spanish renewable energy company, has received an additional $280 million for financing.
Leo Moreno, chief executive of Spain's Zelestra, said that the company has received a loan increase in the amount of 235 million euros ($277 millions) to help develop renewable energy projects across Europe, America and other countries. Zelestra,...

Spain's Zelestra gains an extra $280 million in financing for renewable energy projects
The loan now has an extra year before it matures - which will be in March 2029, he added.Spain's Zelestra has secured a €235 million ($277 million) increase to an existing loan scheme which will help it develop renewable energy projects in Europe,...
New restaurant opens in former Huntington Italian spot
Slow and steady wins the race. What started as a takeout spot in Franklin Square in 2015 has expanded with another full service restaurant, Brasas Peru Bistro, which recently opened in Huntington village. After a glow-up of the former Osteria da...

Vietnam, Italy’s Lombardy region step up cooperative ties
Rome (VNA) – Vietnam has attached much importance to its Strategic Partnership with Italy and wants to deepen the bilateral relations in a substantive and effective manner across all areas, including cooperation between its localities and Lombardy...

EU frets over government meddling in Spanish, Italian banking mergers
Rome did so by invoking its “golden power,” which was originally designed to stop foreign takeovers from threatening national security. That move did not go unnoticed in Brussels, where officials opened two distinct probes into the matter, led...

China’s Italian Job
Il Guardiano del Patrimonio, “The Guardian of Heritage,” was the grandiose title of a television series promoting President Xi Jinping’s cultural philosophy as it was broadcast last month across more than 30 Italian media outlets — one of the more...

Italy to admit 500,000 non-EU workers
People walk along Maqueda street, in Palermo, Italy, May 14, 2025. [Photo/Agencies] The Italian government has announced it intends to issue nearly 500,000 new work visas for non-European Union nationals during the next three years in an effort to...

Six life lessons from the healthiest region in Italy
After 10 years of research, he believes the team has only begun to uncover Cilento’s secrets to robust ageing. But if we’re not living in a beautiful Italian village by the sea, here’s what else we can do. 1. Think of olive oil as medicine For...