Eni half-year profits up to €7.08 billion
Italian energy giant Eni reports its adjusted net profit for the second quarter was €3.81 billion. This takes the half-year profit up to €7.08 billion as energy prices soar.
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On this day in history: Benito Mussolini born
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was born on 29 July 1883. An Italian politician, he founded the National Fascist Party. Mussolini became Prime Minister of Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 until his deposition in 1943. He was executed in 1945 by Italian partisans.
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Another person dies in Lake Garda as search for body of British father continues
Lake Garda drownings this month climb to six, as the search for British father Aran Chada continues.
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Brothers of Italy would be reliable in international arena says Meloni
Brothers of Italy (FdI) leader Giorgia Meloni said Italy will be a reliable international partner if a right/centre-right coalition led by her party wins the September 25 general election.
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EU Economic Commissioner warns Italy to press ahead with reforms
Italy’s next government cannot expect Brussels to renegotiate the fundamentals of a €200bn EU-funded Covid-19 recovery plan warns EU economic commissioner. Rome must stick to its reform pledges.
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Po Drought: Piedmont water reserves run dry
A Piedmont official stated on Tuesday the region has run out of water reserves due to Italy’s severe drought. A Marshall Plan is in preparation by the regional authority to deal with the Piedmont drought.
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Venice Film Festival 2022
Italy has five films in the running for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival 2022. American director Noah Baumbach’s White Noise will open the 79th version of the event.
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Where are we? Melting glacier shifts Italian-Swiss border
The Alpine border between Switzerland and Italy has shifted due to a melting glacier. The location of an Italian mountain lodge is now in dispute.
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Cruise passengers shuttled into Venice by motor boat
Port authority authorises Norwegian Cruise liner to dock at the Lido and shuttle passengers into Venice by motor boat. It is reportedly part of an experiment following the city’s banning of large ships.
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Moderate MPs are quitting Berlusconi’s Forza Italia party
MPs Annalisa Baroni and Giusy Versace became the latest moderates to quit Forza Italia (FI). Several politicians have left Silvio Berlusconi’s centre-right group in protest at its part in the fall of Draghi’s unity coalition.
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