Rome - The PMI (national association for small and medium business) and ANCE (national construction agency) have outlined that they are seeking to create growth for Italian construction companies

ROME --KONE, the Finnish global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, has acquired

NAPLES – Meridiana and Iberia have announced an extension of their code-sharing agreement to cover the Italian airline’s new Madrid-Naples route.

ROME – Officials gathered this week to discuss the next phase of a programme that is trying to promote cross border co-operation in the Mediterranean.

ROME - The Italian aerospace engineering company Finmeccanica has finalised a deal with the US to service their F-35 jets in operation in Europe, it was announced on Thursday.

HELSINKI - Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank, is visiting the Bank of Finland from 26 to 27 November 2014 in response to an invitation from Bank of Finland Governor, Erkki Liikan

FLORENCE - The seventh edition of the BTO “Buy Tourism Online” conference is due to start on Dec 2 at Fortezza da Basso in Florence.

ROME - A new law was introduced by the Senate this week reducing VAT to 10 percent for moorings in Marina Resorts to encourage marine lodging.

ROME- Energy giant Enel and its renewable energy sector EGP –Enel Green Power- ensured investments for $600 million in the next 5 years in Latin America.

ROME - Italy is to eliminate 3.3 billion in planned tax cuts, according to a letter to the European Commission written by Italian Economy minister Carlo Padoan.

ROME - Next summer Naples and Catania are to be added to the Finnish airline’s network.

ROME- A strike of steelworkers in Terni ended Wednesday with three injured as they protested against ThyssenKrup - a German company located in Umbria- because of t

ROME - Debate continues between Renzi’s government and CGIL –Italy’s largest Labour Union- after Tuesday’s meeting on the controversial Jobs Act.

ROME - The new European Commission looks more like an experiment in balancing opposite forces than an institution that is run by some kind of governance.

ROME – Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has pledged to give 80 euros a month for three years to new mothers in a tax break, along with a promise to reduce taxes, beginning in January 2015.