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118,000 jobs at risk: Italy faces a trade shock it may not survive.
Euro Weekly News
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July 5, 2025
Italy's export-heavy economy faces a new threat: U.S. tariffs that could cost billions in trade. Credit: StockSnap from pixabay via Canva.com The warning didn’t come from overseas. It came from Italy’s own industrial leaders — and it couldn’t be...
Italy limits outdoor work as heatwave breaks records across Europe
The Guardian
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July 1, 2025
Thirteen Italian regions have banned outdoor working during the hottest parts of the day; June temperature records have been smashed in Spain and Portugal; and schools in parts of France have been closed, as an extreme heatwave continues to grip...
Italy to issue 500,000 work visas for non-European countries by 2028
Daily Times
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July 1, 2025
Italy has announced that it will issue nearly 500,000 work visas to non-European countries between 2026 and 2028. This decision is part of a broader strategy to address the country’s growing labor shortage and promote legal immigration. The plan...
Top 10 stories of the day: Mabuza funeral | Springboks beat Italy | 2025 Durban July
The Citizen (South Africa)
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July 5, 2025
Here’s your daily news update for Saturday, 5 July 2025: An easy-to-read selection of our top stories. In today’s news update, the late former deputy president David Mabuza will be laid to rest next weekend, while the Springboks scored a 42-24 win...
Italians limit outdoor work, France shuts schools as heatwave sears Europe
BusinessLIVE
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Searing Higher temperatures in the Mediterranean Sea tend “to reinforce the extreme temperatures over land areas,” she said. The Mediterranean Sea was up to 6°C warmer than usual for the time of year, hitting a record of as much as 30°C in Spain’s...
Wine Awards 2025: Italy’s finest wines take over Budapest – 11 prestigious wineries compete for top honours
Daily News Hungary
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July 5, 2025
On the occasion of the Winelovers Wine Awards 2025, the Italian Trade Agency (ITA) office in Budapest organised, for the first time, a collective participation of Italian wineries in collaboration with Winelovers. Eleven prestigious Italian...
Ambassador Alberti Invites Large Italian Firms to Albania
Albanian Daily News
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The Italian Ambassador in Tirana, Marco Alberti, has said that large Italian companies should also come to Albania. Speaking about economic cooperation with Italy, Alberti stressed that it is necessary to have the presence of large companies in...
Italy Records First Heatwave-Linked Death
Famagusta Gazette
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July 1, 2025
Home Europe Italy Records First Heatwave-Linked Death FAMAGUSTA GAZETTE – A 47-year-old man collapsed and died while working under the sun at a construction site near Bologna on Monday, marking the first confirmed fatality linked to this year’s...
The surprising shifts climate change is bringing to Vermont farms: rice paddies, peaches, saffron
The Barre-Montpelier Times Argus - Vermont
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Vermont’s farmers are growing crops that better suit the state’s warmer and wetter climate — and branching into products that provide income even when traditional crops fail. Since 1900, annual temperatures in Vermont have increased by about 2...
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Italy expands legal immigration with nearly 500,000 work permits through 2028
Firstpost
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June 30, 2025
Italy will issue nearly 500,000 new work visas for non-EU nationals from 2026 to 2028, a cabinet statement said on Monday, as part of a strategy to expand legal immigration channels in response to labour shortages. A total 164,850 people will be...
Despite frost, Moldovan cherries are being exported to Italy
Fresh Plaza
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July 4, 2025
Despite the late spring frost that affected some Moldovan orchards, Moldovan producers are ready to deliver fruit that meets European standards. EcoFarm-Prod, a company from Vadul-Rașcov village in Șoldănești district, has opened the export season...
Inside 'filthy' farm where siblings, 6 and 9, lived in nappies speaking primitive language
The Mirror
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July 5, 2025
10:30, 05 Jul 2025Updated 10:43, 05 Jul 2025 In a heartbreaking case that astonished local police, two siblings, aged nine and six, were found to be living in a rural farmhouse still wearing nappies and only able to speak in their own, primitive...
Italy to issue half million non-EU work visas over next three years
MTV Lebanon
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Italy will issue nearly 500,000 new work visas for non-EU nationals from 2026 to 2028, a cabinet statement said on Monday, as part of a strategy to expand legal immigration channels in response to labour shortages. A total 164,850 people will be...
Italian ‘Ghost Town’ Rescued by Instagramable Street Art Which Attracts Thousands
Good News Network
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June 30, 2025
– credit Luciano Magaldi Sardella via SWNS A southern Italian hamlet referred to as a ghost town is now attracting thousands of tourists by commissioning artists to paint more than 140 murals on the sites of shops and homes. It seems fitting that...
Voices: Releasing lynx into the wild would be disastrous for Britain’s farmers
The Independent
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July 5, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Salt Mine Wine Blends Family, Sustainability, Italian Inspiration
Flagstaff Business News - Arizona
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July 5, 2025
Two brothers and their wives have turned a historic farm into a flourishing vineyard.Tucked within the six acres of trellises is a small but vibrant winery in Camp Verde, owned and operated by two brothers and their wives who have transformed a...
Negri, Vintcent living the Italian dream but haven't forgotten their South African roots as they tackle the Springboks
IOL
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Tonight, two members of the Italian team will be forgiven if they have a tear in their eye during the South African national anthem before kick-off against the Springboks at Loftus Versfeld. Flanker Sebastian Negri and No 8 Ross Vintcent were...
Releasing lynx into the wild would be disastrous for Britain’s farmers
The Independent (U.S.)
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July 5, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Trump threatens 17% tariffs on EU's food and farm produce as regional bloc prepares for a trade war
Firstpost
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July 5, 2025
The EU trade commissioner, Maroš Šefčovič, was given the warning on Thursday during his meeting with US Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. read more US President Donald...
Report: US Threatens 17 Percent Tariffs on EU Farm Exports
KUGN - Oregon
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July 4, 2025
The U.S. has threatened 17% tariffs on European Union agricultural exports as a Wednesday deadline loomed, an eleventh-hour move that EU officials have characterized as an escalation of the trade dispute between the parties. Such tariffs would hit...