Refugee Quota Farce Leaves Italy Inundated

40,000 refugees were to be transferred; so far 525 applications approved, with only 90 leaving the country. Rome has spent over €1bn and received €310m

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Serracchiani Dismisses Plans to Cut Regions from 20 to 12

Vice-secretary dismisses plan supported by her own government: “This is absolutely not on the agenda”. Morassut and Ranucci’s proposals also backed by Italian daily L’unità

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Benefits of Working from Home

Same rules and rights for people working in or outside the office envisaged in bill attached to the Budget

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Mystery Death Among the Homeless

Body of Fabio Aloisi found ten days ago in Ripamonti. Investigators have no idea why he was there.

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Suspected “Trap” Aimed at Discrediting Pope Francis

News that Pope Francis was suffering from a brain tumour soon turned out to be false. Mystery of letter from 13 cardinals criticising the approach adopted in the Synod and warning the assembly not to take a soft line on family issues.

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Tax Evasion, Tourism, Shopkeepers, and the €3000 Cash Limit

The fewer the tabs kept on the movement of money, the higher the likelihood of people providing false information on turnover to the tax authorities.

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Ultra-wideband: Renzi Dusts off Dossier and Talks to Companies

Government applies pressure, as Vodafone executives talk to the prime minister. ENEL focuses on web counters in talks with operators

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Needless Prescriptions and Endemic Healthcare Fraud

Healthcare fraud cost the state €1.67bn between January 2014 and September 2015, thanks to unnecessary prescriptions, and free treatment given to the unentitled.

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Fatal School Trip Fall. Elia’s Mother Demands Truth

Tragedy during the night in Via Stamina D’Ancona. The boy who fell had smoked marijuana

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Ban Ki-Moon: “Italy Crucial in Libya and the Refugee Crisis”

UN Secretary-General in Rome to give a speech to Parliament. “Your country has always been a cornerstone in peace talks”

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Emanuela, VW Engineer: “If You Want the Perfect Car, Cheat”

Open letter from an Italian researcher who works at Wolfsburg to her new CEO, published by the Corriere: “Over the years, we have forgotten how to say ‘I’m sorry, I can’t do this’. This is the starting point for the cultural revolution you promised us”

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Football, Financial Doping and TV Rights

Top executives Preziosi and Paparesta targeted by Milan prosecutor’s office for “massaging” clubs’ finances. Lotito (Lazio) also under investigation for obstructing COVISOC’s “supervisory activities”

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Commissioner and Eight Deputies to Govern Rome

Matteo Renzi wants a team of experts to deal with “suburbs, transport and sport”, and to form a “mini executive”, in which each member is responsible for a specific sector

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New Rules of Engagement for Italian Missions

Our fighters in Kuwait deployed for surveillance and reconnaissance. They had a similar role in Afghanistan, until the situation changed.

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Mayor of Rome Marino Resigns, Amidst Threats of Revenge

Warnings to the party from the Mayor of Rome

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Iraq: Government Aims to Broaden Consensus Without Vote

Italy prepares for bombing missions against IS. Two options for Prime Minister Matteo Renzi: vote or inform Parliament

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Italy Ready to Bomb IS in Iraq. Ministry Assessing Situation

Tornados ready for action in Iraq. NATO ask Russia to stop raids in Syria

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Partner of Sacked Theologian: «We are Free from Shame»

Charamsa wrote to his mother: I love the Church more than ever; I’ve lost my office job, that’s all

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Friction Between Renzi and Mogherini

Italy excluded where it matters, also due to a lack of teamwork. Never have relations been so tense between the High Representative and the prime minister, who campaigned for her move to Brussels. The premier is thought to have called her to complain.

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Inefficient Tourist Board Spends More on Wages Than on Italy

Wages higher than at the White House But “only a few hundred thousand euros” spent on promoting Italy.

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Expo Set to Close Doors on 31 October. What Next?

Plans to turn the area into a university campus. Project bogged down by bureaucracy and delays

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