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Six officials probed over Cutro-shipwreck-rescue delay
Prosecutors in Crotone on Tuesday served notification to six officials that they have concluded an investigation into allegedly negligent delays in the rescue effort regarding the shipwreck of the Summer Love boat.
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INPS inspection on farms found 57 per cent off-book workers
Pensions and Social Security Agency INPS, Carabinieri police and labour inspectors have carried out a joint operation to crack down on the gangmaster system in the agricultural sector.
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Senate approves Salvini’s ‘save-home’ decree
The Senate on Wednesday gave definitive approval to Deputy Prime Minister and Transport and Industry Minister Matteo Salvini’s so-called ‘save-home’ (salva-casa) decree.
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Government to bring in body cameras for police
Interior Undersecretary Nicola Molteni said Thursday that the government is set to present an amendment to the security bill that would see body cameras installed on the uniforms of Italian police officers.
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Opera houses decree on retirement at 70 ‘illegitimate’
In a sentence published on Thursday, Italy’s Constitutional Court ruled that a government decree converted into law last year is unconstitutional.
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Mattarella blasts ‘subversive’ acts against free press
President Sergio Mattarella on Wednesday blasted “any act directed against free press” as “a subversive act against the Republic”.
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Calabria governor calls for autonomy ‘moratorium’.
Calabria Governor Roberto Occhiuto on Thursday called for a moratorium on the application of the law recently approved by Giorgia Meloni’s centre-right government introducing ‘differentiated autonomy’ for Italy’s regions.
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Mattarella meets Italian Olympians in Paris
Italian President Sergio Mattarella met Italian athletes taking part in the 2024 Paris Olympics at the Olympic village on Thursday and sang the national anthem with them.
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Scrapping abuse of office could impact graft - EC report
The European Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report on Wednesday expressed concern about a law recently approved by the government that abolishes the crime of abuse of office.
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Concerns about PM reform in EC rule-of-law report
Concerns about the possible impact of Giorgia Meloni’s government’s draft reform to introduce the direct election of the prime minister were mentioned in the Italy chapter on the European Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report on Wednesday.