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- Sunday, 30 August 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
On August 29 in Ceglie Messapica, the "La Piazza" festival was held with four panels, including "The alliances of the future" and "The future of justice"; announced participants included Nello Musumeci, Chiara Appendino, Antonio De Caro and Roberto Vannacci. The same day, at the Porto Antico in Genoa, the Festa dell'Unità hosted a meeting with Stefano Bonaccini, while in Limena the national festival of Rifondazione Comunista opened. The news comes from a single source (ANSA); no independent confirmation available.
- Sunday, 30 August 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
While Rome decides on extending the Schengen suspension due to expire on August 31, the "mirror" checks introduced by Spain on those arriving from Italy are scheduled to run until September 7, 2026. The two deadlines do not coincide: if Rome were to extend it, the symmetry would last one week, after which it would depend on a decision by Madrid not yet announced. (Today)
- Saturday, 29 August 2026 · Analysis
Former Ilva, decree on guarantees published in Official Gazette: shorter sureties, 28 October deadline stands
Decree-law 154/2026 on operational continuity of strategic plants was published on 28 August: it shortens the duration of financial guarantees on waste and internal landfills. In the same hours, Czech holding company CE Industries clarified it has not submitted any bid for Taranto.
- Saturday, 29 August 2026 · Lead Story
By-election in Reggio Calabria on September 27 and 28, diesel price cut extended to September 5
Two Council of Ministers meetings, on August 4 and August 26, set the calendar for the coming weeks: the vote in a Calabrian single-member constituency and a new short extension of the diesel discount, the third of the summer.
- Saturday, 29 August 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
On the sidelines of the opening ceremony of the Mediterranean Games, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni held talks with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, according to statements from the Presidency of the Council of Ministers. The content of the bilateral meeting is not detailed in the available communications.
- Friday, 28 August 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
Surveys published on August 28 indicate growth for Roberto Vannacci's Futuro Nazionale party and a decline for Giorgia Meloni and Elly Schlein; the source does not report percentages or the polling institutes behind them, and without that data we are not publishing figures. On the political front, Fratelli d'Italia downplayed Edmondo Cirielli's opening toward a government with Vannacci with a statement saying he "speaks in a personal capacity" (VirgilioNotizie). Single source available.
- Friday, 28 August 2026 · Analysis
Farnesina sends personnel to Kathmandu: three Italians remain unaccounted for
The Foreign Ministry has moved officials from the embassy in New Delhi to Nepal. Of the roughly ten fellow nationals initially untraceable, three cases remain open.
- Friday, 28 August 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella has issued the decree law on oil prices approved by the Council of Ministers and has authorized submission to Parliament of the conversion bill. The measure extends until September 5 the 17-cent-per-liter cut on diesel excise duty, at a cost of approximately 130 million euros according to government sources (110 million according to Il Sole 24 Ore). Also extended to the same date is the tax credit for road transport companies. Il Sole 24 Ore
- Thursday, 27 August 2026 · Analysis
Tajani rules out windfall tax and proposes an agreed contribution
At the Rimini Meeting, the Deputy Prime Minister rejects the hypothesis revived by the Pd and points to an agreement with energy companies as an alternative. Meanwhile, the diesel excise duty cut remains extended by ten days.
- Thursday, 27 August 2026 · Analysis
Diesel discount extended to September 5: decree approved, cost 130 million
The Council of Ministers has extended until September 5 the 17-cent-per-liter reduction on diesel only. After that date the government indicates its intention to move to income-linked support measures.
- Thursday, 27 August 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
Council of Ministers meeting no. 186, convened on August 26 at 6 p.m. at Palazzo Chigi, had two draft decree-laws on its agenda: one on urgent measures regarding oil prices, the other on operational continuity for plants of national strategic interest. Available sources do not report the specific content of the second measure.
- Wednesday, 26 August 2026 · Analysis
Council of Ministers at 6pm on two decrees: fuel prices and strategic plants
The 17-cent discount on diesel expires today. Palazzo Chigi has called an evening meeting with a decree law on oil prices and a second measure on the operational continuity of strategically important plants on the agenda.
- Wednesday, 26 August 2026 · Analysis
Excise duties, the Council of Ministers extends the diesel discount to September 5
The decree law approved on the evening of August 26 extends by ten days the 17-cent cut due to expire. After that date the government announces support measures reserved for lower income brackets, with forms and funding still to be specified.
- Wednesday, 26 August 2026 · Analysis
Former Ilva, candidates rise to four: Czech firm CE Industries joins the race
Urso announces from the Rimini Meeting the entry of a fourth European party into the race for former Ilva: it is the Prague-based holding company founded by Jaroslav Strnad, which does not produce steel. Meanwhile, the Italian consortium gains access to the data room.
- Wednesday, 26 August 2026 · Analysis
Excise duty cuts extended until today, government works on flexible excise duty and a contribution from oil companies
With petrol and diesel above two euros per litre, the government has extended the discount due to expire on August 24, and is studying how to fund its continuation with extra VAT revenue.
- Wednesday, 26 August 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
Labour Minister Marina Calderone has confirmed the plan for a pension account opened at birth and funded by an initial state contribution, as a future supplement to the Inps pension. The proposal is under study by the government ahead of the budget law. The minister expressed interest in the proposal by Inps president Gabriele Fava for a third pillar with incentives for newborns, pointing to Germany's experience with supplementary savings as a reference. (Today.it, Il Sussidiario)
- Tuesday, 25 August 2026 · Analysis
Cgil Puglia calls on institutions to intervene on conditions of farm laborers in the Foggia area
The regional union has once again raised the issue of the Borgo Mezzanone settlement. The request is documented, the situation prompting it is not: at present the news rests on a single source, and this piece states so.
- Tuesday, 25 August 2026 · Analysis
Excise duty on diesel, Council of Ministers convened for August 26
After the majority meeting on August 25 with Meloni, Tajani, Salvini, Lupi and Giorgetti, the government brings the extension of the 17-cent-per-liter cut to the Council of Ministers. Also on the table are discounts calibrated to income brackets and the taxation of oil companies' excess profits.
- Tuesday, 25 August 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
On 24 August 2016 at 3.36 am a magnitude-6 earthquake centred between Accumoli and Arquata del Tronto struck Lazio, Marche, Umbria and Abruzzo: 299 dead, 365 injured and more than 40,000 displaced, according to the statement by the President of the Republic, who called the earthquake a warning on the need for prevention (ANSA). Giorgia Meloni arrived in Amatrice in the afternoon, laid a laurel wreath and met with the victims' relatives; the mass was celebrated by Cardinal Matteo Zuppi (LaPresse). A citizens' committee objected to the change in the historic time of the mass (Sky TG24).
- Tuesday, 25 August 2026 · Analysis
As of today, the 17-cent discount on diesel ends and mobile excise duties return
The decree approved by the Council of Ministers on August 4 had extended until August 24 the 14-cent reduction in excise duty and 3-cent reduction in VAT on diesel fuel for road transport. From the 25th, the mobile excise duty mechanism resumes.
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