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October 16, 2024

Reform plans to scrap medical school admission tests

Medical school admission tests have been scrapped as part of a draft reform presented Wednesday to the Senate granting free access to the first semester after which only students who have completed all tests will be ranked nationally with top students allowed to continue their studies. The cabinet hopes to

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Netherlands interested in Italy-Albania model

Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp said Wednesday that the Netherlands is interested in the model created by the agreement Rome reached with Tirana to set up Italian migrant centres on Albanian territory. I believe the Italian policies (on migrants) are in line with what EU leaders agreed several years ago,”

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Migration mainly managed as an emergency says Zuppi

The president of the Italian Bishops Conference (CEI), Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, has said that immigration is mainly managed as an emergency while it could represent a resource for society. “We often see the continuation of an approach that is only guided by the emergency which neglects promotion and integration: we

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Inflation down from 1.1% in Aug to 0.7% in Sep

Istat on Wednesday confirmed its preliminary estimate of September inflation at 0.7%, down from 1.1% in August. It is the lowest level recorded since the beginning of the year. The deceleration is mainly due to the prices of energy goods, both regulated (from +14.3% to +10.4%) and non-regulated (from -8.6%

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Rising number of ‘working poor’ among migrants says report

The 60.7% employment rate of non-EU foreign workers last year was closer to the 61.5% rate of the totality of workers in Italy yet nearly one foreigner in four who sought the assistance of a Caritas centre was a “working poor”, or 28.1%, according to the annual report drafted by

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Stellantis announces new suspensions at three plants

Stellantis on Wednesday announced to labour unions that it will suspend production over a number of days in November at its three Italian plants of Pomigliano D’Arco, Termoli and Pratola Serra. “These measures are necessary to adjust production to the current market conditions and to guarantee an efficient management of

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