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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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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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Banks only ones making sacrifices in budget – Giorgetti

Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti on Wednesday presented the 2025 budget bill that the cabinet approved on Tuesday, stressing that it only imposed sacrifices on banks and insurance companies. Giorgetti’s use of the term “sacrifices” in relation to the budget had caused controversy in the run-up to the package being approved.

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Stellantis vehicle deliveries slump 20% in Q3

Stellantis said Wednesday that its consolidated global shipments in the third quarter have dropped by 20% compared to the same period in 2023 to 1.148 million units. The fall in deliveries was higher than underlying sales estimated to have dropped by 15%, reflecting the temporary impact of transitions in the

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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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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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