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The European Commission has published a guidance model to supervise Member States in measures to support the digitalisation of the media in the context of national recovery and resilience plans. The guidance template is a technical document providing sectoral guidance on the three cases where: the support does not involve [...]

International travellers entering the EU will have to comply with stricter rules to reduce the risk of transmission of the coronavirus. The new safety measures have been proposed by the European Commission in response to the spread of new variants of the coronavirus and a health situation which is still [...]

Thanks to the agreements provided for in the EU trade programme, between now and 2030, the agri-food exports of EU countries will increase significantly, and imports will grow to a smaller extent, creating overall a positive balance of trade. This is what emerges from a study carried out by the [...]

EU relaunches and strengthens the strategic partnership with neighbouring Mediterranean countries by proposing a new "Agenda for the Mediterranean". Under the new EU Neighbourhood, Development Cooperation and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI), up to 7 billion euros would be allocated for the period 2021-2027 for the implementation of the Agenda. This [...]

Zero carbon emissions by 2050 as required by the EU targets would lead to the creation of 5 million new jobs in Europe. And Italy would be the country able to take advantage of this socio-economic boom, thanks to the production of hydrogen and its competitiveness in the renewable energy [...]

A total of 182.9 million euros was allocated in 2021 for the promotion of agri-food products within and outside the EU. The work programme on promotion policy focuses in particular on the promotion of agricultural products and methods that more directly support the objectives of the European Green Deal, giving [...]

New rules on the export, import and shipment of plastic waste within the EU, are those adopted by the European Commission to prohibit the export of plastic waste from the EU to non-OECD countries, with the exception of clean plastic waste destined for recycling. Exports of plastic waste from the [...]

Historical economic agreement between the European Union and China: after seven years of negotiations and thirty-five mediation meetings, on 30 December 2020 Brussels and Beijing announced the "Comprehensive Agreement on Investment" (CAI), a bilateral agreement for economic investment worth 600 billion euros. The agreement, the details of which will have [...]

The second wave of the pandemic is holding back the recovery of the European economy. This is what emerges from Istat’s new EURO-ZONE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK report. "After the marked increase in the third quarter - the press release accompanying the document reads - economic activity in the euro area is [...]

The Commission has approved the Italian scheme which allocates 130 million euros to airlines to compensate for the damage suffered as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Once the green light will be given by the Commission, the Italian Government will be able to provide support in the form of [...]