Excessive deficit procedure: EU Council adopts recommendations for seven countries
On 21 January 2025, the EU Council adopted recommendations for seven countries to correct their excessive deficit situation within a…
Joint article on Just Energy Transition Partnerships
The joint article on Just Energy Transition Partnerships is signed from Minister for Development Anneliese Dodds (UK), Assistant Secretary of…
Italy: EIB Group and Findomestic agree on €250m private energy efficiency loans
The EIB Group supports families and households on their energy-efficient and alternative energy production projects for their homes.
Italy: EU Commission receives 7th RRF seventh payment request for €21 billion
The EU Commission has received on 30 December the seventh payment request from Italy under the Recovery and Resilience Facility…
EIB provides €250m to Finlombarda for businesses in Lombardy
Finlombarda, the finance firm of the Lombardy region, will equal the EIB loan and provide a maximum of €250 million in…
NextGenerationEU reaches €300 billion in RRF payments with latest disbursements
The total disbursed amount under the EU's Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) has now surpassed the €300 billion milestone. This…
EU Solidarity Fund: Italy, France and Austria receive €392m to recover after floods
The EU Commission paid an amount of €392.2 million from the EU Solidarity Fund (EUSF) to help Italy, France and Austria…
European Semester Autumn Package Part II: Socio-economic challenges for 2025
Today, the EU Commission unveils the second part of the European Semester Autumn Package, after the first part had been…
Italy: EU Commission approves state support to renewable electricity production
The EU Commission has approved an estimated €9.7 billion Italian scheme to support electricity production from renewable energy sources to…
Archaeological treasures: Four suspects arrested for illegal exports
Italian authorities have disrupted a sophisticated operation that was illegally exporting precious archaeological artefacts belonging to the Italian state. The…
Italy: EU Commission approves €167m state aid to support the agricultural sector
The EU Commission has approved a €167 million Italian scheme to support the primary agricultural production sector in the context of Russia's war against…
G7 Leaders’ statement on Syria
"After decades of atrocities committed by the Assad regime, we stand with the people of Syria. We denounce terrorism and…
Joint action in Brazil and Italy: 23 members of cocaine trafficking network arrested
A joint operation in Brazil and Italy has led to the arrest of 23 members of a cocaine trafficking network…
Critical raw materials: EU Commission hosts Minerals Security Partnership (MSP)
The MSP is part of the EU's multilateral efforts to correct market imbalances on global raw materials markets and promote mutually beneficial…
MEP Damian Boeselager (Volt): “Italy’s super expensive migration failure”
Volt MEP Damian Boeselager analyses the brand-new Italian-built detention centres for migrants that were constructed on Albanian soil in order to outsource…
EU electricity retail markets: ACER Country Sheets identify opportunities and threats
For the first time, ACER has published its Country Sheets on retail electricity markets across EU Member States and Norway.…
EU-funded migrant integration measures: EU Auditors point at lack of monitoring
Migrants represented 6.1% of the EU's population in 2023. While €1.9 billion was allocated under the Asylum, Migration and Integration…
International investigators take down encrypted messaging service MATRIX used by criminals
Authorities are staying on top of the encrypted messaging services that criminals use to undertake their activities. A joint investigation…
Crackdown on illegal streaming network with 22 million users worldwide (updated)
Authorities have struck a blow at illegal streaming networks, by shutting down one of the world’s largest illegal service. Eurojust…
Italy: EU Commission preliminarily endorses 6th RRF payment request for €8.7bn
Today, the EU Commission has endorsed a positive preliminary assessment of Italy's sixth payment under the Recovery and Resilience Facility,…
G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Fiuggi-Anagni, Italy
The G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting to be held in Fiuggi and Anagni from 25 to...
2024 floods in Italy and Germany: EP Committee endorses €116m from EU Solidarity Fund
On Thursday, Budget Committee MEPs approved €116 million in EU Solidarity Fund aid to support recovery efforts in two EU…
International cigarette trafficking ring dismantled: Fifteen arrests
Eurojust, Europol and authorities from 10 countries stopped a criminal group operating an intricate cigarette trafficking scheme. Fifteen suspects were…
Italy and India sign Joint Strategic Action Plan 2025-2029
Unlocking New Horizons: At the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Giorgia Meloni commit to…
Albanian-led cocaine trafficking gang: Laboratory seized and ten arrests
Albanian authorities arrested ten alleged members of a drug trafficking network over the weekend in an operation supported by Eurojust.…
Italy: EU Council greenlights amended recovery and resilience plan
The EU Council today approved the EU Commission’s positive assessment of Italy’s amended recovery and resilience plan. According to the…
EU Solidarity Fund: EU Council endorses €116m disaster relief aid for Germany and Italy
Today the EU Agriculture Council agreed to mobilise the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Germany and Italy…
Eurojust supports return of archaeological vases and coins to Italian museum
Eurojust has supported Italian authorities with the return of over 2500 precious ancient coins, vases and small sculptures that had…
Fake Art Case: International operation leads to seizure of 2,000 fake works
The fake art recovered by the authorities included forged works by famous artists such as Banksy, Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso,…
Crackdown on cocaine trafficking from South America in Italy and Albania
An international operation coordinated by Eurojust and Europol has disrupted the trafficking of large quantities of cocaine from South America…
Italy: New EIB-CDP agreement to provide €1 billion in support for public sector
A €500 million EIB guarantee will enable Cassa Depositi e Prestiti to provide new loans totalling €1 billion to public sector bodies.…
Natural desasters: EU Commission proposes €116m to help Germany and Italy
The EU Commission is proposing €116 million in financial assistance from the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) to help Germany…
In hoc vino non veritas: Investigators stop criminals selling forged wine
Eurojust and Europol supported French and Italian investigators arresting seven suspects and seizing cash and valuable goods. The international criminal…
Italy: EU Commission approves €1bn state aid for farmers affected by floods and landslides
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €1 billion Italian scheme to support farmers affected by…
Anti-mafia operation: Four arrests and nine companies seized in Italy, Brazil, and Hong Kong
Investigations into the criminal organisation uncovered an elaborate scheme that was laundering money from Italy to Brazil, through several companies.…
Successful operation against fraudsters targeting cities and municipalities – Eurojust
German and Italian authorities worked together with Eurojust and Europol to stop a fraudulent scheme. The suspects targeted public institutions,…
Eurojust supports operation against Albanian drug-trafficking ring in Italy: 66 arrests
A large-scale cocaine-smuggling ring was dismantled by authorities in Italy, Albania, Poland and Switzerland, coordinated by Eurojust.
Joint statement on establishing the Minerals Security Partnership Finance Network
The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and Australia, Canada,…
EU Commission proposes €120m support to farmers affected by adverse weather
Today, the EU Commission proposed to allocate €119,7 million from the agricultural reserve to directly support farmers from Bulgaria, Germany, Estonia, Italy, and Romania, who have been impacted…
Disaster relief aid 2023: EU Council mobilises €1,03bn for several EU regions
The EU Council agreed to mobilise the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to several regions in Italy, Slovenia,…
Desaster recovery: EU Commission offers over €1bn to Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Greece, and France
The EU Commission is proposing over €1 billion in financial support from the EU Solidarity Fund (EUSF) to help Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Greece and…
Fugitive Calabrian organized crime leader arrested in Slovenia – Eurojust
A fast and coordinated action by Italian and Slovenian authorities, supported by Eurojust, has led to the arrest of a…
Large-scale anti-mafia operation leads to arrest and freezing of €50m – Eurojust
A two-year investigation has uncovered an intricate money laundering scheme run by a mafia family from Palermo. The total value…
ECDC alert: West Nile virus season in full swing in Europe
In 2024 and as of 31 July 2024, eight countries in Europe reported 69 locally acquired human cases of WNV infection. Cases were…
Italy: EU Commission approves amendment to Italian RRF state aid scheme
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, an amendment to an Italian scheme made available through the…
Italy: EU Commission disburses fifth RRF payment of €1bn
The fifth payment request covers 54 milestones and targets. These include significant steps in the implementation of 14 reforms and…
EU Pact on Migration and Asylum: Nine Member States to receive technical support
The EU Commission will provide tailored support and expert advice to nine Member States through the Technical Support Instrument (TSI). This support will help…
Silk Road spirit: Chinese President Xi meets Italian prime minister Meloni
Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Beijing on Monday. Noting that China and Italy…
First Ministerial Meeting of the IAEA World Fusion Energy Group to be held in Italy in November
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Italy – the current Group of Seven (G7) presidency – will co-host the…