
Eight measures in Italy’s 2027 budget that affect foreign residents
Italy’s draft 2027 budget includes an income tax cut for some higher earners and an extension to parental leave allowance.
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Italy’s draft 2027 budget includes an income tax cut for some higher earners and an extension to parental leave allowance.

Thousands of students and workers took to the streets across Italy on Friday, calling for more school funding and relief from the soaring cost of living, amid a high police presence to avert possible clashes.

From film festivals to a chocolate fair in Perugia and the first Christmas markets of the season in South Tyrol, there are plenty of things to do in Italy this November.

The EU will charge an extra €2 "processing fee" on parcels imported into the European Union from Sunday November 1st in a bid to reduce the influx of cheap Chinese products bought on the internet. The fee is on top of the recent €3 EU tax added on "small parcels".

School and university students are to rally in several Italian cities on Friday to call for more funding for schools and support for housing, with security forces preparing for possible clashes.

Disruption expected amid general strike, Italy’s draft budget faces fight in parliament, and more news on Friday.

The European Union and Canada are set to announce on Friday a new strategic alliance that will include more opportunities for Canadians and Europeans to live and study and work on the opposite side of the Atlantic.

The EU and Canada want to bring their relationship to the "highest level possible" as they face a "world of growing rivalries," the 27-nation bloc's chief said Thursday ahead of a meeting with Canadian leader Mark Carney.

Italy brings back diesel tax cut for 11 days, alleged organiser of Milan protests released from prison, and more news on Thursday.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday slammed as "shameful" the decision by a judge to dismiss accusations against a campaigner arrested on terrorism charges for allegedly seeking to organise violent protests.

Lower taxes for young professionals and healthcare subsidies for over-75s were among the measures ministers were expected to approve in Italy's 2027 budget on Wednesday.

Italy’s transport minister on Tuesday ordered transport workers not to join Friday’s general strike, as protests and walkouts in schools and hospitals are set to go ahead in dozens of towns and cities.

Italy has opened applications for this year's €720 payment for mothers in paid work, but not all will be eligible.

This is a fate you’ll want to avoid.

Italy was the only large EU economy with a rising number of people struggling to pay for housing as wages remain flat, according to new Eurostat data.