Operation at the port of Vado Ligure. The drugs, with a total value of 120 million euros, were hidden in a consignment of plantains inside a container from Colombia

Savona: Finance Police and Customs seize over three quintals of high-purity cocaine

Luxury resort off the coast of Tavolara: the Government backtracks 

Cars: 930 million for the sector, with uncertainty over the rules

Aggressive telemarketing for energy: consumer organisations call for ARERA and AGCM to intervene

Meloni: ‘Tax relief on contract renewals will be confirmed in the next budget’

36.6% of Italians aged 65 and over say they need some help with day-to-day tasks: this figure has doubled over the last twenty years. When help is needed, the family is there: 52.7 per cent rely on their children, 49.6 per cent on spouses and partners, and 16.0 per cent on relatives. Only 1.9% rely on nurses or home carers from public services. Too much loneliness: one in two 85-year-olds lives alone

Censis: a surge in vulnerability, but for Italians aged over 65, old age begins at 76.7 years

The weather forecast for the next few days

PA and public services: an end to repeated requests for data from citizens and businesses

Following its defeat in the Council of State, the Ministry of Economy and Finance has raised the increase for 2018–20 from 4.85% to 6.82%, but this will require almost 200 million. The following years are also at stake, and the bill could rise to 1 billion

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