President Riccardi: “We are seeing many elderly people, particularly those living with multiple chronic conditions: they are the group most at risk when temperatures rise”

Heatwave, Simeu: 10–15 per cent rise in A&E visits in major cities, but no cause for alarm

Heatwave: deaths at work under the sun in the Padua area. Milan brings forward the start of construction site work to 6am - 

The phenomenon is very popular amongst young people: among Generation Z, Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) accounts for 18.1 per cent of the credit facilities used. By contrast, the use of traditional small loans is on the decline

Censis-Confcooperative: ‘buy now, pay later’ has grown by 127% over three years

Confindustria: economy at a standstill – oil prices falling but inflation and interest rates rising

VW: CEO Blume is considering cutting up to 100,000 jobs over the coming years

Istat: GDP and employment are growing faster in the South than in the Centre-North

Prisons, Alemanno: a pardon is needed, but we know it won’t happen

Electoral law: why everyone is talking about preferential votes but nobody wants them

After the sweltering heat come the thunderstorms: how the heat turns into hail and lightning

More than half of municipalities have no IT or telecoms shops. The South is holding its own thanks to tourism. Ancona, Pesaro and Mantua top the list for closures

Neighbourhood shops have fallen by 11% over ten years: the Centre and North are hardest hit

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