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

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

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

In recent weeks, European countries have changed their strategy, moving from sanctions to full-scale raids at sea to board and intercept merchant ships belonging to Russia’s so-called ‘shadow fleet’

Russian shadow fleet, new case: the oil tanker Deliver intercepted off the coast of Sicily

A member of the Al Thani family, which has ruled Qatar for over a century and a half, HBJ is extremely wealthy and a leading figure in his country’s politics

Who is Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani, the buyer of Villa Certosa?

Together with the French President, he has launched a joint initiative for the post-UNIFIL period in Lebanon. Governments have expressed their support for Bromo, the European satellite alliance

Meloni-Macron summit: the Prime Minister says, ‘We did not take part in the conflict in Iran; Rutte has confused the authorised flights’

Three years of Bat in Trieste: the associated economic impact is worth 275 million

Viareggio massacre: the Court of Cassation upholds the convictions. Former CEO Moretti is to go to prison

The 2026 Report to Parliament reveals a record level of gambling: nearly 1.5 million students gambled in 2025. According to Agic, the regulatory reform of the sector needs to be completed

Addictions, Agic: effective rules are needed to tackle gambling

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