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European Commission piles up concessions for Paris and Rome hoping to seal Mercosur signature

From early cash to relaxing duties, the Commission makes tailor-made overtures for France and Italy as Mercosur trade deal enters final stretch. Rome signals it is open to signing it, Paris remains cautious in heated domestic debate with more protests planned this week from farmers.

Euronews

All eyes on Italy as Mercosur deal hangs in the balance

Rome is torn between protecting farmers and maintaining exports to Mercosur countries. But supporters of the Mercosur agreement fear its silence signals Italy may not be on board.

Euronews

Rome decries ‘Italian-sounding’ pasta sauces on sale in EU parliament store

Agriculture minister calls for investigation over marketing of carbonara sauce containing wrong type of cured meat

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Meloni's Brothers of Italy party launches saucy carbonara crusade in the European Parliament

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni’s party has cooked up a letter to President Metsola criticising the sale of "Italian-style" products in the Parliament’s supermarket in Brussels.

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Keep Sunday special: Italy launches bid to give its cuisine UNESCO intangible heritage status

The Italian government and the Association of Italian Municipalities (ANCI) have promoted the candidature of Italian cuisine as a Unesco Intangible Heritage Site. Italy already has 61 World Heritage Sites and 19 Intangible Heritage Sites

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Italy reacts as Trump threatens wine exports

The US president is proposing a 200% tariff on European wine

The Independent UK

African swine fever: are there better ways to manage the disease than Italy’s mass pig culls?

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s attacks on Italy’s cultural heritage – from libel suits against intellectuals to her government’s censorship of texts critical of Mussolini – have made headlines across Europe. Less attention, however, has been granted to the agricultural minister’s blows on the country’s natural heritage. Francesco Lollobrigida, who has…

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Italian government accused of using defamation law to silence intellectuals

Philosopher being sued by Giorgia Meloni’s brother-in-law says such trials are part of a political strategy

The Guardian - UK

Yes, it is cricket: Italy gives go-ahead to insect flour for human use

Nutrinsect defies Italian food purists with cricket flour that can be incorporated into range of foods

The Guardian - UK

Italian minister allegedly forced high-speed train to make unscheduled stop

Francesco Lollobrigida accused of treating Italy’s rail service as his ‘personal luxury car’

The Guardian - UK

Italy bans lab-grown meat and ‘tofu steak’ in a bid to protect prosciutto and the people who make it

Factories found to be producing fake meat face fines exceeding $160,000.

Fortune

‘She plays the moderate but winks at those who are not’: the many faces of Giorgia Meloni

After almost a year in power critics of Italy’s PM say nobody should be fooled: those giving her plaudits have forgotten her past

The Guardian - UK

Italian leader tones down divisive rhetoric but carries on with pursuit of far-right agenda

When Giorgia Meloni was running to become Italy’s first far-right head of government of the post-war era, she steeped her winning campaign in the sharply ideological rhetoric of national sovereignty, “traditional families” and fear of migrants

The Independent UK

Invasive blue crabs threaten economy of whole regions of Italy, official say

Crustacean native to Americas is devastating shellfish production in Po delta, where it has no natural predators

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Italy agriculture minister says 'slush' lab-food threatens quality products

Lab-grown food is potentially dangerous for one's health, Italy's agriculture minister told Reuters, calling it "slush" that could never taste like natural meat or fish.

The Independent UK

Italy, France confront 2nd year of western Europe drought

Italy, France and other nations in western Europe are grappling with a second year of too little rain and snow

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