Italian Cabinet Approves Sweeping Anti-Immigration Package With ‘Naval Blockade’ Powers
Supplementary Protection Under Italian Asylum Law Tightened to Four Strict Conditions
Budget Law Raises ‘Non-Dom’ Flat Tax to €300,000 but Grandfathers Existing Residents
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Nation-Wide Aviation Strike Planned for 16 February Set to Disrupt Italian Airports
Unions representing flight and ground staff will stage a 24-hour strike across Italy on 16 February, threatening hundreds of flights at major airports and coinciding with Carnival and pre-Fashion Week traffic. Companies should activate travel-disruption protocols and consider rerouting travellers.
Italy’s Cabinet Approves Tough New Migration Bill with ‘Naval Blockade’ Powers
The Meloni cabinet has cleared a draft law empowering authorities to bar migrant-carrying ships from Italian waters for up to six months and to send intercepted migrants to third countries. The bill dovetails with the EU’s newly adopted Migration & Asylum Pact and could reshape Italy’s border-management regime, with knock-on effects for humanitarian groups and businesses moving staff by sea or using seafarer contracts.
Watchdog Urges Italy’s Air-Transport Strikes Be Postponed to Protect Milano-Cortina 2026 Games
Italy’s strike-guarantee authority has asked unions to shift two national air-transport strikes away from Olympic and Paralympic dates, a move supported by Transport Minister Matteo Salvini. The recommendation, if accepted, would spare business and Olympic travellers major disruption but still requires union consent, so contingency planning remains essential.