Ryanair Urges Italy to Suspend EU Entry/Exit System After Passport-Control Chaos
May 1st General Strike Disrupts Italian Airports and Business Travel
Passport on the Corner: Poste Italiane Completes Nationwide Roll-Out of In-Branch Issuance
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Trenitalia Adds 50,000 Seats as 6.5 Million Travellers Hit the Rails for May-Day Weekend
Trenitalia has increased capacity across high-speed, InterCity and EuroCity routes to move an estimated 6.5 million passengers during the 1 May long weekend. The extra seats give companies a rail fallback amid airport disruptions and align with corporate decarbonisation goals.
Ryanair urges Italy to pause EU Entry/Exit System ahead of summer peak
Ryanair has asked the Italian government to suspend the new EU Entry/Exit System until September, warning that understaffed checkpoints and missing e-gates are already causing long passport-control queues. The airline says disruption will peak during the summer holiday season and could damage Italy’s tourism and conference business. Corporate mobility teams are building in longer connection times and, in some cases, re-routing travellers to airports outside Italy.
EU Commission rebuffs calls to halt new passport system, says EES ‘working well’
The European Commission told Italian media that the new Entry/Exit System is ‘working well’ despite airline complaints, citing falling processing times and high equipment-uptime rates. Brussels signalled that it will not allow Italy to opt out for the summer, instead offering technical assistance and urging better resource allocation. Multinationals should prepare employees for the new reality rather than betting on a suspension.
New Italian security decree tightens migration rules and extends Red Cross role in detention centres
A security decree published on 24 April and presented on 30 April strengthens Italy’s immigration enforcement: longer detention periods, faster expulsions and stricter visa-revocation triggers. The Red Cross will manage services inside detention centres until 2028. Employers face stiffer fines for irregular labour and should tighten compliance checks.
Italy–Japan Working Holiday visa comes into force, opening 12-month stay for under-30s
Italy and Japan have activated their reciprocal Working Holiday programme, allowing citizens aged 18-30 to live and work in the partner country for up to a year without a full work permit. The visa provides a flexible new channel for junior-talent exchanges and short-term assignments between the two economies.