Category Archives: Italy

Press Releases & News from Italy distributed via EuropaWire

Digi Communications N.V. announces corporate restructuring of Digi Group’s affiliated companies in Belgium

(IN BRIEF) Digi Communications N.V. has restructured its Belgian affiliates—through Digi Romania and partner Citymesh—effective 16 July 2025, streamlining the shareholding framework and unifying its Belgian operations to simplify governance and bolster operational efficiency.  (PRESS RELEASE) BUCHAREST, Romania, 17-Jul-2025 — … Read the full press release

RWE’s New 53 MW Mondonuovo Wind Farm in Apulia Powers 55,000 Homes

(IN BRIEF) RWE has officially commissioned the 53.1 MW Mondonuovo wind farm in Apulia, featuring nine 5.9 MW turbines to supply green power for up to 55,000 households. This milestone brings RWE’s total Italian renewables capacity to 589 MW across 17 wind farms … Read the full press release

BBVA Taps Walter Rizzi to Lead Italy’s Digital Banking Expansion

(IN BRIEF) BBVA has named Walter Rizzi Head of Digital Banking in Italy, reporting to Murat Kalkan. Rizzi’s background includes senior roles at Banca AideXa—where he led product and customer initiatives—and consultancy work at McKinsey and QuantumBlack on AI and digital projects. … Read the full press release

UniCredit Teams Up with Wise to Bring Instant, Low‑Fee International Transfers to Its App

(IN BRIEF) UniCredit has partnered with Wise to embed instant, low‑cost international transfers into its mobile app for Italian customers, starting 21 July 2025. Users can send euros to five key currencies (GBP, CHF, HKD, SGD, INR) with near‑instant delivery and transparent … Read the full press release

Webuild Wins USD 600 Million Package 3 Contracts to Expand Diriyah Square into Cultural and Commercial Hub

(IN BRIEF) Webuild has secured an additional USD 600 million in contracts for Diriyah Square’s Package 3 Finishing and MEP, bringing its total project value in the Diriyah development to around USD 2 billion. The scope includes more than 70 … Read the full press release

EIB Provides €150 Million to Fuel Alfasigma’s 2025–2027 R&D in Specialty and Rare-Disease Medicines

(IN BRIEF) The EIB has extended a €150 million loan to Alfasigma to fund its R&D efforts from 2025 to 2027, targeting new drugs in gastroenterology, hepatology, vascular medicine, rheumatology, and rare diseases. The financing, endorsed by EIB Vice-President Gelsomina … Read the full press release

Eurojust Secures Return of 66 Historic Spanish Artworks from Italy Through Cross-Border Judicial Cooperation

(IN BRIEF) Eurojust has enabled the return of 66 stolen Spanish artworks through two distinct operations. First, 65 paintings and an altarpiece were repatriated from a German collector’s villa on Lago Maggiore, Italy, after civil litigation and investigations by the … Read the full press release

EBRD and EIB Launch €410 Million Ukraine FIRST Fund to Catalyse Urban, Energy, and Tourism Recovery

(IN BRIEF) At the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Rome (10–11 July 2025), the EBRD will present a comprehensive €410 million financing package for urban development and sustainable tourism via the Ukraine FIRST Cooperation Fund, co-managed with the EIB. Funds flow … Read the full press release

Aortic Aneurysms: EU-funded Pandora Project Brings In-Silico Modelling to Aid Surgeons

A European collaboration developing predictive tools to personalise aortic surgery, enhance prosthesis selection, and support clinical decision-making (IN BRIEF) PANDORA is an EU-funded collaboration uniting LivGemini, RBF Morph, INSA and UnivREN—alongside Rennes University Hospital—to create patient-specific “digital twins” of the … Read the full press release

Teamwork Under the Waves: How Orcas Divide Roles to Outwit Herring

(IN BRIEF) Researchers from Italy’s Cnr-Ibf, Norway’s Orca Survey, Sweden’s Linnaeus University, and the University of Hawaiʻi with Picture Adventures have used drone videography to decode cooperative hunting in orcas (Orcinus orca). Their study in Current Biology identifies two complementary … Read the full press release

Digi Communications N.V. announces Conditional stock options granted to Executive Directors of the Company, for the year 2025, based on the general shareholders’ meeting approval from 25 June 2024

(IN BRIEF) On July 3, 2025, Digi Communications N.V. finalized the grant of 140,000 conditional Class B stock options—80,000 to Mr. Serghei Bulgac and 60,000 to Mr. Valentin Popoviciu—pursuant to its June 25, 2024 shareholders’ resolution; both executive directors have … Read the full press release

UniCredit and Rise Europe Join Forces to Cultivate Europe’s Next Generation of Startup Leaders

(IN BRIEF) UniCredit and Rise Europe have entered into a strategic partnership designed to strengthen Europe’s startup ecosystem and drive regional competitiveness. Leveraging UniCredit’s extensive 13-country footprint and corporate networks, the collaboration aims to support Rise Europe’s expansion, help promising … Read the full press release

Azimut and Eni Next Team Up on €100M ELTIF for Clean Tech Venture Investments

(IN BRIEF) Azimut Group and Eni Next will co-launch a €100 million ELTIF in September 2025 to invest in pioneering “clean tech” ventures, particularly U.S. startups scaling decarbonization, energy efficiency, sustainable mobility, and circular-economy solutions. The Luxembourg-based fund, operating under … Read the full press release

19 Digital-Tech Specialists to Join Terna Through Redesigned Master’s Program in Energy Transition

(IN BRIEF) Terna and the University of Salerno have launched the fourth cycle of their 2nd-level Master’s in “Digitalisation of the Electricity System for the Energy Transition,” part of the Tyrrhenian Lab with Cagliari and Palermo. Applications are open until … Read the full press release

Third EIB-Italy Partnership Strengthens National Defence with Helicopter Procurement

(IN BRIEF) The EIB has signed its third joint agreement with Italy’s Economy and Finance Ministry and the Defence Ministry, providing a 20-year loan to finance new helicopters for the Italian Army. The funds will flow from the EIB to … Read the full press release

SOILRES project launches to revive Europe’s soils and future-proof farming

(IN BRIEF) SOILRES is a pioneering Horizon Europe initiative that brings together leading scientists, farmers, and innovators across six diverse European regions to co-design and field-test biodiversity-based farming practices—such as cover crops, microbial biostimulants, compost, biochar and digital tools—that restore … Read the full press release

Terna Launches Adriatic Innovation Zone in Ascoli Piceno to Propel Energy Transition and Regional Entrepreneurship

(IN BRIEF) Terna has opened its Adriatic Innovation Zone in Ascoli Piceno to foster technological innovation and strengthen the region’s energy-transition ecosystem. Attended by local academic and institutional figures and Terna’s Francesco Salerni, the hub will unite startups, SMEs, universities … Read the full press release

BAE Systems, Leonardo and Japanese Partner Form Edgewing to Lead Next-Gen Combat Aircraft Design

(IN BRIEF) Edgewing, a joint venture of BAE Systems, Leonardo and Japan Aircraft Industrial Enhancement Co. Ltd., has been launched to take design authority for the next-generation combat aircraft under the Global Combat Air Programme. With Marco Zoff as CEO, … Read the full press release

Ahlstrom expands Turin site with advanced molecular filtration media line to meet global demand

(IN BRIEF) Ahlstrom has launched a state-of-the-art molecular filtration media production line at its Turin site, enhancing its leadership in sustainable specialty materials and meeting growing global demand for configurable, high-performance filtration solutions. The new infrastructure features advanced process controls … Read the full press release