1- Piazza Affari is the only stock market in Europe on the rise
Generali, Telecom Italia, Leonardo, Bper and Unipol drag the Milan Stock Exchange upwards (+0,23%) despite the profit taking on Bpm after the go-ahead for the merger with Banco Popolare and the gains on Campari, Recordati, Ferragamo and Azimuth. Read the article by Maria Teresa Scorzoni.
2- Germany: two explosions in Basf plants, at least one dead
One dead, wounded and missing in two chemical plants of the German giant in Ludwigshafen and Lampertheim, towns south of Frankfurt, separated by 20 kilometers. Read the full article.
3- Iraq: anti-ISIS offensive to liberate Mosul
This was announced by Iraqi premier Haidar Al Abadi shortly after 4 in the morning (Italian time). With the Iraqi counter-terrorism forces also the Kurdish peshmerga and the Shiite militias. Seven villages have already been liberated but the UN fears that civilians will become "human shields" for the jihadists. Syrian rebels, aided by Turkey, have recaptured Dabiq, a symbolic place in Syria. Read the full article.
4- Equitalia closes: what you pay and what you don't, the news in the maneuver
The decree passed on Saturday by the Government (still to be approved) does not provide for an amnesty, but a partial amnesty: via penalties and late payment - This is how the procedure is activated, on which debts it applies and how payments are made - They should be excluded fines for violation of the highway code - Doubts about "agio" and VAT. Read the article by Carlo Musilli.
5- Inter, captain Icardi and the match against the ultras: who is right?
Inter's Curva Nord against the Nerazzurri captain, accused of having invented the reconstruction of an episode from the first months of 2015 "to show himself superior to us" - After yesterday's boos, an intimidating banner appeared under Icardi's house - The different chapters of an absurd story that has nothing to do with football – In the afternoon discussion with the club: the Argentine remains captain but will be fined. Read the full article.
