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Italian fashion is expected to close 2022 above pre-pandemic figures notwithstanding geopolitical worries; the Italian Fashion Chamber also stated 2021 registered +21,1% on 2020 and closing 2022 at €92 billion revenues would be the best result in 20 years

Pupil enrolment for the San Marino Middle School, for the 2022-2023 school year, will be carried out as of today, as communicated by the Headmaster Remo Massari

Belarusian woodworking products, highly valued for their quality, are sought for direct supplies by Pakistani companies, while as of today a significant proportion of products reach the Pakistani market through third-country intermediaries

Among EU countries, Belgium has the highest percentage of fruit and vegetables contaminated with toxic pesticides - pesticides were found in 34% of the country's samples, according to the report by Pesticide Action Network Europe

To mark 30 years of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and Mongolia and 30 years of the Catholic Church’s presence in the country, the Buddhist delegation from Mongolia engaged in an intense schedule of meetings in the Vatican last week

To better tackle misinformation and hate speech, the government has published an action plan to combat deep fakes, increasing with the advance of digitalisation

Cybercrime is becoming increasingly frequent in the country, as confirmed by the growing number of reports; while the victims of hackers are mostly companies, there are also cases of attacks on citizens, often via social networks

Parliament approved amendments to the Renewable Energy Law, easing regulations on the construction of renewable energy systems for self-consumption and introducing a notification regime that will speed up the building process

The area of state forests earmarked for regeneration felling will decrease by 4% this year, instead of the 13% initially planned by the previous minister of Environment

As PM spoke to Congress about the use of Pegasus spy software by the Spanish intelligence services to watch political figures, Amnesty International called on the authorities to urgently review regulations to limit secret surveillance of communications

The Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry into the energy sector decision-making process for the period 2006-2022, at the legislative, executive, regulatory and public enterprise levels, approved the commission's work plan and budget