Thanks to Europe’s internment camps in Libya
and to the efforts of the popularist/nationalist
Italian goverment coalition
this week, only insignificant numbers of migrants
drowned trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea

In another story, youth unemployment in Italy
is down to just 31.9% from a 2014 peak of 43.3%
58.8% of all Italians are now in some form of employment
useful or otherwise

In politics, Berlusconi is no longer
‘il Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri’
though it appears that no one else is either

An additional increase in IVA (value added tax)
on essentials like water and electricity
which rose to 22% in 2013
has not yet been confirmed for 2020

And now a look at the weather –
the Easter holiday weekend, which
millions of Italian spent at the coast or in the mountains,
was rated low-risk for exposure to solar radiation
making sunglasses and protective creams unnecessary

Source: https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/impresa-e-territori/2019-01-31/istat-tasso-disoccupazione-103percento-ma-i-giovani-e-319percento–100711.shtml?uuid=AFH1BkD&refresh_ce=1

Background info: http://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org/countries/italy/