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POLITICS Italy's government will announce a plan focused on energy cooperation with Africa in October, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Friday during a visit to Ethiopia. Italy must be increasingly cautious in its trade ties with China, Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti was quoted as saying on Friday in reference to Rome's partnership in Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative project. Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is out of intensive care, but remains in Milan's San Raffaele hospital where he was being treated for a lung infection caused by chronic leukaemia, two sources told Reuters on Sunday.
ECONOMY ISTAT releases March CPI final data (0800 GMT).
BANKS Italy has put on hold plans to revive a scheme, known as GACS, under which the state provides guarantees to help banks offload bad loans, three people close to the matter told Reuters on Friday.
COMPANIES (*) ENEL The Covalis Capital hedge fund said on Monday it had presented an alternative list of candidates for Enel's board of directors, in opposition to that presented last week by the Italian government. In a statement, Covalis said that the system that led to the government's nominations "undermines investor confidence, erodes value and is out of line with international standards of best practice in shareholder democracy."
(*) UNICREDIT , BANCO BPM Fabrizio Palenzona, Chairman of Italian bad loans specialist Prelios, is running for the chairmanship of Fondazione CRT, one of the shareholders of UniCredit and Banco BPM, against outgoing chairman Giovanni Quaglia, several Italian newspapers said on Monday.
Fondazione CRT is expected to elect its new chair on Tuesday.
TELECOM ITALIA (TIM) (*) The Italian phone group expects to receive on Tuesday improved offers for its landline grid from rival suitors Cassa Depositi and Prestiti (CDP) plus Macquarie , and US fund KKR but they will still be below what TIM's top investor Vivendi is seeking, La Stampa daily said on Tuesday.
The offers are expected to be in the region of 22 billion euros, while Vivendi wants 31 billion euros, La Stampa said.
TIM CEO Pietro Labriola in a letter to Saturday's financial daily Il Sole 24 Ore said "we can't procrastinate anymore" and called for "courageous" decisions, as the company weighs bids for the landline grid.
LEONARDO Italy's stock market watchdog Consob is scrutinising the government's CEO nominee at the defence group after an opposition lawmaker raised potential conflict-of-interest issues, sources at the regulator said on Friday.
SAIPEM An appeals court in Algiers has acquitted Saipem in a case relating to a tender in 2008 related to the 'Rhourde Nouss QH' project. The company said in a statement that as a result of the verdict the court cancelled the fines and rejected the claims for compensation previously imposed.
(*) IPO, ITALIAN DESIGN BRANDS Italian Design Brands, a hub of high-quality Italian furniture and design companies, said on Monday it plans to list on Euronext Milan, with an IPO expected by early May.
LAZIO Maurizio Sarri's team cemented its second place in Serie A with a 3-0 win over Spezia on Friday, extending the club's unbeaten run to eight league games. (*) Lazio's star forward Ciro Immobile is under observation in hospital after he fractured his rib and hurt his back in a car crash in Rome, the Serie A club said on Sunday.
(*) JUVENTUS The club fell to a 1-0 loss at Sassuolo after a second-half goal by substitute Gregoire Defrel, condemning Massimiliano Allegri's side to successive league defeats for the first time this season.
The team cemented second place in the
ESI Starts capital increase; ends on May 4.
EXOR Board meeting on FY results.
DIARY The European House Ambrosetti holds meeting with Credito Emiliano Director General Angelo Campani (1230 GMT). Rome, Chamber of Deputies holds general discussion on law decree on Italy's Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR). Rome, Foreign Press Association holds news conference to present "European Innovation for Sustainability Summit" with Illycaffe CEO Cristina Scocchia (0930 GMT). Milan, Senate Speaker Ignazio La Russa attends opening event of "Furniture Fair Week" at opera theatre Teatro alla Scala.
Milan, inauguration event "Walk the Talk, energy on the move" with Eni Sustainable Mobility unit CEO Stefano Ballista (1600 GMT).
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