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POLITICS
Khalifa Haftar, the commander of Libya's main eastern military force LNA, could meet Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome on Thursday after talks held on Wednesday with Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, Italian media reported.
ECONOMY April services and composite PMI, released by S&P Global (0745 GMT).
Italy posted a state sector budget deficit of 11.7 billion euros in April compared to a surplus of 6.05 billion euros in the same month last year, the Treasury said in a statement on Wednesday.
ENERGY Italy's regulated household gas prices rose by 22.4% in April compared to the previous month, the country's energy authority ARERA said in a statement on Wednesday.
COMPANIES POSTE ITALIANE (*) Revenues at the state-controlled Italian postal service company rose 8.1% to 3 billion euros in the first quarter of the year, lifted by positive trends in all its businesses, the group said on Thursday. Presentation (1000 GMT).
(*) ASSICURAZIONI GENERALI Italy's top insurer said on Thursday it had reached an agreement to sell Generali Deutschland Pensionskasse to Fosun-backed peer Frankfurter Leben.
TELECOM ITALIA (TIM) The Italian phone group's board meets at 1200 GMT to approve the company's response to multi-billion-euro bids for TIM's landline grid as top investor Vivendi calls into question CEO Pietro Labriola's strategy to revamp the group.
(*) TIM could seek further improvements of the offers received so far for its landline grid, Italian newspapers wrote on Thursday. Il Sole 24 Ore daily reported a potential deadline for the bids could be set for the end of the month or the end of June.
(*) SAIPEM The Italian energy services group said on Thursday it had obtained authorization to proceed with the final phase of the UARU oil field development project in Guyana.
ENEL Italy's biggest utility, which is at the centre of a governance row, confirmed its full-year guidance after reporting a 22% rise in its adjusted core earnings for the first quarter on Wednesday.
LEONARDO Italy's state-controlled defence and aerospace group Leonardo posted lower first-quarter earnings, but reported a jump in orders and confirmed financial targets for 2023.
UNICREDIT The Italian bank will use restructuring charges it is set to book this year to fund voluntary exits after receiving some 1,900 requests from staff late last year of which it met less than half, two people close to the matter said.
(*) ANIMA HOLDING The asset manager said on Thursday its net inflows in April totalled 86 million euros.
RECUPERO ETICO SOSTENIBILE (RES) Circular economy company Recupero Etico Sostenibile (RES) debuts on Euronext Growth Milan, listing ceremony (0645 GMT).
NEXI Annual general meeting (0800 GMT).
SNAM Annual general meeting (0800 GMT).
ARISTON GROUP Annual general meeting (1000 GMT in Amsterdam).
IREN Annual general meeting (0900 GMT).
FERRARI Board meeting on Q1 results, followed by conference call (1300 GMT).
ITALGAS Board meeting on Q1 results, followed by conference call (1400 GMT).
MONCLER Board meeting on Q1 results, followed by conference call (1600 GMT).
EDISON Board meeting on Q1 results.
INTERCOS Board meeting on Q1 results, followed by conference call (1630 GMT).
ESI Ends capital increase.
(*) LAZIO Goals by striker Felipe Anderson and midfielder Toma Basic earned Lazio a 2-0 home win over Sassuolo in Serie A on Wednesday, sending Maurizio Sarri's side back to second place and delaying runaway leaders Napoli's title celebrations.
(*) JUVENTUS Juve won 2-1 at home to Lecce on Wednesday with goals from midfielder Leandro Paredes and striker Dusan Vlahovic, leaving them in third place in Serie A behind Napoli and Lazio.
DIARY Rome, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni receives U.S. Chamber of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy (afternoon). Rome, Mbda Italian CEO Lorenzo Mariani speaks before Chamber of Deputies Defence Committee on issues relating to the production of goods and services for the Defence sector's equipment (0630 GMT).
Rome, Chamber of Deputies Finance Committee gives urgent instructions on the issuance and circulation of certain financial instruments in digital form and the simplification of FinTech experimentation (1130 GMT).
Rome, representatives from CGIL, CISL, UIL, UGL, Confcommercio, Confartigianato, Can, Casartigiani and Confesercenti and of the National Council of the Order of Labour Consultants due to speak before Chamber of Deputies Finance Committee on the delegation to the Government for tax reform (1400 GMT).
Rome, Chartered Accountants holds 2023 general meeting; Environment Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin gives speech (0830 GMT).
Milan, Bocconi University and Equita hold event "Financial markets for competitiveness and growth. Lessons from ten years of research to meet the challenges of the future" (1300 GMT); Equita CEO Andrea Vismara delivers introductory remarks; round-table discussion with Equita President Sara Biglieri, Milan Stock Exchange President Claudia Parzani, Credit Agricole Italian Senior Country Officer Giampiero Maioli. Milan, private banking association (AIPB) holds annual meeting; followed by news conference with President Andrea Ragaini and Secretary General Antonella Massari (1300 GMT). Milan, KPMG holds 19th edition "M&A Award" (1500 GMT); expected attendees include at panel "Made in Italy challenges between inflation, rising rates and deglobalisation" Banco BPM Chairman Massimo Tononi, Federmeccanica President Federico Visentin, Italian Investment Fund President Barbara Poggiali.
Florence, European University Institute (EUI) starts annual meeting on "Building Europe in times of uncertainty" (0700 GMT); ends on May 6. On Thursday Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani delivers opening address (0705 GMT); President Sergio Mattarella gives speech (0900 GMT); expected attendees include EU representative for Sahel Emanuela Del Re (0940 GMT); EU Financial Services, Financial Stability and Capital Markets Union Commissioner Maired McGuiness (1540 GMT).
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