Italian villages paying youth $33,000 to move in and start businesses

Jul 13 2021

The region of Calabria in Italy is offering up to €28,000 ($33,000) over a maximum of three years to those who relocate to one of its villages. With just barely 2,000 inhabitants, the villages are hoping to reverse years of population decline into their mountainous and/or seaside abodes. The money will not just be handed away however, as any residents who want the funds must also commit to kickstarting a small business.

There are also other catches to moving in with the aforementioned price tags. Applicants must be a maximum of 40 years old and must be ready for relocation within 90 days from their successful application. This will hopefully attract pro-active youth eager to work and revitalise the village with the ageing population. Regional councillor Gianluca Gallo told CNN that monthly income could be un the range of €1,000 to €800 for two or three years. Technical details are still being worked out but a huge interest from villages has already been reported.

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Photo Source: CNN

Petition calling for social media verified IDs gets over 500,000 signatures

154 COVID-19 cases registered with 6 recoveries

Jul 13 2021

Malta has registered 154 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours from 3,353 swab tests, while 6 patients have recovered. No deaths were registered in the past 24 hours. This information was announced by the official Facebook page of Malta’s Ministry for Health.

As of Monday 12th July 2021, 709,131 vaccine doses were administered of which 373,349 were 1st doses. 351,395 people are currently fully vaccinated.

To date, Malta has registered 31,394 COVID-19 cases in total, of which: 30,192 have recovered, 420 died and 782 are still active.

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Petition for Euro final rematch following shirt pulling foul gains traction

Jul 13 2021

An England football fan has created a petition demanding UEFA to host a Euro 2020 final rematch between Italy and England. The petition emerged mainly due to Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini’s shocking challenge on England’s Bukayo Saka. The 36-year-old Italy captain was caught gripping Saka’s shirt and pulling him down. The act earned the Italian player a yellow card, but this did not sit well with a Change.org user.

The petition creator claimed that the match was not fair at all and claimed that the match officials held a bias in favour of Italy. The petitions description reads: ‘After Italy only receiving a yellow card for dragging England players like they were slaves. All the pushes, pulls and kicks and Italy was still allowed to win?’ As of writing this article, the petition has gained well over 95,000 signatures and rising from the target 150,000. The match stayed at a 1-1 draw until Italy emerged victorious through penalty rounds.

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Photo Source: The Telegraph, Change.org