Industry Minister Adolfo Urso said that Italy, which had previously expected to cut Russian gas supplies to zero in the winter of 2024-25, could become completely independent of Russian gas supplies by the end of this year.. Reported by Il Messaggero.

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Urso stressed that as early as next year Italy could start supplying gas to other countries and soon become a European gas hub, also due to the doubling of flows through the trans-Adriatic pipeline from Azerbaijan..

“We must do the same on the electricity front: we can become the Mediterranean’s electricity hub and, with Enel’s megafactory in Catania, Europe’s largest solar panel producer.. The future of the country is connected with investments in green and digital technologies: from batteries to semiconductors, as well as turbines, batteries and panels,” he added..

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Earlier, Italian Prime Minister George Maloney said that her country was ready to play its part in the issue of supplying Western combat aircraft to Ukrainian troops.. Meloni clarified that concerns about the transfer of weapons to the Armed Forces of Ukraine are mainly expressed by representatives of the opposition in power, and not by the majority.