Italy to name Tirrenia sale team

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Italy's economy ministry expects to name a special advisor in the coming days charged with guiding state-owned carrier Tirrenia towards an eventual privatisation.

Sources in Rome said the government aims to hammer out a plan acceptable to Brussels that will include four more years of subsidies for the company, though on a radically changed model.

The ministerial appointment will be followed by the selection of a private advisor on the eventual sale of the company, and the...


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