Rome [ENA] In 1969 a Nativity by Caravaggio was stolen from a Palermo church (Oratorio di San Lorenzo) supposedly by the Mafia. The Vatican has called a conference of experts to attempt to locate "the world's most wanted painting" this week. The inestimable painting by Caravaggio was first believed to have been destroyed shortly after it disappeared in 1969. But investigators now say it is actually still intact and could be   [Full story...]

Rome [ENA] The European Commission has on 18 January 2018 planned new rules to give Member States more flexibility to set Value Added Tax (VAT) rates and to create a better tax environment to help SMEs flourish. These proposals were the concluding steps of the Commission's renovation of VAT rules, with the creation of a single EU VAT area to drastically reduce the €50 billion lost to VAT fraud each year in the European Union,   [Full story...]