Govt set to extend fuel duty cut

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 25 - The government is set to extend a fuel duty cut when it expires Wednesday, government sources said Tuesday. Currently a 17-cent reduction on diesel fuel is in force to hep Italians with the fuel hikes that have resulted from the blowback of the Iran war. "A new extension of the excise tax discount on fuels is set to get underway. The measure is expected to be approved tomorrow by the Council of Ministers (cabinet), coinciding with the expiration of the last mini-extens...

By ANSA