Italian authorities predict a significant increase in unemployment in the south of the country

In Italy's southern regions, unemployment is likely to rise rapidly in mid-2020, according to a bulletin issued on Thursday, May 7, by the country's central bank. Experts of the Central Bank noted that in southern Italy the share of those who work on temporary rather than permanent employment contracts (more than 70%) is particularly high, which simplifies the possibility of dismissal. At the end of April 2020, the number of current detected cases of coronavirus began to decline in Italy. As of