Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, presents her budget to parliament and her image of Italy as a stable, fiscally responsible country in the EU. Plus, the UK becomes the first country outside the Asia-Pacific to sign a trade deal in the region. Then, our final edition of ‘The Global Countdown’ for the year.

Italy&rsquo;s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, presents her budget to parliament and her image of Italy as a stable, fiscally responsible country in the EU. Plus, the UK becomes the first country outside the Asia-Pacific to sign a trade deal in the region. Then, our final edition of &lsquo;The Global Countdown&rsquo; for the year.

A pacy round-up of the day’s main news stories, anchored from London by a Monocle editor. The show features informed reporting, prescient business analysis and invaluable industry reports covering everything from technology to aviation and retail to media.

A pacy round-up of the day’s main news stories, anchored from London by a Monocle editor. The show features informed reporting, prescient business analysis and invaluable industry reports covering everything from technology to aviation and retail to media.

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Is Italy Europe’s stability?

A pacy round-up of the day’s main news stories, anchored from Midori House in London by Georgina Godwin.

A pacy round-up of the day&rsquo;s main news stories, anchored from Midori House in London by Georgina Godwin.

Friday 27 December

Join us for a Boxing Day special in which we listen back to some of our best and biggest interviews on Monocle Radio from the past year. Today we hear from British film director Steve McQueen; renowned architect Lina Ghotmeh; celebrated painter Maggi Hambling; and Almar Latour, CEO of Dow Jones and publisher of 'The Wall Street Journal'.

Join us for a Boxing Day special in which we listen back to some of our best and biggest interviews on Monocle Radio from the past year. Today we hear from British film director Steve McQueen; renowned architect Lina Ghotmeh; celebrated painter Maggi Hambling; and Almar Latour, CEO of Dow Jones and publisher of 'The Wall Street Journal'.

Special edition: the best interviews of 2024, part two

Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, and editor-in-chief, Andrew Tuck, join Tom Edwards, Robert Bound and Gillian Dobias to swap presents, survey the festivities around the world and share their Christmas wishes.

Monocle&rsquo;s editorial director, Tyler Br&ucirc;l&eacute;, and editor-in-chief, Andrew Tuck, join Tom Edwards, Robert Bound and Gillian Dobias to swap presents, survey the festivities around the world and share their Christmas wishes.

Is Italy Europe’s stability?

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