Cash-strapped local authorities say govt must do more

(ANSA) - ROME, APR 12 - Italy's local authorities on Tuesday sounded the alarm about their finances, which have been depleted by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, soaring energy prices and the costs of receiving Ukrainian refugees, among other things.
    Bari Mayor Antonio Decaro, the head of ANCI, the national association of town and city councils, said all of the authorities had the same concerns as Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala, who on Monday talked of difficulties in closing the city's balance sheet without aid from central government. (ANSA).