Italy's justice ministry
announced on Friday that judges will have only 30 days for
holidays starting in 2015, instead of the current 45 days.
The ministry highlighted the number of pending cases,
currently 5.2 million, and the average time for a first ruling
in a civil case, 945 days, as factors in their decision to close
courts from August 6-31 instead of August 1-September 15.
Italy takes more than three times longer to arrive at first
rulings in civil cases compared to Germany's 300-day average.
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