BRUSSELS: The European Commission on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) cleared Italy to give 12.8 million euros ($15.4 billion) in state aid to the floundering Alitalia airline to help it absorb the losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

“The European Commission has found that an Italian aid measure of 12.835 million euros to support Alitalia is in line with EU state aid rules,” said a commission statement.

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