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- Truck drivers in Italy staged a week-long strike that emptied supermarket shelves in Naples.
- The strike blocked loading and unloading at supermarket distribution warehouses on Monday.
- Shortages of fresh pasta, packaged cheeses, meats and produce appeared in Sicily, Calabria and Puglia.
- Transport Minister Matteo Salvini met trucking associations, promising tax credits and modernization funds.
- Unatras president Paolo Uggè said payments start Wednesday, with legislation to address operating costs.