12 June 2014
June 2014
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12 June 2014
The week of June 6 – 12
Reform and recovery – Signals of recovery are now seen in Italy’s banking system.
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5 June 2014
June 2014
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5 June 2014
The week of May 30 – June 5
Investing in Italy – Borrowing costs at the lowest level since the adoption of the euro and a privatization plan of 10 billion for 2014 alone.
29 May 2014
May 2014
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29 May 2014
The week of May 23 – 29
Consumer optimism grows – The results of the European Parliamentary elections last week did not overshadow the positive economic news from Italy.
30 April 2014
April 2014
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30 April 2014
Giant telescope scours the sky for new life. Interview with Roberto Tamai
A giant telescope to tackle the big questions of the universe: Europe’s foremost intergovernmental astronomy organization, the European Southern Observatory (ESO), is building the so-called Extremely Large Telescope – with a primary mirror diameter of 39 meters – in the Atacama Desert (Chile). In the following interview, Roberto Tamai, Program Manager of the entire project, talks to the Aspen Italia website team regarding what the future holds for this initiative.
16 May 2014
May 2014
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16 May 2014
The week of May 16 – 22
Privatization and international investments – Fincantieri, Poste, Enav: Italy has launched a vast plan of privatization, and the news was reported last week in the foreign news agencies and press (May 16 to 18 in Bloomberg – Italian State Asset Sales Will Be ‘Vast,’ Finance Minister Says; Italy to
8 May 2014
May 2014
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8 May 2014
The week of May 2 – 8
Fiat and the relaunching of Alfa Romeo – Doubled profits by 2018, partly thanks to the huge investment in the Alfa Romeo branch, which is going global.
5 May 2014
May 2014
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5 May 2014
Foreign Press – Commentaries
Teaming up Italy’s agro-food offerings with high-end tourism
Interview with Stefano Agostini
7 April 2014
April 2014
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7 April 2014
Eco-sustainable development and waste management: prospects and models for Italy
By analyzing the evolution of waste management models over time and based on the best policies and projects on an international level, the study aims to define guidelines for our country for a more efficient waste management strategy.
30 April 2014
April 2014
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30 April 2014
Monitoring period from April 1 – 30, 2014
In April, oncology and genetics were the fields most represented in papers by Italian researchers published in leading international scientific journals.
15 May 2014
May 2014
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15 May 2014
The week of May 9 – 15
The future of luxury items – The future of Italy’s luxury goods is also tied to technology. That came out in the interview that the CEO of Luxottica, Andrea Guerra, gave to the Financial Times (May 11 – An eye on the future of luxury?*).
1 May 2014
May 2014
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1 May 2014
The week of April 25 – May 1
Italy at its best on the markets – According to the Spanish El Economista, Italy is making an all out effort in 2014. An example of how the foreign press tells the story of the progress being made by the Italian economy. This is not only seen in the improved performance in European stock markets (April 25 – Se mire por donde se mire, Italia ‘lo borda’ en 2014).
22 April 2014
April 2014
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22 April 2014
Here’s why peace has won out in Vietnam. Interview with Enzo Falcone
According to Milanese doctor Enzo Falcone, Vietnam is an “indomitable” country which, despite a history marked by war, “has managed to make peace triumph” by embarking on a path of development. Falcone has lived in Da Nang in the center of the country for the past twenty years, and in 2002 founded Care the People, a non-profit organization that operates in the field of social assistance and healthcare.
24 April 2014
April 2014
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24 April 2014
The week of April 18 – 24
Italy – economy and industry – Again last week the foreign press showed its interest in Italy’s economy and industry.
17 April 2014
April 2014
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17 April 2014
The week of April 11 – 17
World capital is betting on Italy – Both private companies and institutional investors are showing even more interest in italy.
7 April 2014
April 2014
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7 April 2014
“Big Data: the revolution of science and knowledge”, by Mario Rasetti. In “Oxygen” no. 22, 02/2014.
31 March 2014
March 2014
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31 March 2014
Endoscopy and heart surgery: a successful mix. Interview with Marco Vola
Performing a totally endoscopic aortic valve replacement – that is, operating without opening the patient’s chest, using a fiber-optic bundle of a few millimeters in diameter – is precisely what Italian surgeon Marco Vola and his team at the Saint-Etienne University Hospital (in France) have managed to achieve, the results of which are described in a recent article in the American publication The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.
10 April 2014
April 2014
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10 April 2014
The week of April 4 – 10
Gains in the market thanks to International investors – International investors are looking at Italy and the Milan stock exchange has become Europe’s most active market in the first three months of 2014.
2 April 2014
April 2014
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2 April 2014
The week of March 28 – April 3
The Salone del Mobile, center stage of Italian design – The 53rd edition of the Salone del Mobile is around the corner and the foreign press looked towards Milan where the event, which brings the city into the limelight of design, is a pole of attraction for Expo 2015 (Financial Times, March 28 – Round-up of Milan’s Salone del Mobile and parallel design events).
31 March 2014
March 2014
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31 March 2014
Monitoring period from February 1 – March 31, 2014
Among the studies by Italian researchers picked up by major international scientific journals during the reporting period, those dealing with work in the field of oncology were once again well-represented. Indeed, out of a total of 91 studies encountered by the monitoring team, 28 were oncology-related, encompassing the work of 221 scholars across 20 national research centers, with articles appearing in specialist journals of the Nature group, including Cell Death and Disease, Leukemia, the British Journal of Cancer and Oncogene
20 March 2014
March 2014
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20 March 2014
Foreign Press – Commentaries
Foreign investment is returning to Italy
Interview with Marco Fortis