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Italy’s “new phase” and the strategies of Fiat – During the Christmas period, foreign press attention was once again keenly focused on Italian economic affairs.

The man tasked with saving the euro – One of the recurrent figures featured in the financial pages of the international press whose star seems not to have faded is Mario Draghi. The President of the ECB, described by the Brazilian business paper Valor Econômico as “the man whose mission is to save the euro”, was the subject of several articles and interviews in recent days.

A turning point for the Italian economy – In the days surrounding the approval of Italy’s new austerity plan, the foreign press looked on with particular interest. Some fifty related items appeared in major international newspapers, explaining and commenting on the legislative package.

Monti’s thoughts on Europe and Italy’s liberalization  drive – Despite the large number of foreign newspaper reports this week on breaking events in Italy (with over thirty articles dealing with the sinking of the cruise ship Costa Concordia alone), press interest in Italian economic affairs remained undiminished.

Italian industry is banking on foreign markets – One of the leading Italian-interest stories appearing in the pages of the foreign press this week was how the country’s industry is staking its future on its foreign market presence: Valor Econômico devoted half a page to Pirelli’s investment in the growth of its business in Brazil (Pirelli irá investito no país R$ 1 bi até 2015* on November 30), as well as picking up news of the acquisition in Brazil