{"id":72477,"date":"2016-12-02T15:31:49","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T14:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/pin\/week-november-25-december-1\/"},"modified":"2016-12-02T15:31:49","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T14:31:49","slug":"week-november-25-december-1","status":"publish","type":"pin","link":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/pin\/week-november-25-december-1\/","title":{"rendered":"The week of November 25 \u2013 December 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Business<\/strong> \u2013 Although most of the articles about Italy in the world\u2019s press have focused on the upcoming referendum, there have been a few dealing with the country\u2019s economy and business. The Financial Times<\/em> interviewed the new Rector of the Universit\u00e0 Bocconi, Gianmario Verona<\/strong>, exploring the importance of innovation and declaring that – according to the paper – the University is the Italian School of Business that has all the best contacts \u2013 (November 29 – Bocconi chief\u2019s plans for Italy\u2019s best-connected business school<\/a>*). News about the internationalization of a few Italian businesses also took up a several column inches with Ferrero <\/strong>that is ready to close a deal that will expand its business in North American (Reuters, <\/em>November 26 – Nutella maker Ferrero hopes to buy Delacre biscuits by mid-Dec<\/a> whilst in another article it was described  the joint venture Yoox<\/strong> has just embarked on with the intention of breaking into the Middle East market (Reuters, <\/em>November 28 – Italy’s Yoox Net-A-Porter enters Middle East online luxury venture<\/a>).  <\/p>\n

Another piece in Reuters <\/em>was all about the significant step forward that the Monza Grand Prix<\/strong> has taken now that it is to be included in the Formula 1 calendar (November 29 – Monza finally signs new three-year contract<\/a>)<\/span> and the Guardian<\/em> chose to run a piece on Italian fashion blogger Chiara Ferragni<\/strong> who has successfully built a multi-million pound business (November 29 – Chiara Ferragni \u2013 how a \u2018crazy blogger\u2019 turned her life into a shop window<\/a>).<\/p>\n

 Culture & Science<\/strong> \u2013 Italian art featured in the Financial Times<\/em> when it described the return of works by Tancredi Parmeggiani<\/strong> to the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, the city so beloved by the artist (November 25 – Tancredi Parmeggianni at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection<\/a>*) whilst Washington Post<\/em> focused on the exhibition being held at the Palazzo Braschi in Rome featuring the work of Artemisia Gentileschi<\/strong> (November 29 – Rome show explores painter Artemisia Gentileschi\u2019s art, life<\/a>*). Le Monde<\/em> was at the Museo del Novecento in Florence to explore work by \u201cvisionary artist\u201d, Gaetano Pesce<\/strong> (November 30 – Gaetano Pesce, designer f\u00e9ministe<\/a>). Italian literature also got a mention, this time in a review, published in the Sueddeutsche Zeitung<\/em> of Nicola<\/strong> Lagioia\u2019s<\/strong> latest novel, \u201cLa Ferocia\u201d (November 28 – Die Tweets der toten Tochter<\/a>) and last but not least, it was opera that featured in l’Orient le Jour<\/em> in a profile, written to coincide with the Festival of Beirut, of the Palermo born soloist Laura Giordano<\/strong> (December – 1 Laura Giordano, une \u00ab Siciliana vera \u00bb sacr\u00e9ment rossinienne<\/a>).<\/p>\n

As to science the Guardian<\/em> wrote about the importance of the Cassini probe to the Italian<\/strong> Space Agency<\/strong> as it gets ready to make its way through the rings that surround Saturn (November 29 – Cassini spacecraft to begin swansong orbit of Saturn<\/a>).<\/p>\n

 Lifestyle <\/strong>\u2013 Italian wines did well in articles about Italian lifestyle this week, with Les Echos<\/em> in Florence exploring the Villa San Michele<\/strong> which it described as one of the five most beautiful cellars in the world (November 24 – Cinq des plus belles caves \u00e0 vin au monde<\/a>*) whilst the New York Times<\/em> reviewed one of the \u201cbest grapes\u201d from Piedmont, the Dolcetto (November 28 – Your Next Lesson: Dolcetto<\/a>). Another article in the same paper took a look at a craft beer from Norcia<\/strong> that may well provide the funding needed to rebuild the basilica so tragically destroyed in the recent earthquake (November 28 – Beer May Be Basilica\u2019s Salvation<\/a>).<\/p>\n

 According to the Washington Post<\/em> it is Italian food and lifestyle that have made Italy famous for the number people who live beyond the age of 100, backing up the facts with the story of  Emma Morano<\/strong>, the world\u2019s oldest living person (November 29 – World\u2019s oldest living person celebrates 117th birthday<\/a>*) and similar articles ran in les Echos<\/em> (November 29 – Emma Morano, la derni\u00e8re survivante du XIXe si\u00e8cle, f\u00eate ses 117 ans<\/a>*) and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeiung <\/em>(November 29 – Zu Besuch bei Emma Morano<\/a>).<\/p>\n

 Finally the lifestyle enjoyed by Italians \u2013 and the homes they live in \u2013 were subjects of interest to the New York Times<\/em> in an article featuring luxury properties for sale in the Lombard capital<\/strong> (November 30 – House hunting in Milan<\/a>*).<\/p>\n

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