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Economy<\/strong> \u2013 The world\u2019s newspapers and press agencies continued to provide news of the Italian economy throughout the holidays.The Washington Post<\/em> wrote about Piacenti<\/strong>, a Prato based business that is sponsoring the restructuring of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem January 9 – Italian firm restoring Nativity Church: Like touching heaven<\/a>*). The French press focused its attention on the offer put forward by Italy\u2019s Fincantieri <\/strong>for the Saint-Nazaire shipyards: (Les Echos,<\/em> January 4 – Fincantieri, cet italien qui veut reprendre le chantier de Saint-Nazaire<\/a>*; Lib\u00e9ration<\/em>, January 3 – Les chantiers navals STX de Saint-Nazaire sous pavillon franco-italien<\/a>). Reuters<\/em> described the expectations for sustained growth in 2017 for Brunello Cucinelli<\/strong> (January 9 – Brunello Cucinelli sees double-digit profit, sales growth in 2017<\/a> and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung<\/em> wrote about the Kiton<\/strong> success story (January 11 – Das Ma\u00df vieler Dinge<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Several of the big names in Italy\u2019s cultural sector <\/strong>found themselves in the papers during this period, mostly from the worlds of music, literature or design. The New York Times<\/em> ran a profile of Ludovico Einaudi<\/strong>, one of the most popular Italian composers being streamed today (December 30 – Ludovico<\/a> Einaudi, a Classical Artist for the YouTube Age<\/span>*, Elena<\/strong> Ferrante\u2019s<\/strong> latest novel was the subject of an article in the Sueddeutsche Zeitung<\/em> (January 6 – Elena Ferrantes<\/a> neues Buch: Freude am doppelten Spiel<\/span>) having already featured in another piece in Le Monde <\/em>that described just how the mysterious writer was helping to fill the coffers of her French publishers (January 5 –Elena Ferrante, le bon filon de Gallimard<\/a>*).<\/p>\n

The French daily also had something to say about the linguist, Tullio De Mauro<\/strong>, who had recently passed (January 10 – La mort de Tullio De Mauro<\/a>*). Meanwhile the New York Times<\/em> remembered the particular style of the designer Lella Vignelli<\/strong> (December 28 – Lella Vignelli, a Designer With a Spare, Elegant Style, Dies at 82<\/a>) whilst it was the architect Massimiliano Locatelli<\/strong> and his work that earned space in L’Orient le Jour <\/em>(January 6 – Massimiliano<\/a> Locatelli, talent aiguille)<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Food & Wine<\/strong> \u2013 There were many articles during the festive season on this subject too. In the US, the New York Times<\/em> wrote about the \u201cpasta revolution\u201d brought about by the Pastificio Felicetti<\/strong> in Predazzo that uses only 100% Italian flour (January 3 – Pastas With a New Selling Point: They\u2019re All Italian<\/a>*) whereas it was Washington based Fabio and Maria Trabocchi and the opening of their fourth restaurant there that interested the Washington Post<\/em> (December 23 – Sfoglina, previewed: A warm and welcome invitation<\/a>). In Spain, readers of el Mundo<\/em> learned about the arrival of \u201cgourmet pizza\u201d in Barcelona (January 5 – La pizza gourmet llega a BCN<\/a>) and el Pa\u00eds<\/em> described how the Catalonian Library had turned into an Italian restaurant at the hands of  the Locandiera di Goldoni (January 10 – Macarrones en casa de Mirandolina<\/a>). Meanwhile over in Germany the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung<\/em> dedicated an article to the Italian coffee ritual and the new collection of artistic coffee cups from Illy <\/strong>(January 9 – Prendiamo un caff\u00e8?<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The New York Times<\/em> fascinated readers with a piece about the opportunity for prisoners to sign up for sommelier training courses in Lecce (January 3 – Italian Inmates Sip, Smell and Taste Their Way to Rehabilitation<\/a>*).<\/p>\n

Style<\/strong> \u2013 Several style-based stories also peppered the holidays. The New York Times<\/em> was looking ahead at what to expect during Men\u2019s Fashion week in Milan (January 12 – Men\u2019s Fashion Week in Milan: Who\u2019s On, and Who\u2019s Off<\/a>) whereas it was the role to be played by Dolce & Gabbana<\/strong> in dressing the new First Lady that interested Spain\u2019s el Pa\u00eds<\/em> (January 3 – Dolce & Gabbana s\u00ed viste a Melania Trump<\/a>); Austria\u2019s der Standard<\/em> celebrated Christmas Day with an article on a different kind of Italian style, namely the restyling of Alfa Romeo\u2019s<\/strong> Giulietta (December 25 – Alfa Romeo Giulietta: Blick- nicht Staubf\u00e4nger<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Tourism <\/strong>was not overlooked either with le Monde <\/em>described the city of Genoa <\/strong>and how it has thrown off its industrial past and now showcases its \u201cextraordinary architectural heritage\u201d and shows off its amazing vitality (January 4 – Quand il y a G\u00eanes, y a du plaisir<\/a>) and then the Sueddeutsche Zeitung <\/em>wrote about the \u201cmarvels\u201d of the Veneto<\/strong> region that visitors can explore within an hour\u2019s drive from Venice itself (January 11 – Heiter bis historisch<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Economy<\/strong> \u2013 The world\u2019s newspapers and press agencies continued to provide news of the Italian economy throughout the holidays.The Washington Post<\/em> wrote about Piacenti<\/strong>, a Prato based business that is sponsoring the restructuring of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem January 9 – Italian firm restoring Nativity Church: Like touching heaven<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2358,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"freetags":[],"tipologiapin":[2375],"tag_tecnica":[],"temi_aspen":[],"attivita_internaz_in_essere":[],"attivita_internaz_concluse":[],"studi_e_ricerche":[],"class_list":["post-72493","pin","type-pin","status-publish","hentry","tipologiapin-foreign-press-italys-success-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pin\/72493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/pin"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pin\/72493\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"freetags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/freetags?post=72493"},{"taxonomy":"tipologiapin","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tipologiapin?post=72493"},{"taxonomy":"tag_tecnica","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tag_tecnica?post=72493"},{"taxonomy":"temi_aspen","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/temi_aspen?post=72493"},{"taxonomy":"attivita_internaz_in_essere","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attivita_internaz_in_essere?post=72493"},{"taxonomy":"attivita_internaz_concluse","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attivita_internaz_concluse?post=72493"},{"taxonomy":"studi_e_ricerche","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/studi_e_ricerche?post=72493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}