{"id":72506,"date":"2017-02-27T11:09:22","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T10:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/pin\/week-february-17-23\/"},"modified":"2017-02-27T11:09:22","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T10:09:22","slug":"week-february-17-23","status":"publish","type":"pin","link":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/pin\/week-february-17-23\/","title":{"rendered":"The week of February 17 \u2013 23"},"content":{"rendered":"

Economy \u2013 <\/strong>News on one particular Italian company attracted much attention this week, with les Echos<\/em>, for example, reporting about the 1.5 billion Euros that the freight division of the Italian State Railways has attracted (February 23 – L’Italie relance son fret ferroviaire<\/a>*). The same paper also carried a story about the important role the Italian property market has played in the financial success of the Fonci\u00e8re des R\u00e9gions transalpine holding company (February 16 – Fonci\u00e8re des R\u00e9gions c\u00e9l\u00e8bre une ann\u00e9e record<\/a>*).<\/p>\n

Style & Fashion<\/strong> \u2013 Many column inches have been filled this week thanks to the draw of the major fashion event in Milan. The Financial Times <\/em>focused on Gucci<\/strong> (February 22 – Pride, no prejudice: men\u2019s and womenswear combine at Gucci\u2019s AW17 show inspired by literary muses<\/a>*) as did the Washington Post<\/em> (February 22 – Gucci presents otherworldly fall-winter collection in Milan<\/a>) and yet another article from Reuters<\/em> was headed (February 22 – Gucci’s magic garden kick off Milan Fashion week<\/a>). Sueddeutsche Zeitung<\/em> was more interested in the success of the Venetian company \u2013 Golden Goose<\/strong> \u2013 that produces luxury sneakers (February 17 – Schmutzflink<\/a>) and Spain\u2019s el Mundo<\/em> had something to say about Valentino<\/strong> and his costumes for the production of La Traviata currently running in Valencia (February 16 – Els colors de La Traviata<\/a>). The same paper also published a piece to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the \u201cmythical\u201d and very stylish Italian car, the Lamborghini<\/strong> Miura (February 17 – Tres padres para un coche m\u00edtico<\/a>) whilst another Spanish paper, Expansi\u00f3n<\/em>, wrote about the \u201cexclusive\u201d Ducati<\/strong> Diavel (February 16 – As\u00ed es la Ducati Diavel Diesel: exclusiva y de edici\u00f3n limitada<\/a>).<\/p>\n

 Culture<\/strong> \u2013 This week, the foreign press also had something to say about Italian culture. The New York Times<\/em> wrote all about the exhibition dedicated to the Italian Renaissance at London\u2019s National Gallery with a particular focus on Michelangelo\u2019s<\/strong> Christ Resurrected (February 21 – Nude Christ by Michelangelo, Long Forgotten, Will Be Shown in London<\/a>*).<\/p>\n

There were two articles on Italian cinema, one in Austria\u2019s der Standard<\/em> that reminisced about the director Pasquale Squitieri<\/strong>, who passed recently (February 18 – Italienischer Regisseur Pasquale Squitieri gestorben<\/a>), whilst the Financial Times<\/em> wrote about the social commitment of Italian documentary maker Edoardo Winspeare<\/strong> (February 17 – Edoardo Winspeare, Italian film-maker and environmental campaigner<\/a>*).<\/p>\n

The Venice Carnival<\/strong> prompted a piece in el Pa\u00eds<\/em> (February 16 – El Carnaval llega a Venecia<\/a>) whilst the Guardian<\/em> explained to its readers that the best way to learn Italian is when a cappuccino is also on offer (February 21 – Cappuccino with extra Italian Pop-up classes bring a buzz to adult learning<\/a>) and Italian cuisine got a look in when the Sueddeutsche Zeitung<\/em> chose to share a traditional recipe for chicken with black chickpeas (February 18 – Da lachen ja die H\u00fchnchen<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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