{"id":72538,"date":"2017-05-03T17:08:17","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T15:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/pin\/week-april-21-27-0\/"},"modified":"2017-05-03T17:08:17","modified_gmt":"2017-05-03T15:08:17","slug":"week-april-21-27-0","status":"publish","type":"pin","link":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/pin\/week-april-21-27-0\/","title":{"rendered":"The week of April 21 – 27"},"content":{"rendered":"

Economy<\/strong> \u2013 This week\u2019s financial news has focused on the international growth of a few of Italy\u2019s leading companies. Les Echos<\/em>, wrote about how Fincantieri,<\/strong> the construction giant that has just bought France\u2019s Sainte Nazaire has \u201ca tail wind\u201d pushing it forwards (April 24 – Fincantieri, l’italien qui a le vent en poupe<\/a>*) , and the Financial Times<\/em> analyzed the 2.5 billion international investment plan recently announced by Enel – the biggest generator of energy in Europe (April 24 – Enel chief backs renewables in spite of Trump<\/a>*).<\/p>\n

Leading Figures <\/strong>\u2013 Several Italians, well known in cultural or political circles, have made it into the foreign press this week. The Financial Times<\/em> featured an extensive interview with Emma Bonino<\/strong> in which the woman who has come to symbolize what it means to be a civil rights activist, talked about her life and explained what makes her small Rome apartment so special (April 19 – \u2018One of Italy\u2019s greats\u2019: maverick politician and activist Emma Bonino<\/a>*). Italian cinema was the focus of Spain\u2019s El Pas<\/em> in a piece all about Nanni Moretti, <\/strong>a guest star at the Bafici, Buenos Aries\u2019 film festival (April 23 – Nanni Moretti: \u201cNo debemos pensar que el cine puede cambiar el mundo\u201d<\/a>)  and die Zeit<\/em> interviewed Luca Guadagnino<\/strong>, who directed \u2018I am love\u2019 (April 24 – “Die Sch\u00f6nheit liegt in den Hinterh\u00f6fen”<\/a>). From the world of Art, Maurizio<\/strong> Cattelan<\/strong> was the subject of an article in New York Times, <\/em>reporting on the day spent in his company as he mooched around the Big Apple (April 20 – Maurizio Cattelan, Naughty as Ever, Plays Games and Tours the Whitney<\/a>*), whilst die Welt<\/em> wrote about the scholarship that the Dresden Foundation for Art and Music has just awarded the visual artist, Marinella Salvatore<\/strong> (April 25 – Kunststipendium 2017 f\u00fcr Italienerin Senatore<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Culture<\/strong> \u2013 Other news on this sector included the new climate controlled environment designed to protect and preserve da Vinci\u2019s \u201cLast Supper\u201d for the next 500 years, reported by El Mundo<\/em> (April 20 – Aire limpio para proteger “La \u00faltima cena” de Leonardo da Vinci<\/a>), whilst a piece in the New York Times spoke of Antonio Canova\u2019s <\/strong>sculpture of George Washington, currently on exhibition in the US for the first time ever (April 23 – Finally, From Italy, the Full George Washington<\/a>*).<\/p>\n

Tourism<\/strong> \u2013 also generated articles with a cultural slant this week, with, for example, a piece in Le Monde<\/em> that used the novels of Elena Ferrante as a guide to exploring Naples<\/strong> (April 25 – Vous aimez Elena Ferrante, vous adorerez Naples<\/a>), whilst the New York Times<\/em> took a look at Palermo, as seen through the eyes of the author Jaimi Attemberg (April 19 – How Sicily Cemented an Unlikely Friendship<\/a>). Another writer, Stephanie Danle, and her \u201ctasty\u201d cultural and culinary experiences in Sicily<\/strong>, were the subject of a piece in El Pa\u00eds<\/em> (April 21 – Alcaparras y cusc\u00fas en Sicilia<\/a>) whilst another one this time in the New York Times<\/em>, featured the island\u2019s capital and the story of its Jewish community \u2013 also describing a visit to St. Mary\u2019s of the Sabbath, the baroque oratorio that became Palermo\u2019s first synagogue (April 24 – 500 Years After Expulsion, Sicily\u2019s Jews Reclaim a Lost History<\/a>.) Moreover, the same paper shifted its focus north in another article, suggesting Genoa<\/strong> as a destination readers might want to consider, explaining that although it is nothing like Rome or Florence, it is a city that lent itself to individual exploration and enjoyment (April 25 – Genoa Isn\u2019t Rome or Florence. That\u2019s Part of Its Charm<\/a>). Meantime, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung<\/em>, was in Lignano<\/strong> to take a look at somewhere that has been a popular destination for three generations of German tourists (April 20 – Abwechslung wird auch \u00fcberbewertet<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

It was Rome, <\/strong>however, that featured in an article in the Financial Times,<\/em> suggesting that anyone considering buying a property there might want to consider Trastevere, a fascinating neighborhood where prices are good (April 26 – Why buyers seeking the \u2018real\u2019 Rome head for Trastevere<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Food <\/strong>\u2013Austria\u2019s Der Standard<\/em> wrote about the low fat, but \u201cguilty\u201d little gastronomic pleasures that are the Quarisimali fiorentini <\/strong>(April 25 –<\/strong> Quaresimali Fiorentini: Fettarme und knusprige Kekse mit Kakao<\/a>)<\/span> and New York\u2019s Enoteca Maria featured in a piece in the Sueddeutsche Zeitung<\/em> that paid tribute to the Italian food tradition (April 20 – In diesem Restaurant sind Gro\u00dfm\u00fctter die Chefk\u00f6chinnen<\/a>). Also the Wall Street Journal<\/em> shared a few ideas on how to tinker with the classic recipe for a Negroni<\/strong> without losing that special something that makes it unique (April 20 – The Negroni Variations: Rethinking the Classic Recipe<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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