{"id":72655,"date":"2018-03-05T09:40:50","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T08:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/pin\/week-february-16-22-0\/"},"modified":"2018-03-05T09:40:50","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T08:40:50","slug":"week-february-16-22-0","status":"publish","type":"pin","link":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/pin\/week-february-16-22-0\/","title":{"rendered":"The week of February 16 \u2013 22"},"content":{"rendered":"

Economy<\/strong> \u2013 This week, the foreign press\u2019s business coverage shines the spotlight on Italian investments abroad, and foreign ones in Italy. First of these is the operation with which Granarolo purchased Midland Food, the British distributor which will make Great Britain the \u201cthird-biggest market\u201d for the Italian group (The New York Times<\/em>, February 19 – Italian Dairy Firm Granarolo Buys British Distributor Midland Food<\/a>*; Reuters<\/em>, February 19 – Italian dairy firm Granarolo buys British distributor Midland Food<\/a>). There is also coverage of the wager Qatar Airways has made on Italy, with the launch of the new carrier Air Italy which will replace the Meridiana brand and focus on Malpensa as its new hub for intercontinental links (Les Echos<\/em>, February 19 – Air Italy d\u00e9fie Alitalia avec le soutien de Qatar Airways<\/a>*).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fashion<\/strong> \u2013Women\u2019s fashion week in Milan has led international newspapers to refocus their attention on the industry: El Pais<\/em> and Reuters <\/em>report on Moncler which opened the event with a collection that is \u201cromantic, commercial, and full of Victorian reminiscence\u201d (February 20 – Ocho formas de hablar con el consumidor de moda<\/a>; February 21 \u2013 Moncler bids farewell to catwalk with eight new collections<\/a>), while the British press agency and The Guardian<\/em> cover Gucci and the \u201cpost-humanism\u201d show staged by creative director Alessandro Michele (February 21 \u2013 Gucci’s Michele explores identities in rich, bold display<\/a>; Gucci shuns glamour and sex for philosophy and severed heads<\/a>). The New York Times<\/em>, on the other hand, visits Milan for \u201cItaliana: Italy Through the Lens of Fashion,\u201d a show being inaugurated at Palazzo Reale to tell \u201cItaly\u2019s story through its clothes\u201d (February 20 \u2013 Telling Italy\u2019s Story Through Its Clothes<\/a>*). Financial Times<\/em> interviews Diego Della Valle to understand how Tod\u2019s manages to reconcile \u201cclassic craftsmanship with a hunger for the new\u201d (February 16 – Tod\u2019s owner Diego Della Valle: \u2018Millennials are not for everyone\u2019<\/a>*). There is also coverage of Oliviero Toscani and his return to Benetton, with a campaign to revitalize the brand (Die Welt<\/em>, February 17 \u2013 \u201eMarketingleute haben Ideen. Ich arbeite!\u201c<\/a>).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Culture<\/strong> \u2013 Milan also takes centre stage in the cultural news: Financial Times<\/em> in fact reports on \u201cPost Zang Tumb Tuuum. Art Life Politics: Italia 1918\u20131943,\u201d the \u201cpowerful\u201d exhibition that Fondazione Prada has dedicated to Italian art between 1918 and 1943 (February 16 \u2013 Back to the futurists: Italian art in the era of Fascism<\/a>*). The English daily provides more coverage of Italian art, but this time in London, where the Camden Arts Centre has dedicated a show to Giorgio Griffa and his \u201cunique and mysterious vision\u201d of art (February 15 \u2013 Giorgio Griffa: a dance to the music of colour and form<\/a>*). Le Monde<\/em>, on the other hand, has published a journey into an Italian musical scene alternative to Sanremo, covering artists \u201cto be listened to\u201d such as Cosmo and Liberato (21 February 21 – En Italie, un rem\u00e8de \u00e0 la cacophonie<\/a>). Culinary tradition is also covered by Der Standard<\/em> which reports on the \u201ccultural significance and iconic power\u201d of pizza, recently awarded world heritage status by UNESCO\u201d (February 16 \u2013 Was macht eine gute Pizza aus?<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Sport<\/strong> \u2013 In sport, the international dailies cover the victory of skier Sofia Goggia, who has given \u201cItaly its first women’s Olympic downhill champion\u201d (New York Times<\/em>, February 21 – Goggia Tames the ‘Crazy Horse’ to Win Downhill Gold<\/a>*), and the \u201cfull-speed friendship\/rivalry\u201d between the Italian and America\u2019s Lindsey Vonn (Les Echos<\/em>, February 20 \u2013 JO-2018: Vonn et Goggia, l’amiti\u00e9 malgr\u00e9 la rivalit\u00e9<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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