{"id":72805,"date":"2019-03-18T09:46:04","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T08:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/pin\/week-march-8-14\/"},"modified":"2019-03-18T09:46:04","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T08:46:04","slug":"week-march-8-14","status":"publish","type":"pin","link":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/pin\/week-march-8-14\/","title":{"rendered":"The week of March 8 \u2013 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Economy <\/strong>\u2013 In the business stories dedicated to Italy, <em>Financial Times c<\/em>overs the new, \u201cambitious\u201d growth plan of Generali, which has beaten its own targets (March 14 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/0f8514e0-4627-11e9-b168-96a37d002cd3\">Generali beats targets ahead<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/0f8514e0-4627-11e9-b168-96a37d002cd3\">of aggressive growth plan<\/a>). The British daily also recounts the Advent group\u2019s \u20ac 1.85 billion investment in <strong>Cerved <\/strong>(<em>Financial Times<\/em>, March 6 &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/9cc96272-400d-11e9-9bee-efab61506f44\"> PE group Advent in talks to buy Italy\u2019s Cerved<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/9cc96272-400d-11e9-9bee-efab61506f44\">&nbsp;in \u20ac1.85bn deal<\/a>*). <em style=\"font-weight: normal;\">El Mundo<\/em>, on the other hand, devotes coverage to the successful entrepreneurial story of <strong style=\"font-style: normal;\">Chiara Ferragni <\/strong>who, from being a \u201cblogger for fun,\u201d has gone on to found a company with a turnover of 30 million (March 9 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elmundo.es\/loc\/celebrities\/2019\/03\/09\/5c7fd155fc6c83d11f8b4597.html\">Chiara Ferragni: &#8220;Empec\u00e9 un blog por diversi\u00f3n y ahora<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elmundo.es\/loc\/celebrities\/2019\/03\/09\/5c7fd155fc6c83d11f8b4597.html\">facturo 30 millones&#8221;<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Culture <\/strong>\u2013 In culture, <em>The Wall Street Journal <\/em>pays a visit to Florence and \u201c<strong>Verrocchio<\/strong>, Master of Leonardo,\u201d a \u201cglobal show\u201d that \u201chas been a long time coming,\u201d opening on March 9 at Palazzo Strozzi (March 8 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/teacher-of-the-old-masters-11552055881?mod=searchresults&amp;amp;page=1&amp;amp;pos=12\">Teacher of the Old Masters<\/a>*), while <em>Die Zeit <\/em>recounts <strong>Vasari<\/strong>\u2019s biography dedicated to the genius of Leonardo (March 13 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeit.de\/kultur\/kunst\/2019-03\/leonardo-da-vinci-maler-architekt-ingenieur-genie-italien\">Das \u00fcberforderte Genie<\/a>). <em>The New York Times, <\/em>on the other hand, reviews the new English translation of <em>Arturo\u2019s Island<\/em>, a classic of Italian literature by <strong>Elsa Morante <\/strong>(March 11 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/03\/11\/books\/review-arturos-island-elsa-morante-ann-goldstein.html\">An Operatic Italian Classic Gets a Fresh Translation<\/a>*). <em>Le Monde <\/em>also covers literature with a tribute to the writer <strong>Sandro Veronesi<\/strong>, on the occasion of the Paris Book Fair (March 14 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/idees\/article\/2019\/03\/14\/sandro-veronesi-les-noms-les-mots-ne-sont-jamais-neutres-ils-sont-memoire-v-u-destin-ou-tout-cela-a-la-fois_5435807_3232.html\">Sandro Veronesi : \u00ab Les noms, les mots ne sont jamais neutres : ils sont<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/idees\/article\/2019\/03\/14\/sandro-veronesi-les-noms-les-mots-ne-sont-jamais-neutres-ils-sont-memoire-v-u-destin-ou-tout-cela-a-la-fois_5435807_3232.html\">&nbsp;m\u00e9moire, v\u0153u, destin ou tout cela \u00e0 la fois \u00bb<\/a>). Lastly, <em style=\"font-weight: normal;\">The New York Times Style Magazine <\/em>covers art, photographing the works on display at the Milan apartment of <strong style=\"font-style: normal;\">Caroline Corbett<\/strong>, \u201cthe curator championing a new generation of Italian artists (March 12 in &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/03\/12\/t-magazine\/caroline-corbetta-curator-home.html\">At Home With the Curator<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/03\/12\/t-magazine\/caroline-corbetta-curator-home.html\">Championing a New Generation of Italian Artist<\/a>*;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/slideshow\/2019\/03\/12\/t-magazine\/inside-a-curators-art-filled-milanese-apartment\/s\/11tmag-corbetta-slide-PXCO.html\"> Inside a Curator\u2019s Art-Filled Milanese<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/slideshow\/2019\/03\/12\/t-magazine\/inside-a-curators-art-filled-milanese-apartment\/s\/11tmag-corbetta-slide-PXCO.html\">Apartment<\/a>*).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tourism <\/strong>\u2013 In tourism news, <em>The Guardian <\/em>reports on the discovery, off the coast of <strong>Monopoli<\/strong>, of the Adriatic\u2019s first coral reef (March 11 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2019\/mar\/11\/first-coral-reef-in-italy-discovered-on-adriatic-coast-monopoli-puglia-mesophotic-ecosystem\">First coral reef in Italy discovered on Adriatic coast<\/a>), while <em>Bloomberg <\/em>stays at <strong>Casa Maria Luigia<\/strong>, the hotel associated with Massimo Bottura\u2019s restaurant Osteria Francescana (March 7 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/features\/2019-03-07\/top-chefs-open-luxurious-hotels-for-better-margins\">Eat, Drink, Sleep, Repeat: Chef-Owned Hotels Have the<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/features\/2019-03-07\/top-chefs-open-luxurious-hotels-for-better-margins\">Perfect Agenda<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wine &amp; Food <\/strong>\u2013 In Wine &amp; Food, <em>The New York Times <\/em>recommends a recipe in which wine takes centre stage in a pasta sauce (March 8 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/03\/08\/dining\/drunken-pasta-recipe.html\">This Pasta Gets Sauced<\/a>), while the German <em>Boersen&nbsp; Zeitung <\/em>stresses how <strong>Brunello di Montalcino <\/strong>continues to be \u201cone of the best wines in the world\u201d (March 13 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boersen-zeitung.de\/index.php?li=1&amp;amp;artid=2019050035\">Der Brunello di Montalcino hat di Weinwelt erobert<\/a>*). And while <em>Der Standard <\/em>recounts a dish in the tradition of Ravenna, veal involtini with pine nuts and pistachios, (March 12 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/derstandard.at\/2000099301599\/Involtini-Kalbsrouladen-mit-Pinienkernen-und-Pistazien\">Involtini: Kalbsrouladen mit Pinienkernen und Pistazien<\/a>), <em>Sueddeutsche Zeitung<\/em>, in its magazine, pays homage to limoncello, a \u201cwholly Italian liqueur\u201d (March 10 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/rezept.sz-magazin.de\/rezept\/limoncello-zitronenlikoer\/\">Limoncello Zitronenlik\u00f6r<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*Article available for pay \/at registration<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Economy <\/strong>\u2013 In the business stories dedicated to Italy, <em>Financial Times c<\/em>overs the new, \u201cambitious\u201d growth plan of Generali, which has beaten its own targets (March 14 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/0f8514e0-4627-11e9-b168-96a37d002cd3\">Generali beats targets ahead<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/0f8514e0-4627-11e9-b168-96a37d002cd3\">of aggressive growth plan<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2355,"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-72805","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\/72805","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\/2355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pin\/72805\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"freetags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/freetags?post=72805"},{"taxonomy":"tipologiapin","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tipologiapin?post=72805"},{"taxonomy":"tag_tecnica","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tag_tecnica?post=72805"},{"taxonomy":"temi_aspen","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/temi_aspen?post=72805"},{"taxonomy":"attivita_internaz_in_essere","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attivita_internaz_in_essere?post=72805"},{"taxonomy":"attivita_internaz_concluse","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attivita_internaz_concluse?post=72805"},{"taxonomy":"studi_e_ricerche","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/studi_e_ricerche?post=72805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}