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by David Jackson   Just a couple of guys hanging out at the White House, talking about Italian wine, food, art, and the threat of the Islamic State. President Obama and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi seemed to get along famously Friday, praising each other on a first-name basis during a White House news conference.   "I brou...

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Italy's strategic plan to manage the migrant emergency was well received by the European Commission and the EU foreign ministers gathered yesterday in Luxembourg. However, the proposal to fund the European strategy through EU bonds raised doubts, especially in Berlin.   In Italy, instead, the new migrant tragedy which took place off the coas...

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Italy is turning to the private sector to try to increase the profitability of some of its cultural treasures, including the Uffizi gallery in Florence and Borghese gallery in Rome.   Under a new initiative sponsored by the government of the prime minister, Matteo Renzi, Italy's cultural centres are likely to begin to look more like other gr...

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Premier Matteo Renzi said Tuesday that he looked forward to closer cooperation between the United States and Italy in the energy field during a visit to ENEL's Stillwater plant in Nevada at the start of a four-day trip in America. "Stillwater is a symbol of the possible cooperation between the USA and Italy," Renzi said at the groundbreaking combin...

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  WTI Magazine #50    2014 December, 26Author : Francesca Papasergi      Translation by:   It's been a long and complicated year. We started it out with Mr. Enrico Letta at the country's helm, and then Matteo Renzi shuffled cards and ministers and replaced Letta at Palazzo Chigi.  

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  WTI Magazine #44    2014 October, 1Author : Francesca Papasergi      Translation by:   The clause 18 of the Italian Labor Statute has been disputed in the country's public debate since the early 2000s. It concerns the firms with more than fifteen employees and regulates the lay-offs. According to the current law, if one is dismissed without a...

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by Riccardo Luna On 19 September, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi appointed me as "Digital Champion", advisor for the digital economy. I was of course delighted – but when it was made official, my first thought was: "What do I do now? How do I get every Italian digital"?   I was already familiar with the role. Originally, the EU Commission call...

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by Annamaria Capparelli   The undisputed high quality of the Made-in-Italy agro-food, the rediscovery of this sector by the government, the "push" by Italian sounding which, on the one hand, penalizes national excellence (snatching from Italy a turnover of over €60 billion), while, on the other, promotes food choices bearing the name of Made...

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  WTI Magazine #32    2014 May, 29Author : Francesca Papasergi      Translation by:   The European elections' turnout was slightly higher than expected: the 58% of Italian voters cast their ballot. Generally speaking, the disaffection for the EU shows the lack of involvement citizens feel toward its institutions, often perceived as a bureaucrati...

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Un pronostico non ottimistico per l'economia italiana, un impegno a mostrare al presidente del Consiglio Matteo Renzi, quando visiterà la Chrysler la settimana prossima a Detroit, che cosa si può fare per rimettere in piedi un'azienda; un consiglio sempre a Renzi di assorbire quanto più possibile le lezioni di alta tecnologia durante l'altra sua ta...

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