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The Italian Trade Agency (ITA) today announced that Prime Minister Matteo Renzi will make his first official visit to Chicago on March 30, 2016. The visit by the Italian head of state will focus on Italian manufacturers in the Midwest at the ITA's i3 Forum=Impact. Innovate. Integrate. at the University of Chicago's Gleacher Center.   The U.S...

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President Barack Obama is opening a visit to Italy, where he'll meet with Pope Francis and Italian political leaders. Obama arrived in Rome Wednesday night following three days of talks on Ukraine with European leaders in the Netherlands and Brussels.   Deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes said Obama has been inspired by the pope...

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WTI Magazine #44    2014 October, 1Author : Umberto Mucci      Translation by:   The visit of Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi in the United States has just ended, and there's a final thought that passed through my mind while I was reading articles and statements about it. Reading what he declared after meeting with the Italian community in th...

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By Emily Heil The White House will say "ciao, friends!" at a state dinner for Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and his wife, Agnese Landini, on Oct. 18. The black-tie affair will be the 14th, and likely the last, for the Obama administration.   White House press secretary Josh Earnest on Monday called Renzi's visit "an opportunity to rec...

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by James Mackenzie and Alison Williams   Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi backed the planned free trade deal between the European Union and the United States, saying on Friday it would be an "own goal" to let the opportunity for an agreement slip.   According to some estimates, the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partne...

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Il "rientro dei cervelli" potrebbe trovare un'ulteriore spinta dal progetto Human Technopole, il polo scientifico voluto dal Governo che dovrebbe sorgere nell'area Expo a Milano: oggi è arrivato il sì al progetto da parte degli scienziati italiani che lavorano oltreoceano.   La prestigiosa Issnaf (Italian Scientists and Scholars of North Ame...

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  WTI Magazine #42    2014 September, 3Author : Francesca Papasergi      Translation by:   Summer is going to end in 20 days, and even if it hasn't been as warm as usual till now, the Italian Parliament had a very sweaty August. The Senate is going to change. On August 8th, the "Boschi Reform" got its first approval from the Senate itself. It wi...

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  WTI Magazine #23    2014 Mar, 28Author : Francesca Papasergi      Translation by:   Last week we started a short analysis about Italian leaders' communicative style. Today we will end our digression and go through the attitudes of Mario Monti, Beppe Grillo and Matteo Renzi.    

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by  Enrico Netti   Some €10.6 billion to invest over seven years. That's about how much Italy tentatively plans to unleash between 2014 and 2020 to get its so-called Digital Agenda up to speed. The government will disburse the fresh cash in tranches of €1.5 billion a year, most of which will be covered by European Union funds.  ...

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According to reports Renzi, who assumed his position in February, should make the announcement at the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) headquarters, despite the ongoing economic problems which caused the capital to abandon its bid for the 2020 Games.   "Keep the date, December 15, 2014," Renzi said on RTL Radio. "If we manage t...

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