Italy rocked by corruption‚ drug scandals By Claudio Lavanga‚ NBC News ROME – Franco Fiorito‚ a member of the regional council of Lazio‚ the Italian region that includes Rome‚ was known ironically among his friends as Batman. It was a nickname he earned when he managed to fall off a Harley Davidson still on a kickstand. But rather than a superhero‚ he looks like an actor out of “The Sopranos” with his slicked-back hairstyle‚ striped double-breasted suit‚ bulky figure and bigger than life personality
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Situated in the middle of Milan‚ Italy in the Piazzo del Duomo is Milan Cathedral‚ the largest Gothic cathedral and the second largest Catholic cathedral in the world. The exterior and interior appearances are aw-inspiring‚ commanding respect in our modern day time period and long ago during the time periods in which the Milan Cathedral was constructed. The cathedral also earned respect by being the center for community functions. The Milan Cathedral has outer height of 215 ft and a maximum width
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Subject: Italy Informational Report COMBATTING COMMUNICATION BARRIERS BETWEEN ITALY & AMERICA Relationships are highly valued in Europe‚ especially for Italians. In order to build a business relationship‚ some cultural understanding must be acquired to combat the differences between Italian and American business people. For this reason‚ it is good to understand these four aspects: (1) how to build a relationship with an Italian; (2) what the best ways are to advertise in Italy; (3) where
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First King of United Italy‚ King of Italia * Cavour: Prime Minister of Piedmont-Sardinia from 1852 until his death‚ had a realpolitiker’s vision‚ promoted economic development‚ to unify Italy he had to confront Austria so he got help from Napoleon who feared growth of Piedmont and gave them Lombardy but not Venetia to Piedmont and left the rest of Italy disunited‚ helped achieve a strong economy‚ modern army‚ liberal political climate provoked Austria to invade Northern Italy * Garribaldi:
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State in Italy during the middle ages! Church has always played a major part in Italian History. As Europe gradually emerged from the destruction of the Roman Empire‚ the church became one of the mainstays of civilisation. The disorganisation of the Holy Roman Empire‚ its ongoing dispute with the papacy over the extent of Church authority in secular government and absentee foreign overlords left Italians largely self-governing within their communes. At the start of the fourteenth century‚ Italy was a
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influence of other European states important to the creation of a united Italy? Introduction Italy was unified in 1871. There were three important individuals who had shown extreme efforts in unifying Italy. They were Mazzini‚ garibaldi and Cavour. Cavour was considered to be the most important person in unifying Italy‚ Eventhough he only ends the steps of Mazzini and garibaldi who initially started the idea of uniting Italy. However‚ it had been claimed that the assistance of foreign power was
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Why Italy entered WWII? After WWI‚ Italy was awarded small lands of Austrian territories from the Treaty of Versailles‚ but not Dalmatia which it had coveted. Italy was very unsatisfied about it because they didn’t get the territories which they were promised. Some people think it was right for Italy to enter the WWII while some people didn’t think so. Italy entered WWII for 3 reasons. The first reason is Benito Mussolini‚ who just came to power and became the leader of Italy‚ decided to turn Italy
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ITALY CULTURE IMPACTS ON ITS INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Table of Contents 1. Introduction 1 2. The Background of Italy 1 2.1 Languages of Italy 1 2.2 Education of Italy 1-2 2.3 Religion of Italy 2 2.4 Social Structure of Italy 2 2.5 Political Ideology of Italy 2 2.6 Economic Ideology of Italy 3 3. Analysis culture of the country 3 3.1 History of Italy 3-4 3.2 Geography of Italy 4-5 4. Recommendation for doing Global Business in Italy 5 4.1 Respect Different cultural
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Italy is located in southern Europe‚ bordering France and Switzerland to the north. The important cultures that thrived in Italy and that defined civilization in ancient times are the Romans and the ancient Italy Etruscan civilization. Etruscan refers to the culture that existed in prehistoric times and stretched over to the foundation of Europe. Roman culture generally refers to a form of civilization that originated from the Italian Peninsula that would later grow and become the Roman Empire with
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the economic areas known as ’Third Italy’ have not managed to achieve the well-desired status. The local development model has been presented as the perfect small-scale flexible capitalist type that has adopted a post-Fordist mode of production (Grancelli‚ 2007). The economic cluster referred to as Third Italy‚ was founded in the post-war period (1950s and 1960s) when the global economy was going through hard times of recovery. In the north-east part of Italy a new type of firms was developed.
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