Italy Beats the U.S. to Equity Crowdfunding Law
By David Drake Moving more quickly than even the United States, Italy is the first country in the world to pass and enact an equity crowdfunding law – the Decreto Crescita Bis, or the Italian "Growth Act 2.0." The Italian parliament voted for the implementation of a crowdfunding law last December 17, 2012, and our intel at the Commissione Naziona...
Expo: a meta' gennaio possibile firma Usa
Potrebbe arrivare la meta' di gennaio la firma del contratto di partecipazione all'Expo da parte degli Stati Uniti D'America. Il managing director dell'American Chamber of commerce in Italy, Simone Crolla, ha infatti riportato positivamente il giro di incontri portato avanti in queste settimane in Usa a nome del consorzio che realizzera' il padigli...
4 luglio 2014. Orvieto festeggia l’Indipendenza americana con la 2a edizione di “Orvieto4Ever”
Il 4 luglio 2013, anno dedicato alla Cultura Italiana, a Times Square uno dei luoghi simbolo della città di New York, campeggiava il nome di Orvieto. La prima città italiana a celebrare ufficialmente la ricorrenza dell'Indipendence Day dell'America con l'iniziativa culturale ORVIETO4EVER che un anno fa, sotto il patrocinio del Comune di Or...
One Ticket, Many Exhibitions
Just one ticket to spend a day in one of the most important Italian institutions for art, design, fashion, film, and contemporary architecture: the Milan Triennale. Housed in the Palazzo dell'Arte, the Triennale hosts a series of exhibitions and concurrent events ranging from photography exhibitions to architectural projects with a focus o...
Italy Offers Startups Six Key Fiscal Benefits
by Mauro Battocchi When it comes to incentivizing exciting new startups to take root in Italy, the Circolare of the Agenzia delle Entrate (equivalent to the IRS) is putting its money where its mouth is. Today, let's examine six key tax breaks and fiscal reforms that are beaconing young companies to Italy and letting them keep more...
In The Italian Alps, Stradivari's Trees Live On
Antonio Stradivari, the master violin maker whose instruments sell for millions of dollars today, has been dead for nearly three centuries. Only 650 of his instruments are estimated to survive. But the forest where the luthier got his lumber is alive and well. And thanks to the surprising teamwork of modern instrument makers and forest ran...
Gli Italiani e il Paese da salvare: ecco “i luoghi del cuore” FAI
La tutela del patrimonio culturale e ambientale italiano è un asset strategico per il nostro Paese. E' quanto si può dedurre dalla settima edizione del censimento "I luoghi del cuore", promosso dal Fondo ambiente italiano con Intesa Sanpaolo. Un appuntamento, nato nel 2003, che ha visto i voti di 1.658.701 italiani, numeri importantissimi...
Albertine, le scarpe con tacchi e suole intercambiabili
Sarà il fatto di essere cresciuta nell'era dei giochi transformer ad averla condizionata. Alexandra Alberta Chiolo, 27enne torinese con occhi grandi e dolci ha studiato scienze della comunicazione come molte delle sue coetanee ma poi non ha resistito all'idea di realizzare quello che le balenava in mente: scarpe da moderna principessa tutte componi...
Exports to emerging markets of Italian “beautiful and well-made” products to increase by 45% by 2020
by Laura Cavestri Italian exports of "beautiful and well-made"products (in Italian "Bello e Ben Fatto" or BBF) to 30 main new markets is expected to increase by 45% over the next six years. Imports of BBF products from Italy by new markets are expected to be worth €16 billion in 2020 from €11 billion in 2014. By 2020 this group of...
Italian launch of the book award “The Bridge”
"The Bridge" - the book award, curated by Casa delle Letterature of municipality of Rome in partnership with the American Initiative For Italian Culture (AIFIC), the American Embassy in Rome, NIAF (The National Italian American Foundation) in Washington, DC and Fuis (the Federation of Italian Writers) - was launched in Milan on Wedne...
Marathon and Italian city become sister cities
by William Axford The city of Marathon has a sibling in the Tyrrhenian Sea and residents will get a chance to visit the sister city this fall. Loiri Porto San Paolo in Sardinia, Italy, became Marathon's sister city after three years of work from the Greater Marathon Chamber of Commerce and the City Council. It is a coastal city on...
Sicily-Coca-Cola, alliance to produce biogas from citrus waste
Sicily and Coca Cola have forged an alliance at Milan Expo 2015 for environmental sustainability and against food waste. This is the message that has emerged from a workshop on Sicily's products of excellence – fruit and vegetables – organized at Palazzo Italia. For the occasion, the US beverage giant and Sicily's citrus district have pres...