Arriving today in the towns of the Casentino valley in search of a coat means confronting a heavy silence.
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Tag: economic crisis
Casentino Cloth Faces Extinction as Last Factory Shuts Down
The iconic orange wool was made famous by Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
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Deflation in 22 Italian cities, including Florence
The Italian Institute of Statistics ISTAT confirmed its preliminary estimate that Italy had a annual inflation rate of -0.2% in March.
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Expo effect on tourism brings 100 mln. euros
The effect of Milan Expo on Italian tourism has brought 100 million euros more into the Italian economy as of August 2015 when compared with 2014.
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Florence to host Merkel-Renzi summit
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi play the card of beauty of his native Florence to agree with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on important economic issues referred to European situation.
Read moreProfessor Ertman will focus on the current crisis
The Euro-Crisis in Germany and Italy is the debate on October 2, 2012,at 6 pm, Villa La Pietra, Florence, Italy. In his talk, Professor Ertman will focus on the way the current European crisis has been understood and discussed in Germany. Thomas Ertman is Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Sociology at NYU.
Florence, growing exports in the third quarter 2011
The trend of international trade in the province of Florence for the third quarter of 2011 does not seem affected by developments in heavy cyclical deterioration that has affected the dynamics of the global economic right from the summer.