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In the News (Wed 23 Dec 09)

  
  Italy
Italy is located in the temperate zone, the mainland climate varies from the north to the south; summer temperatures are relatively uniform in most cities and range on average between 23oC and 28oC, while winter temperatures range between 12oC and 17oC.
Italy's energy mix is shifting from oil to more use of gas, with little probability of rapidly diversifying much further owing to the limited growth of renewable energy, local resistance to coal and the fact that the nuclear option was abandoned in 1987.
Italy's high level of local resistance to new infrastructure is becoming increasingly serious in the context of the transfer of power to local authorities.
www-pub.iaea.org /MTCD/publications/PDF/cnpp2003/CNPP_Webpage/countryprofiles/Italy/Italy2003.htm   (839 words)

  
 Italy ski holiday. Skiing holidays in Italy. Ski Dolomites. Ski hotels in 50 Italian ski resorts.
Skiing in Italy is a fine and quite recommendable pursuit.
Admittedly the ski resorts here are not as famous as those in Switzerland and Austria, but they have a charm of their own.
Skiing in Italy is sometimes like skiing in two different countries.
italy.europe-mountains.com   (582 words)

  
  Comparison of Framce and Italy
Since Italy is a peninsula the rest of the country is surrounded by bodies of water, such as the Adriatic on the east, Mediterranean on the south and the Tyrrhenian Sea on the west.
Italy is frequently troubled by natural shocks such as volcanic eruptions from any one of its active volcanoes and minor earthquakes.
During the period of 1901-1914 Italy’s rate of industrial growth was 87% with workers wages growing at a rate of 25% (for the period) 8.
www.bu.edu /econ/faculty/kyn/newweb/economic_systems/Country_comparisons/france_italy_lg.htm   (3624 words)

  
 The "Easier to Drink and Pronounce" Cab
Italy, too, has begun to be affected by its own Merlot craze, but it is the industry, not the public, which is driving this interest.
The focal points of this interest are northeast Italy in the regions of the Veneto, Trentino-Alto Adige, and Friuli-Venezia Giulia,and west central Italy in the regions of Tuscany, Lazio, and Umbria.
Aware that consumers in Italy, and abroad, are consuming more and more red wine and less white, producers in northeast Italy are shifting their attention to what they believe is the best red wine for the market, and the best red grape variety for their soils.
www.beveragebusiness.com /bbcontent/art-arch/bnesto06.html   (2044 words)

  
 Venice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The city stretches across numerous small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy.
The city was founded as a result of the influx of refugees into the marshes of the Po estuary following the invasion of northern Italy by the Lombards in 568.
Throughout the 15th century, Venetian land forces were almost always on the offensive and were regarded as the most effective in Italy, largely because of the tradition of all classes carrying arms in defense of the city and official encouragement of general military training.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Venice,_Italy   (2808 words)

  
 Case-Study 1: Northeast Italy
The north-east of Italy is a geographically and ethnically diverse region stretching from the lowlands of the Po delta to the alpine regions along the modern borders with Switzerland and Austria.
Historians, from the Greeks onwards, identified the main ethnic groups of the region as the Veneti (occupying the region illustrated to the right) and the Raeti, who are associated with the regions to the north and west of this area.
A preliminary report on the first year of the research project and its results from north-east Italy was presented by Kathryn Lomas at the next meeting of the British Epigraphy Society on November 15th 2003.
www.ucl.ac.uk /ancient-literacy/project-case1.htm   (860 words)

  
 Ethnologue: Italy
Northeast Italy, Sette and Tredici Communi (Sieben and Dreizehn Gemainde) south of Trent, towns of Giazza (Glietzen, Ljetzen), Roana (Rabam), Lusern, some in Venetia Province.
Northeast and adjacent areas, northern Friuli-Venezia-Giulia on the borders of the Austrian province of Corinthia and the Yugoslav Republic of Slovenia.
VENETIAN [VEC] 2,109,502 in Italy (1976); 100,000 in Croatia and Slovenia (1994 Tapani Salminen).
198.62.75.1 /www1/pater/ethno/Ital.html   (1846 words)

  
 Sunny-Investment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Italy rejected nuclear power in a referendum in 1987, a year after winds blew radiation from the Chernobyl, Ukraine, explosion across much of Europe.
And when it did come from Italy, it was from "tiny islands that didn't have their own electricity supplies," Milan said in a telephone interview from Carmignano di Brenta, in northeast Italy where Electro Solar is based.
Italy's new solar program envisages incentives for installation of panels for a total output of 100 megawatts over the next few years, a goal described as modest by utilities and environmental groups.
www.cbc.ca /cp/world/050827/w082750.html   (665 words)

  
 88.02.03: Immigration into an Urban Industralized Northeast: 1879Ð1914
As the early pioneers raced across the continent as part of the great westward expansion, another group of pioneers was coming ashore on the Northeast (and midwest).
The economic condition in Italy, from 1870 to 1914, were no different that those of most countries of southern and eastern Europe.
Italy was faced with overpopulation; it lacked needed resources for industrialization, land suitable for farming was scarce and social/economic mobility was limited.
www.yale.edu /ynhti/curriculum/units/1988/2/88.02.03.x.html   (4642 words)

  
 Avian Influenza in Italy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Human passenger traffic from Italy is substantial, however, if the outbreak remains localized in northeast Italy then risk from human passengers is probably negligible.Questions regarding risk to the U.S. focus primarily on imports of live birds, including the 800 live chickens, ducks, or turkeys known to be imported from Italy through October 1999.
Italy had 0.01 percent of world chicken stocks in 1999, roughly equal in this regard to countries such as Spain, Nigeria, and the Philippines.
Italy also exported and imported relatively smaller quantities of eggs including eggs in the shell; hen eggs; eggs, liquid, dried; and eggs dry whole yolks.
www.aphis.usda.gov /vs/ceah/cei/IW_1999_files/avinfita.html   (1193 words)

  
 SAO > Italy > Verona   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Located in northeast Italy, Verona is a city with both a rich history and a modern flare.
One of the most vibrant cities in Italy, Verona is noted for its flourishing economy, rich culture and joy of living.
Located in northeast Italy, Verona is situated at the crossroads of Europe, linking the western and eastern Mediterranean and connecting the Italian peninsula with Austria and the north.
www.ips.uiuc.edu /sao/countries/italy/verona.html   (759 words)

  
 Istria on the Internet - Linguistics - Ethnologue report for Italy
Northeast Italy, Sette and Tredici Comuni (Sieben and Dreizehn Gemainde) south of Trent, towns of Giazza (Glietzen, Ljetzen), Roana (Rabam), Lusern, some in Venetia Province.
Northwest Italy, region of Piacenza to that of Ravenna, and betwen the Po and the Adriatic and the Apennines, in the territories of Emilia and Romagna, southern Pianura Padana (all provinces), southern Lombardia (Provinces Mantova and Pavia), northern Toscana (Lunigiana), northern Marche (Province Pesaro).
Northeast and adjacent areas, northern Friuli-Venezia-Giulia on the borders of the Austrian Province of Corinthia and the Republic of Slovenia.
www.istrianet.org /istria/linguistics/ethno-italy.htm   (1268 words)

  
 Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Population   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
According to the latest census conducted in 2001, Italy has a population of 56.3 million, of whom 27 million are men and 29 million women.
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: 26.2% of the population counted by ISTAT (www.istat.it) reside in northern Italy, 18.8% in northeast Italy, 19% in the centre and 24.5% in the south, and the remaining 11.5% on the islands.
This is particularly true of the northeast, where in the immediate post-war era the average family had 4.2 members, and now counts only 2.5.
www.esteri.it /eng/7_43_98.asp   (553 words)

  
 Frontline Ministries - Italy Before the Romans
Studying the history of Italy before the Romans is more the job of an archeaologist than of an historian because there is no written material to study it.
Italy was first inhabited by people from the North, the Ibero-Ligurians, who came up from the Iberean Peninsula (modern day Spain) and those who came up the South from North Africa through Sicily.
Sicily and Italy were always distinct, each worked out its own development on its own particular lines without the slightest dependence on the other.
www.frontlinemin.org /print.asp?page=/prerome.asp   (1162 words)

  
 Ethnologue report for Italy
Northeast Italy, Sette and Tredici Comuni (Sieben and Dreizehn Gemeinde) south of Trent, towns of Giazza (Glietzen, Ljetzen), Roana (Rabam), Lusern, some in Venetia Province.
Northwest Italy, region of Piacenza to that of Ravenna, and between the Po and the Adriatic and the Apennines, in the territories of Emilia and Romagna, southern Pianura Padana (all provinces), southern Lombardia (Provinces Mantova and Pavia), northern Toscana (Lunigiana), northern Marche (Province Pesaro).
Northern Italy, city of Venice, area of the Tre Venezie; Venezia Eugànea westward to Verona, southward to the Po, and eastward to the border of the Fruili; Venezia Tridentina, in the Adige valley and neighboring mountain regions to the north of Trent; and Venezia Giulia, east of the Friuli, and including Trieste.
www.ethnologue.com /show_country.asp?name=Italy   (1407 words)

  
 Enjoy the Exotic Wines of VINO DEL VIDA A Selection for Every Daydream Destination
From the Friuli region of northeast Italy this juice is a blend of the two very popular grapes.
From the Friuli and Veneto regions of northeast Italy, the Merlot grown here is famous for its velvet smoothness and rich character, which features notes of cherry and plum.
The Piedmont region of northwest Italy is famous for its Moscato grapes which give a strong bouquet of exotic fruit with complex spices and floral notes in the finish.
www.brewsplus.com /mosto_italiano.htm   (767 words)

  
 Italy
Italy occupied territory in Yugoslavia (1941), Greece (1941), and a small portion of southern France (1942).
Italians generally refused to participate in genocide, or to permit deportations from Italy or the Italian occupation zones in Yugoslavia, Greece, and France to the Nazi extermination camps.
Military reversals in North Africa and the Allied invasion of Sicily and southern Italy in 1943 contributed to the overthrow of Benito Mussolini's dictatorship.
www.ushmm.org /wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005455   (668 words)

  
 Italy
Italy has a long history of seismic catastrophes, with more than 400 destructive earthquakes documented during the last 2,000 years.
The regions with the highest activity are associated with three main tectonic features: the Apennine mountains along the center of the Italian peninsula, the Alps in northeast Italy, and the Calabria-Sicily region of southern Italy.
The magnitude 7.3 Messina Earthquake of 1908 occurred in the Calabria-Sicily region, and was one of the most severe events in Italy’s recorded history destroying 98% of the buildings in some city centers.
www.rms.com /Catastrophe/Models/Italy.asp   (334 words)

  
 In Italy Online - Friuli-Venezia Giulia
But that was not to be until after the First World War, and even then it was short-lived, because a significant chunk of the territory to the east and south of Trieste was awarded to the state of Yugoslavia in recognition of its valiant fight against the Nazis in World War II.
The region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia was not created until 1963, and many of its towns still bear vivid signs of Austrian and Slavic influence in their lifestyle, folklore and cuisine.
kirting Italy's second largest lagoon, this two-day itinerary takes you by car and ferry from Aquileia, the most important archeological site in northern Italy, to Muggia, a picturesque fishing village that is the last outpost before the Slovenian border.
www.initaly.com /regions/friuli/friuli.htm   (666 words)

  
 Tour To Italy, Italy Tour, Italy Tourism, Tourism Italy, Travel to Italy, Italy Travel, Tour Package Italy, Italy Tour ...
Located in the Mediterranean Europe, Italy is bordered by France in the northwest, Switzerland and Austria in the north and Slovenia in the northeast.
Italy Peninsula is surrounded by Ligurian Sea, Sardinian Sea and the Tyrrhenian Sea in the west, Sicilian Sea and the Ionian Sea in the south and Adriatic Sea in the east.
Italy Tour major attraction is the endless culture of this country.
www.worldtravel4indians.com /italy   (322 words)

  
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districts on the Adriatic Sea (in Istria) from Italy.
(3) Italy is important to Slovenia as a trading partner, and tourism.
Italy had threatened to block Slovenia's entry into the EU until the issue
www.italystl.com /ra/293.htm   (1142 words)

  
 Italy/Geothermal District Heating
A large portion of civil space heating uses is concentrated in the Abano spa resort area, in northeast Italy.
Outside Tuscany, the Grado Municipality, on the Veneto coast (northeast Italy) is interested in a DH project involving also some spa use.
C water from a well to be drilled to the depth of 1,000 m, in the town center, tapping a Mesozoic limestone reservoir.
www.geothermie.de /egec-geothernet/no40egec/italygeothermal_district_heating.htm   (2167 words)

  
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Italy’s inflamed press continued to charge that Japan was trying to start a race war and was using Africa as a bridge over which the yellow race would attack Europe.
I venture to assure the representative of Italy that not only would he have obtained from the League full justice, but also convinced himself of the amount of the sympathy to which the noble Italian nation is entitled.
Italy, reassured the paper, wanted only to secure the safety of its workers and to trade there; Italy did not seek to monopolize profits in Ethiopia by closing the economic door or by using the racial issue.
users.ju.edu /jclarke/wizzf.html   (6902 words)

  
 Rental accommodation in Veneto (Venetia) - page 4 of 5
This bed and breakfast is situated in the historical centre of Venice, Italy.
This Mirano hotel close to Venice, Italy is also near to Padua and Treviso and the Brenta Riviera.
Offering holidays in Italy, bed and breakfast accommodation close to Verona, northern Italy is the perfect vacation base.
www.knowital.com /index/listing/veneto/4#103928   (337 words)

  
 Moroccans in Italy arrested on suspecion of terrorism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Italy's justice minister Roberto Castelli said Thursday, Jan. 23, 2003 that the arrests ofthe men were related to Italy's fight against terrorism.
ROME (AP) — Five Moroccans were arrested in northern Italy after a routine search for illegal immigrants turned up 2.2 pounds of explosives and maps, authorities said Thursday.
The Italian news agency ANSA also reported that authorities were believed to have found the addresses and plans of NATO bases in Italy in the Wednesday raid near the northern city of Rovigo.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/827937/posts   (1262 words)

  
 Ravenna - yourDictionary.com - American Heritage Dictionary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
A city of northeast Italy near the Adriatic Sea northeast of Florence.
A.D. and the center of Byzantine power in Italy from the late sixth century until c.
Ravenna eventually became part of the papal dominions and was included in the kingdom of Italy in 1860.
www.yourdictionary.com /ahd/r/r0059000.html   (83 words)

  
 Lagrein, Tocai, and More at Italian Wine Merchants
In the Northernmost province of Italy, a mountainous zone squeezed between the borders of Austria and Switzerland, is one of Europe's oldest wine-growing sites (predating 15 BC).
Moving away from Bordeaux we find Burgundy's Pinot Noir, which was first introduced here by Sir Ludwig Barth von Barthenau, whose estate passed later to the Hofstätter family and whose name is now found on an elegant portrayal of the grape that discloses fl cherry and cocoa with hints of vanilla.
It has the romance of Romeo and Juliet, it is home to the beloved city of the sea, and it produces a trio of Italy's most recognized wines - Soave, Valpolicella, and Bardolino - as well as the uniquely Italian Amarone, the sweet Recioto della Valpolicella, and the sparkling Prosecco.
www.italianwinemerchant.com /IWM_Weekly_e-letter/IWM_06_30_05_Northeast_Italy.htm   (2129 words)

  
 Buying a home in Italy, but where? A country of regions
So you want to buy a house in Italy, the country of la dolce vita, great food and wine, effortless style and chic, a country that knows how to enjoy life.
The first thing anyone planning on purchasing Italian property needs to understand is that this is very much a country of the regions … and that’s down to its unique history.
First bear in mind that Italy has only been a united country since 1861 — the story of the Italian peninsula in the millennium and a half between the fall of Rome and the Risorgimento wasn’t that of a nation, more one of endless wars between empire-building city states, and of devastating foreign invasions.
www.keyitaly.com /article/region-snapguide   (327 words)

  
 Choosing an Italian Language Course in Italy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Italian academic Francesca Mattiussi-Seaman is the director of the Scuola Insieme Italian Language School (www.scuolainsieme.com) that she set up in her hometown of Grado, in northeast Italy, when she was still a sophomore at Stanford University.
Quality of Language Schools: Two people who have already taken the plunge and learnt Italian in Italy are junior doctors Louise and Simon Reed who took a year’s sabbatical from their jobs in the UK and drove to Italy in their Mini.
The book, which is available at www.learningitalianinitaly.org and covers their 18,000-mile journey around the Bel Paese, is packed with the authors’ comprehensive advice on how to choose the right course.
www.transitionsabroad.com /publications/magazine/0411/choosing_a_language_school_in_italy.shtml   (1657 words)

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