Rock star Sting, former Timer Warner manager Richard Parsons, and businessman James B. Sherwood. Three internationally known names with a common interest: the Tuscan countryside and its food products.
The positive signals for Tuscan economy all come from abroad. Despite a comprehensively weak economic juncture, in the first semester of 2013 the orders to industry, export, and international tourism, as well as the transit of foreign travelers in airports are all shown a slight recovery in the regional territory.
The Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research has assigned funds to the FIRB (Funds for Investment in Fundamental Research) ‘Future in Research’ project selecting three researchers from the University of Pisa as Italian project co-ordinators and another three as local unit heads.
A cultural and artistic heritage asset constituted by 4,500 sites that attract over one hundred million visitors every year, and among which Tuscany stands out for its primacy, both in terms of offer and demand.
Italy’s symbol for Expo 2015 – the Universal Exposition that will take place in two years in Milan, and that represents a great opportunity for the hosting country, both in terms of visibility and development, possibly economic – will be “an icon of Italian art and genius throughout the world”.
Stocks in the ‘bigs’ of oil and technology, the gas and energy networks, the shipbuilding sector and other prized assets: all this on the platter with which Italy opens an new season of privatizations, from which it hopes to collect 10 to 12 billion in 2014