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• Overview
  • Economy - overview: Italy has a diversified industrial economy with roughly the same total and per capita output as France and the UK. This capitalistic economy remains divided into a developed industrial north, dominated by private companies, and a less developed agricultural south, with 20% unemployment. Most raw materials needed by industry and more than 75% of energy requirements are imported. Over the past decade, Italy has pursued a tight fiscal policy in order to meet the requirements of the Economic and Monetary Unions and has benefited from lower interest and inflation rates. The current government has enacted numerous short-term reforms aimed at improving competitiveness and long-term growth. Rome has moved slowly, however, on implementing needed structural reforms, such as lightening the high tax burden and overhauling Italy's rigid labor market and over-generous pension system, because of the current economic slowdown and opposition from labor unions. The CIA Factfile
    
• Government
  • Governments on WWW: Italy
  • Italian Government  Official Site in Italian
  • Italian Government  - A lot of useful contact information in Italian
  • Official homepage of the London Embassy 

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• Business
  • Madeinitaly The site for Italian enterprises with a business to business/consumer area, fairs, trade associations, forums, auctions and sectors: clothing, food, leather, mechanics, gold, marble, ceramics, wood.
• Culture  
  • Italian Government Tourist Board
  • A Virtual tour of Italy
  • Free to Do The only comprehensive internet guide to thousands of free things to see and do throughout the UK, Europe and the USA
  • Tricolore Business

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• Radio/TV
  • 100.6FM - Cuneo Radio Stereo 5 - la radio come piace a te!
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• Newspapers
  • Dolce Vita Fashion, food and more on line magazine.
  • La Stampa Official site of the third most important Italian newspaper, founded on 1867 and since 1920 property of Agnelli's FIAT.

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• General
  • Yahoo! Italia Yahoo!'s guide to Italian language web sites.
  • Rome hotels and apartments
    
• Books

	Culture Shock!: Italy by Raymond Flower (Contributor), Alessandro Falassi Part of the useful series on culture shock, a good introduction and a well presented series for a first impression of another culture.
	The Italian Way : Aspects of Behavior, Attitudes, and Customs of the Italians by Mario Costantino, Lawrence R. Gambella A good basic introduction with handy tips on everyday living.

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