Treia (Macerata) - Brand Italy is still strong worldwide, being synonymous with creativity, quality and beauty, and recording a 22 percent increase in Google searches over the last three years. This is reported in "Italy - Geographies of the new 'Made in Italy'" from the Symbola Foundation, Unioncamere chambers of commerce and the Edison Foundation.

Milan  - "Communicating Africa" is the sixth international award under the aegis of Harambee, a non-profit organisation that since 2002 has implemented 57 projects in 18 African countries, promoting initiatives in education and development in the Sub-Saharan region as well as communication and awareness programmes in the rest of the world, in order to deepen knowledge of African culture.

Rome  - Until a few months ago, to hint at a Greek default was off limits: a scenario that top-ranking officials at institutions involved in the feverish negotiations on Athens's debts refused even to take into consideration.