woensdag 17 december 2014

Italy bid for 2024 Olympics greeted with derision - Telegraph

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An Italian bid to host the 2024 Olympics, amid looming bankruptcy and mafia corruption, would be “like painting a Fiat 500 red and calling it a Ferrari”Italy’s ambition to host the 2024 Olympics, in the middle of its worst recession since the Second World War, has been greeted with derision.Announcing the move on Monday, Matteo Renzi, the prime minister, said he hoped the bid would help kick-start investment and cheer up a country overcome by the gloom of rising unemployment and a shrinking economy.

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