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Today, Italy is a democratic republic, and a developed country with the 7th-highest GDP, the 8th-highest Quality-of-life index,[2] and the 20th-highest Human Development Index rating in the world. It is a founding member of what is now the European Union (having signed the Treaty of Rome in 1957), and ... a member of the G8, NATO, the Council of Europe, the Western European Union, and the Central European Initiative. Beginning January 1, 2007 Italy became a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.
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Italy has influenced the cultural and social development of the whole Mediterranean area, deeply influencing European culture as well. As a result, it has ... influenced other important cultures. Such cultures and civilisations have existed there since prehistoric times. After Magna Graecia, the Etruscan civilisation and especially the Roman Republic and Empire that dominated this part of the world for many centuries, Italy was central to European science and art during the Renaissance.
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To develop its professional services business in Italy, California-based Resources has recruited corporate finance executive Gabriele Giacoma to head the Milan office, as managing director. Mr. Giacoma, 38, previously a partner in Milan-based Corporate Financial Services S.r.L, and a director with Ernst & Young Corporate Finance in Milan, specializes in mergers & acquisitions valuation and due diligence, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, and financial audit services. He will report to Ronald Houtveen, Central European Regional Managing Director.
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Italy is mainly mountainous, except for the Po plain in the Emilia-Romagna region, and runs from the Alps to the central Mediterranean Sea. It includes the islands of Sicily and Sardinia, Elba and about 70 other smaller ones. There are two small independent states within peninsular Italy: the Vatican City in Rome, and the Republic of San Marino.
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Central Italy breathes history and art. Rome boasts the remaining wonders of the Roman Empire and some of the world's best known landmarks such as the Colosseum. Florence, cradle of the Renaissance, is Tuscany's top attraction, whereas nearby cities like Siena, Pisa and Lucca have much to offer to those looking for the country's rich history and cultural heritage.
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