1. Italy has a strong cooperative sector, with the largest share of the population employed by a cooperative in the EU.
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12. Italy is home to some of the most famous structures in the world, including the Colosseum and the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
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13. Italy has a strategic location, dominating the central Mediterranean region and representing the southern part of Europe facing the ethnic and cultural areas of North Africa and the Arabic-Islamic civilization.
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17. Italy is the second-largest producer of crude steel in the European Union after Germany.
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22. At the outbreak of World War II, Italy assumed a neutral stance friendly to Germany, but in June, 1940, it declared war on collapsing France and on Great Britain.
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26. The Bank of Italy is the central bank, but with EMU now in place, the country's monetary policy is overseen by the European Central Bank.
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27. Italy is a highly developed economy, and the financial and banking sector is similar to that of all other Western European countries.
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30. Italy has an efficient and modern infrastructure, even though it performs poorly compared to other Western European countries of comparable size.
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34. Italy is a founding member of the European Union and, in 1998, of Europe's Economic and Monetary Union (EMU).
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37. In 2004, Italy jumped from 12th to 9th most attractive FDI destination in the world, driven primarily by increased confidence among US and Asian investors, according to the FDI Confidence Index.
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44. Italy is known for its fast and furious car makers such as Ferrari and Lamborghini.
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45. Italy has 50 Unesco World Heritage Sites, the most of any country in the world.
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47. In 1914, Italy took the side of the United Kingdom and the US in World War I, but was left in poverty at war's end.
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48. Italy is at the heart of the Catholic Church, which is governed from Vatican City, a city-state surrounded by Rome.
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49. Italy is subdivided in 20 regions, like Tuscany, Veneto and Lazio (around Rome).
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51. Italy is "on the right path" toward crafting a solid budget, Moscovici said Friday.
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52. Italy is the most awarded country at the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, with 14 awards won, 3 Special Awards and 31 nominations.
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53. Italy has more UNESCO World Heritage Sites than any other country in the world, and has rich collections of art, culture and literature from many periods.
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54. Italy has for centuries welcomed Jews expelled from other countries, notably Spain.
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55. Italy is well known for its cultural and environmental tourist routes and is home to 54 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, the most in the world.
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57. Italy is a recurrent non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, the most recently in 2017.
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59. In 1957, Italy was a founding member of the European Economic Community, which became the European Union (EU) in 1993.
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60. In 1939, Italy annexed Albania, a de facto protectorate for decades.
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61. In particular, Southern Italy was impoverished and cut off from the mainstream of events in Europe.
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