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The ANSA news broadcasts national, local and sector-specific. In addition to the news in Italian ANSA transmits its news in English, Spanish, German, Portuguese and Arabic. Since 1996, the ANSA was the first agency in Italy to spread news via SMS. From 1985 to 1994, as President of ANSA, he was covered by journalist Giovanni Giovannini.
The lira was the official unit of currency in Italy until 1 January 1999, when it was replaced by the euro (the lira was officially a national subunit of the euro until the rollout of euro coins and notes in 2002). Old lira denominated currency ceased to be legal tender on 28 February 2002.
Lire 10 and Lire 20 coins dated 2000 or 2001 were struck in sets only. The Lire 500 coin was the first bimetallic circulating coin, and was also the first circulating coin to feature Braille numerals (a Braille "L. 500" is on the upper rim of the coin's reverse, above the building).
The lira was the currency of Italy from its unification until it was merged into the euro in 1999. [2] A unit of currency lira had previously been used in some of the states and possessions that became Italy but their values were not necessarily equivalent. (See Luccan lira, Papal lira, Parman lira, Sardinian lira and Tuscan lira.)
The lira (plural lire; abbreviation: SML) was the currency of San Marino from the 1860s until it was replaced by the euro on 1 January 2002. It was equivalent and pegged to the Italian lira . [ 1 ] Italian coins and banknotes and Vatican City coins were legal tender in San Marino, while Sammarinese coins, minted in Rome , were legal tender ...
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5 July – Mount Etna and Mount Stromboli erupt, forcing a temporary closure of Catania–Fontanarossa Airport in Sicily. [21]13 July – Thirty-three Indian farm workers in Verona Province are rescued by the Guardia di Finanza following reports of "slave-like" working conditions, with two other Indian nationals arrested and charged with labour violations.