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Italian Bank Holidays for 2008, 2009.

Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana), is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. The independent states of San Marino and the Vatican City are enclaves within the Italian Peninsula, while Campione d'Italia is an Italian exclave in Switzerland. Government - Parliamentary republic. President - Giorgio Napolitano, President of the Council of Ministers - Romano Prodi.

Rome - the capital and largest city. Famous cities: Rome, Venice - Venezia, Florence - Firenze, Turin - Torino, Milan - Milano, Naples - Napoli, Bologna, Perugia, Genoa - Genova, Padua - Padova.

The country belongs to the Group of nine (G9) industrialized nations; it is a member of the European Union and the OECD. Human Development Index 2007/2008 rankings for Italy is 0.941 (20th, high) in High Human Development countries. Currency - Euro (€) (EUR). 1 Euro = 100 eurocent. Gini coefficient - 34%. Italian Fiscal year - Calendar year. Inflation (CPI) - 2.3%. Public debt - 107.8% of GDP ($1.8tn in 2007).

Main industries - tourism, commerce, communications, machinery, iron and steel, chemicals, food processing, textiles, automobiles, home appliances, clothing, footwear, ceramics. from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Business Day" refers to Monday through Friday (Weekend: Saturday and Sunday). Time Zone: CET (UTC+1). Summer (DST) - CEST (UTC+2).

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