italian language in italy: Italian newspaper geared for the future
18/05/2006 10:43:37 Õ
'Il Corriere di Tunisi'
Italian newspaper geared for the future
'Il Corriere di Tunisi', the only Italian-language paper to be published in the Arab world is facing new challenges as it turns 50, says its editor-in-chief Elia Finzi, the 83-year-old son of the publication's founder, Giuseppe.
The paper is organising a series of events until November this year to further boost relations between the Italian and Tunisian communities which, "thanks to our committment both with Tunisians and the Italians have always been excellent, despite difficult moments," said Finzi in an interview to Adnkronos International (AKI).
The Corriere was "the first foreign paper to announce the independence of Tunisia from France [in 1956]," Finzi said. By then the paper was already well-established in the North Afircan country with Finzi's family having moved to Tunisia in 1829 where his grandfather founded the first foreign printing office in 1880.
The paper covers a wide range of issues and focuses on the news concerning the Italian community in Tunisia and economic and cultural cooperation projects involving Italy and Tunisia.
The paper, said Finzi, "has never missed a day on newsstands though circulation has fallen to 5,000 copies and we had to transform the publication from a weekly to a 48-page by weekly."
" It lives on subscriptions as well as direct sales and gets funding from the Italian government."
© 2005 All rights reserved.
'Il Corriere di Tunisi'
Italian newspaper geared for the future
'Il Corriere di Tunisi', the only Italian-language paper to be published in the Arab world is facing new challenges as it turns 50, says its editor-in-chief Elia Finzi, the 83-year-old son of the publication's founder, Giuseppe.
The paper is organising a series of events until November this year to further boost relations between the Italian and Tunisian communities which, "thanks to our committment both with Tunisians and the Italians have always been excellent, despite difficult moments," said Finzi in an interview to Adnkronos International (AKI).
The Corriere was "the first foreign paper to announce the independence of Tunisia from France [in 1956]," Finzi said. By then the paper was already well-established in the North Afircan country with Finzi's family having moved to Tunisia in 1829 where his grandfather founded the first foreign printing office in 1880.
The paper covers a wide range of issues and focuses on the news concerning the Italian community in Tunisia and economic and cultural cooperation projects involving Italy and Tunisia.
The paper, said Finzi, "has never missed a day on newsstands though circulation has fallen to 5,000 copies and we had to transform the publication from a weekly to a 48-page by weekly."
" It lives on subscriptions as well as direct sales and gets funding from the Italian government."
© 2005 All rights reserved.
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