The Mayor of Ekaterinburg Arkadij Cernetskij met Mayor Sergio Chiamparino. They discussed about future cooperation between the two cities in the economic and cultural fields.
Mayor Sergio Chiamparino met the Mayor of Vancouver Sam Sullivan. The meeting focused on the relation between Torino 2006 and Vancouver 2010.
Mayor Sergio Chiamparino met the Mayor of Richmond Malcolm Brodie. The meeting was about the organisation of the Winter Olympic Games.
A delegation from the German region of Thuringia headed by Ministry Dieter Althaus, was welcomed by Mayor Sergio Chiamparino. Theme of the meeting: the organisation of the Olympic Games, the future use of the Olympic venues and the transformations occurred in Torino, both from an urbanistic and demographic point of view.
Mayor Sergio Chiamparino met the delegation from Surrey headed by Mayor Diane Watts. The meeting was about Winter Olympics.
At the WWT - the pavilion which the City of Torino has set up during the Olympics for its twin and friend cities, the Mayor of Salt Lake City, Ross C. Anderson, the Mayor of Lake Placid, Jamie Rogers, and the Mayor of Torino Sergio Chiamparino signed a friendship protocol inspired by the Olympic values among 3 Winter Olympic host cities.
On the occasion of the opening of Torino 2006 XX Winter Olympic Games, Mayor Sergio Chiamparino hosted an official reception at the City Hall, which was attended by Mayors and representatives from 20 cities.
Gérard Collomb, Mayor of Lyon, met Mayor Sergio Chiamparino. The meeting was about the development of the economic cooperation agreement signed in December 2004 by the Cities of Barcelona, Lyon and Torino.
Mayor Sergio Chiamparino met a delegation from the City of Tokyo headed by the Vice Governor Yokichi Yokoyama. Theme of the meeting: the organization of Olympic Games and major events.
A delegation from the City of Nagoya, headed by Mayor Takehisa Matsubara and by the Vice Chair of Nagoya City Council, Takeo Kato, met Mayor Sindaco Sergio Chiamparino (on February 9th) and the Vice President of Torino City Council Michele Coppola (on February 10th). Both meetings were about the recent town-twinning between Nagoya and Torino and about the future trip to Torino of 200 Nagoya citizens, scheduled in October 2006.
Mayor Sergio Chiamparino welcomed the delegation from the City of Taipei, composed by officers and journalists, headed by the Mayor of Taipei, MA Ying-jeou. Theme of the meeting: the cooperation in the fields of design, contemporary arts and ICT.
Colin Hansel, Ministry of the Canadian region of British Columbia, met Mayor Sergio Chiamparino. The meeting was about Winter Olympic Games, which will be hosted in Vancouver in 2010, and about future commercial investments and tourist exchanges between Piedmont and British Columbia.
The delegation composed by the Ambassador of Netherlands to Italy, Egbert Frederik Jacobs, and by the Consul General in Milan Nora Stehouwer van Jersel, was welcomed by the Mayor Sergio Chiamparino.
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