2013
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met a group of officers of different Ministries of the Russian Federation appointed to take part in the organisation of the Winter Olympics of Soči in 2014.
The International Affairs and European Projects Department, the Public Space Redevelopment Department of the city of Torino and the Urban Center Metropolitano met a delegation of more than thirty Finnish urban planners, interested in visiting the areas of the city recently transformed.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino and the Deputy Mayor in charge of Urban Regeneration Projects of the City of Torino Ilda Curti met a delegation of french architects and urban planners, members of the AFDU, a French association for urban development, taking part in a study visit of the areas of Torino under transformation. The presentation of the areas affected by the study visit was realised by the Urban Centre Metropolitano.
From September 26th to 29th the Urban Planning Commission of the City of Frankfurt, led by the Deputy Mayor in charge of Urban Planning Olaf Cunitz, visited Torino. During its stay the delegation visited the areas where urban transformations are ongoing and in the morning of September 27th some presentations were displayed, realised by the City of Torino in cooperation with 5T, on the issues of mobility, urban transformations and green areas management. The delegation met the Deputy Mayor in charge of the Masterplan, Urban Planning Policies and Private Building Stefano Lo Russo.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Consul General of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Milan, Hadzijahic Nermana, to discuss the eventuality of starting a cooperation and some exchanges between Torino and Bosnia and Hersegovina in the fields of university, culture, sport. The Vice Consul General Alija Salihovic and the President of Diaspora Medaga Hodzic took also part in the meeting.
Tha Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the new Consul General of the Republic of Romania, Tiberiu Mugurel Dinu.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino and the Deputy Mayor in charge of Culture of the City of Torino Maurizio Braccialarghe met the director of the Gulbenkian Museum of Lisbon. His visit, an occasion to meet the heads of the main museums of Torino, followed the territorial mission of 2012, during which a letter of intent between the two Cities was signed in order to reinforce bilateral affairs.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met a delegation of Maribor, led by the Mayor Andrej Fištravec, in Torino for studying the STAR system of electric buses.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino and the Deputy Mayor in charge of Culture of the City of Torino Maurizio Braccialarghe met a delegation of the City of Utrecht in Torino from July 5th to 7th, led by Fritz Lintmejier, Deputy Mayor in charge of Culture and International Affairs of the Dutch city. The visits marked the final moment of the collaboration with the city of Utrecht, in the framework of the celebrations for the 300th anniversary of the Treaty of Utrecht. The collaboration brought some artists from Utrecht to take part in the international festival “Teatro a Corte”, organised by the Teatro Piemonte Europa Foundation.
The hoped-for finals on June 29th 2013 ofPagella Non Solo Rock, that stage 6 different bands in a contest to award the best group of the present edition, thank to an interchange agreement for young music bands, subscribed by Torino and Lyon, host the band TRIGONES + which has the chance to perform on such a prestigious final stage. The City of Lyon in return offers the possibility to the winner of Pagella Non Solo Rock 2013 to perform at theBlogg, a music exhibition foreseen in Lyon on November 7th 2013.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark in Italy Birger Riis-Jorgensen.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino and the Deputy Mayor in charge of City Planning and Integration Ilda Curti met a large delegation of politicians of the City of Helsinki, led by the Mayor Jussi Pajunen and interested in studying the development of Torino from industrial city to modern metropolis, with his new assets such as its events, its tourist, museum and wine and food offer, its know-how and its highly skilled professionals as for example in the field of design.
The Vice Mayor of the City of Torino Tom Dealessandri and the Deputy Mayor in charge of Culture of the City of Torino Maurizio Braccialarghe met the Ambassador of the German Federal Republic in Italy Reinhard Schäfers.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino and the Deputy Mayor in charge of Culture of the City of Torino Maurizio Braccialarghe met a delegation of the Galerie Belvedere of Vienna, led by the Director Exhibition Management & Loans Peter Aufreiter, in Torino for the inauguration of the exhibition “Collezionista di Meraviglie - L’Ermitage di Basilewsky” at Palazzo Madama.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Consul General of the Russian Federation in Milan Alexey Paramonov and the First Consul of the Russian Federation in Milan Nadezhda Smirnova, in Torino for the inauguration of the exhibition “Collezionista di Meraviglie - L’Ermitage di Basilewsky” at Palazzo Madama.