Turin 2006
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December 26, 2004
The GE Ice Plaza in Turin. (GE Photo) (ATR) The Christmas season has brought ice skating to the center of Olympic city Turin, courtesy of new worldwide sponsor GE.The GE Ice P...
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December 24, 2004
(ATR) On the eve of Christmas, the budget crisis for the Turin Olympics appears to be solved. Olympic supervisor Mario Pescante and the public agency Sviluppo Italia have rea...
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December 16, 2004
(ATR) The board of directors of TOROC has decided to postpone the December 21 board meeting meant to approve the budget for the 2006 Winter Olympics.A spokesman for the mayor...
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December 12, 2004
City Hall in Turin. (ATR) (ATR) The budget problems affecting the Turin 2006 Games may be solved this weekend, reports Mario Pescante, the government commissioner in charge of...
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December 07, 2004
The logo for the 2006 Torch Relay uses the archway theme of the look of the Games. Below, Stafano Baldini, Olympic marathon gold medalist, will be the first to carry the torc...
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February 09, 2005
(ATR) On the one year mark to the 2006 Olympics, the IOCâ??s executive board will meet in Turin and look for assurances that the Games next year will be free of money worry. T...
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February 09, 2005
(ATR) The government's supervisor for the 2006 Olympics says Tuesday's accord in Rome to rescue Turin from a 170 million euros budget gap is a big step."The main issue is the ...
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February 09, 2005
(ATR) Assurances are being made that broadcast workers will not go on strike at the 2006 Olympics, all a result of a wildcat strike underway by workers of host broadcaster RAI...
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February 09, 2005
Budget woes aside, the welcome banners have been hung from the lamp posts of Turin in time for this week's one year to go mark. (ATR Photos) (ATR) The Italian government says ...
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February 03, 2005
(ATR) Luge officials have decided to cancel the World Cup event in Cesana on February 5 and 6, after serious crashes during training raised doubts on the safety of a new track...
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February 03, 2005
(ATR) The financial crisis at the Turin Olympics deepens. A board meeting expected to approve its budget only one week before the IOC visits Turin on February 10, has been ca...
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January 30, 2005
Award ceremony at the European Figure Skating Championships.(ATR Photos) (ATR) The most important test event before the 2006 Olympics ended in defeat for the host country. But...
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