It presented the largest music project in the Millennium year with the Vatican Official Seal and has an ongoing relationship with the Italian Ministry of Culture, Foreign Ministry, Equal Opportunities Ministry , the Lazio Region and with many cities in Europe.

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Far more threatening are events in Lazio, the region around Rome, which has seen a string of rapes.

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On September 24th Renata Polverini, the governor of Lazio, the region around Rome, resigned because of a scandal which, by Italian standards, was almost routine.

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Though Lazio has proposed some tax cuts to help the region, The Buffalo News criticized that stance last month.

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Lazio is also addressing upstate concerns and he will be in the region every day this week.

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