VIOLIN CONCERT IN PRAGUE MARKS ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY
(VELINO) Roma, 16 Dec - A series of events in the CzechRepublic marking Italy's six-month presidency of the EuropeanUnion has closed with a concert by world-famous violinistVaclav Hudecek. The programme included pieces by Tartini,Dvorak and Paganini. The Italian Ambassador to the CzechRepublic, Aldo Amati, said the concert had brought thepresidency to a scintillating close. He added that, despite theEuropean elections and the complex institutional transitionfrom one Commission to another, Italy had left a strong imprintduring its presidency. It had bolstered and Europeanised bordercontrol to cope with the never-ending flood of