VIDEO SHOWS: MILAN-CORTINA ORGANISERS GIVING INITIAL DETAILS OF WINTER OLYMPICS OPENING CEREMONY DURING PRESS CONFERENCE AT SAN SIRO STADIUM / FILE FOOTAGE OF STADIUM EXTERIORS / FILE FOOTAGE OF DRONE VIEWS OF CORTINA SHOTLIST ONLY, COMPLETE SCRIPT TO FOLLOW SHOWS: MILAN, ITALY (OCTOBER 16, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 1. MILANO CORTINA PRESS CONFERENCE AT SAN SIRO STADIUM 2. (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) MILANO CORTINA CEO, ANDREA VARNIER, SAYING: "For the first time in history, we have decided to hold ceremonies, mainly the opening ceremony, in two locations. What does this mean? It means, first of all, that for the first time, the name of our games includes two cities: Milan and Cortina. This automatically gives us a moral obligation to hold the most significant ceremonial events twice." 3. VARNIER SPEAKING 4. (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) MILANO CORTINA OPENING CEREMONY CREATIVE DIRECTOR, MARCO BALICH, SAYING: "The opening ceremony stems from a simple word, harmony, from the Greek 'armonia', which means to bring together: to bring together different elements in consonance, referring to musical terms. In our opinion, it perfectly captures the spirit of this ceremony, but also of this edition of the Games in general. Why? Because, first of all, there are two territories, Milan and Cortina, hence city and mountains, so extending the metaphor, it becomes a dialogue between man and nature: the harmony between man and nature, which is ultimately the recipe for the survival of this planet." 5. CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS 6. (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) MILANO CORTINA DIRECTOR OF CEREMONIES, MARIA LAURA IASCONE, SAYING: “All this tale, which will be a tale of emotion, will have to guarantee the pride of Italians in watching it. We will have to ensure that we tell about our territories, tell about Italy, tell about the value of sport, the value of Italy." MILAN, ITALY (FILE) (REUTERS – Access all) 7. VARIOUS OF EXTERIORS OF SAN SIRO STADIUM CORTINA, ITALY (FILE) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 8. VARIOUS OF DRONE VIEWS OF CORTINA
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