Honorary citizenship for Yunus from Bologna city

Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus has been conferred with the honorary citizenship of the Italian city of Bologna. Mayor of Bologna Virginio Merola conferred this honorary citizenship of the City of Bologna on Yunus at a ceremony at the City Hall on July 8, says a Yunus Centre press release. The programme was attended by Speaker of the Italian Parliament Laura Boldrini and former Prime Minister of Italy Romano Prodi and his wife and President of the City Council Simona Lembi. Boldrini was the main speaker at the ceremony who delivered a special speech eulogising the accomplishments of Professor Yunus and their relevance to Italy and the rest of the world. A Tagore song presented by Bangladeshi community made the ceremony more attractive to the Italian participants. The Nobel laureate went to Italy on a five-day visit to attend several high level events within the framework of the Milan Expo 2015. He was a keynote speaker at the Social Enterprise World Forum that took place in Milan on July 1-3. The Social Enterprise World Forum (SEWF) is an international event where social enterprises all over the world come together and discuss policy and practice to learn from one another and to network, according to UNB.