Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics opens with multi-venue ceremony highlighting harmony

MILAN, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Milan-Cortina Olympic Winter Games opened Friday with an unprecedented ceremony staged in two cities - Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, featuring "Armonia", or harmony in English.

Italian President Sergio Mattarella declared the Games open at Milan's San Siro Olympic Stadium, following a speech by International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry, who hoped the Games to be "a ce