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Occupied!
The student protest against recent reforms
If you've been strolling around Florence in the past few weeks and noticed 10-meter banners hanging from building windows, or crowds of frantic teenagers blocking traffic and playing hooky from school, you guessed right: something is going wrong and somebody is …
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Florence meets Halloween
Whether Italians like or not, Halloween has haunted Italy and Florence for some time. In just a few years, this imported pagan festival, which in fact originated in Europe, has become a custom here, with some eight million Italians celebrating it. …
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Cities of refuge
Florence and Siena to become international havens
‘The region will work to promote Icorn, the international refuge of cities network that provides safe havens to the world's persecuted intellectuals and writers. Our objective is allow the cities of Florence and Siena to participate the network by year's end,' …
Florence News
Market revival
Change marks San Lorenzo and Sant'Ambrogio
Florence city officials have been making plans to revive and rejuvenate two important city landmarks, both of them historic markets. At issue are extended hours and space for vendors.
Sant'Ambrogio. To better meet the demands of locals, the indoor market in Sant'Ambrogio …
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Ataf lets you decide,
New campaign seeks client involvement
Need a bus shelter at the stop near your house? Tell Ataf. As part of a new campaign, the local bus service, Ataf, is calling on residents to help choose the locations of 100 new high-tech bus shelters featuring photovoltaic rooftops. …
Florence News
Adopt a painting,
Istituto degli Innocenti calls on the public
Care for children and art: this is the mission of Florence's Istituto degli Innocenti, once the city's orphanage. First opened in the fifteenth century as a family and childcare centre, over the centuries the institute, housed in the Renaissance hospital built …
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Museo del Duomo expands
A Florence treasure trove housing masterpieces by Michelangelo, Donatello and Ghiberti is getting a multi-million-euro addition and renovation. Earlier this month, Anna Mitrano, president of the L'Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore, unveiled plans for the 25-million-euro project for the Museo …
Florence News
Benefits of being a student
Free bike use and more with new student card
On October 11, the city of Florence rolled out a new service that loans bicycles for free to the city's youth. Students can borrow a bike at Palazzo Giovane, in the small piazza close to Santa Maria Maggiore in the historic …
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Hard Rock comes to town
The city of Florence will soon be among the world's coolest cities that have a Hard Rock Cafe. To be housed in the former Gambrinus cinema in piazza Reppublica, the famous bar and restaurant is expected to open in early 2011. …
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Bottle it yourself
Residents of Gavinana can now stock up on free water while grocery shopping. The catch: they have to bottle it themselves. The result of a project by Publiacqua and Unicoop, the Coop supermarket in Gavinana now features a fountain, where customers …
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New ER at city hospital
Located in the city centre, Santa Maria Nuova Hospital recently re-opened its newly renovated emergency unit, now large enough to treat some 50,000 patients a year. This latest phase of renovation cost 10 million euro, in addition to the 2.2 million …
Community News
Where to borrow books
St James' library begins a new year
The Children's Lending Library, housed at the St. James Church in Florence offers a wide selection of fiction and non-fiction books for tots to teenagers. Along with books, the collection includes videos, DVDs and audio books in English.
The library celebrates Halloween, …
Tuscany News
Recyclable Tuscany
Locals more sentitive to the three Rs
The region continues to increase its levels of waste and recycling differentiation: 2009 saw a more than a 2 percentage point decrease over that of 2008 in the collection and incineration of undifferentiated waste.
The trend continues an improvement over the 2004-2007 …
Tuscany News
Tuscany down under
New collaboration between Australia and region
Riccardo Nencini, regional minister of Tuscan foreign relations, recently returned from a trip to Australia during which he promoted collaborative initiatives between Western Australia and Tuscany. The two regions plan to cooperate on the use of the Web to promote tourism, …
Tuscany News
Fi-Pi fast
High-speed service to better link two Tuscan cities
By December 2011, commuters should be able to travel from Pisa to Florence with half an hour to spare, when a new high-speed, non-stop service will connect the two cities. Seven new trains, scheduled to run every two hours, will move …
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Saturday, May 25, 2013