TUSCANY NEWS
Tuscany News
Vines of peace
This year's grape harvest yielded not only the promise of a great vintage, but also bottles of wine that may promote brotherhood among different nations and cultures. In San Piero in Barca, Siena, the Agrarian Consortium of Siena and the Rondine …
Italy News
GPII pub
Rome dioceses opens novel cultural centre
Located under the vicolo del Grottino, under the Basilica di San Carlo al Corso in Rome, the new Giovanni Paolo II pub features PlayStation outposts, a bar and tables, and a space for live concerts, art exhibitions and book presentations. Already …
Italy News
Urban warfare
Violence in the stadium and post-match riots in Genoa
When the Azzurri met Serbia's national football team in Genoa on October 13 for a Euro 2012 qualifier, no one expected the game would be suspended for hooliganism and violence. Serbian fans allegedly started the violence that significantly delayed and eventually …
Italy News
Not so innovative
Rome and Milan fail to gain international recognition
According to the results of the Global City Report, Rome and Milan failed to make the top 10 in the recent ranking of the most innovative cities.
Published by the independent Italian institutes, Generali Immobiliare Italia Sgr and Scenari Inmobiliari, the annual …
Italy News
The slain servicemen
Four killed in ambush in Afghanistan
President Giorgio Napolitano and premier Silvio Berlusconi were in Rome on October 11 to pay their respects to the remains of four military officers who were killed in Afghanistan. The soldiers were given a state funeral the next day at Rome's …
Italy News
Gondola seeks world heritage status
A symbol of Italian culture and heritage, the Venetian gondola, is the latest candidate for UNESCO World Heritage Status. ‘I think it's a good idea,' said Aldo Reato, president of the Venetian gondoliers' association, adding ‘Safeguarding the tradition of the gondola, …
Italy News
A piece of Pompeii
The city of Naples was represented at commemorations of John Lennon in New York City's Central Park on October 9. When fans from all over the world flocked to Central Park West to mark what would have been Lennon's 70th birthday, …
Italy News
Sisters go to school
Everyone is feeling the pinch of the worldwide economic crisis-even the Catholic Church. Over past the few years, the church's community outreach activities and educational programs have suffered from a significant drop in donations from the faithful. In response, the La …
Italy News
Van Gogh in Rome,
Although visitors will not see two of Van Gogh's most famous works, Sunflowers and Still Life, a major show in Rome focused on the post-Impressionist Dutch artist is showcasing over 70 of his masterworks, many of which are on loan from …
Italy News
Valle d'Aosta visits the capital
Skiing the Alps in the heart of Rome? Visitors and locals can now ‘do' so via a simulator, called Ski Magic, coming to Valle d'Aosta's temporary embassy in piazza Apollodoro, at the Parco della Musica Auditorium in Rome. The purpose of …
Sport News
VIOLA Corner
Red balloon day On October 6, the Fiorentina went to Rome to open the worldwide ‘Every One' campaign for Save the Children in the hopes of saving 2.5 million children by 2015. Instead of the usual release of thousands of red balloons, …
Sport News
Second Annual Disc Golf Italia Open
Three years ago, frisbee fanatic Pablo Maggio of Pistoia was searching the Internet for sites that sell frisbees.
He found, instead, information about a sport unknown in Italy, disc golf: golf played with a frisbee instead of a golf ball. Soon he …
Sport News
(Virtual) field of dreams
D
Dario Nardella, vice mayor and minister of sport, and Leonardo Bieber, president of the sports commission, recently announced Sportinforma, Florence's official sports web portal, slated to go online on October 29, 2010.
‘It's a virtual piazza for the sporting world,' commented Nardella.
The …
Sport News
Taking Tuscany on two feet
Special itineraries, urban art tours and ‘slow' sports: this is the best way to visit and experience Tuscany. Art and sports combine on October 31, National Urban Trekking Day, now in its seventh year, to offer trekkers and art lovers alike …
Sport News
Fit for use
O
On October 10, native Florentine rocker Piero Pelù and ‘adopted' Florentine boxer Leonard Bundu cut the ribbon to inaugurate the revamped fitness centre at Florence's Franchi stadium.
Called Centro Fitness Artemio Franchi, the facility is managed by the Endas Firenze Sud Delegation, …
1456-1470 | 1471-1485 | 1486-1500 | 1501-1515 | 1516-1530 | 1531-1545 | 1546-1560 | 1561-1575 | 1576-1590 | 1591-1605
Features
Articles
Community
Special Issues
The English-speaking news magazine in Florence
Wednesday, June 19, 2013