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A canoeing Kennedy
Next generation of American dynasty is green
Last
week, Robert Kennedy III, grandson of the late Robert Kennedy, spent
a day evaluating the ‘health' of the Lambro River in the northern
Italian region of Lombardy. The 20-something Kennedy heir went on
canoeing excursion along the river, located near Lake Como,
in an effort …
Italy News
New Aussie ambassador
Australia
has a new representative in the Italian peninsula. In the month of
July, David Ritchie OA (Order of Australia), will replace Amanda
Vanstone, the former Australian cabinet minister who has served as
ambassador since mid-2007. Ritchie previously served as Australian
ambassador to Indonesia, and has …
Italy News
Wines fly in from Down Under
Celebrations begin to honour Australia's first saint
To
celebrate Australia's first canonized saint, Mother Mary MacKillop,
thousands of bottles of Australian wine will be shipped to the
Australian Embassy in Rome from Coonawarra, a region in South
Australia that is best known for its vineyards and wine production.
Mother
MacKillop's canonization will be formally …
Italy News
Young and jobless
Almost
one out of three people under the age of 24 is jobless in Italy,
according to the latest statistics released by Istat. Data also shows
that the unemployment rate is among youth aged 15-24 has continued to
fall over the last year to a …
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Summer in the streets
Scores of events mark the start of the bella stagione
Though the summer season officially begins on June 21, over the last
weeks the city of Florence has been feeling the heat. What better way to cool
off in the evenings than by having dinner al fresco, attending a concert or
watching a live …
Florence News
Angels of beauty
Florence to clean up public spaces
Even the smallest act can help rid the city of urban blight. Officials
at Palazzo Vecchio recently presented a new project to clean the city-and keep
it clean-through local volunteerism and hefty fines. A group of volunteers,
young, old and in between, will be …
Florence News
Shutdown
City orders closureof ethnic market
In the early morning hours on June 5, local police arrived at Lungarno
Pecori Giraldi to enforce a municipal order to close the ethnic market and
confiscate the merchants' goods. The closure marked the end of an long-term
attempt to encourage multi-ethnic and multicultural …
Florence News
Pitti Uomo 78
Fashion buyers return to the city
With the arrival
of more than 30,000 people from the fashion industry, Florence once again
became the world's fashion capital during Pitti Uomo. From June 15 to 18,
approximately 970 brands, 33 percent of which were from abroad, showcased their
2011 spring-summer collections in over …
Florence News
Corruption case transferred
Supreme court moves trial to Rome
During an
investigation into alleged favouritism in the development plans for the
Castello area in Florence, local police found evidence of alleged corruption in
public works across the nation, including contracts for the G8 and ‘new towns'
in the earthquake-hit city of L'Aquila. As the …
Florence News
Stripped of its status
Pisa's Leaning Tower no longer most inclined'
A recently built
tower in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been certified by Guinness World
Records as the ‘World's Furthest Leaning Man-made Tower,' usurping Pisa of the
status it has enjoyed for over five centuries. With an 18-degree slope, the
160-metre, 35-storey Capital Gate …
Florence News
Farm-to-Consumer
Guide to buying local foodstuffs
One way to strengthen local food systems and economies is to increase
opportunities for farm-direct sales. The province of Florence recently
published a guide to …
Florence News
The barbaric invasions',
Locals can report the region's most unsightly buildings
Residents across
Tuscany are banding together to address urban blight as well as buildings that
ruin the region's natural and historic landscape. The Nuovo Paesaggio Italiano
initiative was launched by cultural association La Sterpaia, run by famed
photographer Oliviero Toscani and Salvatore Settis, head of …
Florence News
Galileo goes hi-tech
Museum dedicated to famed astronomer reopens
After two long years of restoration, Florence's institute and museum of
the history of science, renamed the Galileo Museum, has reopened to the public.
The …
Florence News
Set to music
Characters of the Divine Comedy come alive
Dante in
Concert is a musical work
conceived as an interior journey through the characters of the Comedy,
chosen as the representatives of humanity and history, and thus fixed into the
collective consciousness of all,' reads the album jacket.
These words were written by former prime …
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