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Tuscany and Delaware
Regions forge accords on promoting mountain communities
One of America's smallest states will begin working closely with Tuscan officials to promote the vast cultural, culinary and historic importance of Italy's mountain communities.
Uncem Toscana (Unione Nazionale Comuni Comunità Enti Montani) recently signed an important agreement with delegates from the …
Florence News
The adventures of Milano 25,
Local officials line up to pay taxi fines
Most Florentines have seen the taxi brimming with trinkets, toys and flowers. The driver of the most outrageous and child-friendly cab in town is Caterina Bellandi, aka Milano 25. When not working as a taxi driver in the city, she escorts …
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Michelangelo mystery
Heated debate over crucifix attribution
Some 30 thousand visitors have flocked to Rome's Sala gialla in Montecitorio, seat of the Italian Parliament, to admire a fourteenth-century wooden crucifix by Renaissance genius Michelangelo. However, two prominent Italian scholars continue to cast serious doubt over whether the crucifix …
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Her wits about her
American student escapes attack
When a 20-year-old American woman, in Florence to study restoration, decided to leave a disco located on via Palazzuolo and walk home alone, she set out, by mistake, in the opposite direction. Reaching as far as Piazza Puccini, she realized how …
Florence News
BEATO brought to light
Recently discovered panels on display
When, a year ago, the city's Superintendence and the Ente Cassa di
Risparmio di Firenze purchased two long-lost panel
paintings by Renaissance master Beato Angelico, they reclaimed an important
piece of Florence's heritage.
The paintings, which portray two Dominican saints, are believed to be
part of …
Florence News
Luxury at a high price
Florence's five-star hotels send staff home
Florence's tourism sector is
feeling the pinch and people are increasingly putting leisure and travel
activities on the back burner. Even wealthy travelers are tightening their
belts.
Motels, hotels, residences, agritourisms: difficulties have been felt
across the board and most local tourist operators have reported big …
Florence News
Bullies beware
Students in Livorno to stamp out aggressive behavior
If you want to
make a radical change, you need to do it from the inside out. This is the
premise behind a new initiative launched in a middle school in Livorno, where
some 40 students have been specially trained to help curb, from …
Florence News
Local primaries called
The primary
elections for candidates from the local centre-left coalition have been
scheduled for February 15. All legal residents of the city are eligible to vote
in these primaries, regardless of nationality or citizenship.
For more
information on both voter eligibility and the ballot, see www.pdfirenze.it …
Tuscany News
Family discount
Over the next
two years, eligible families in the Tuscan region with four or more children
can get rebates on their water bills. Four million …
Tuscany News
Author of the year
Internationally
renowned novelist and native Tuscan Dacia Maraini has been awarded the Tuscan
author of the year prize, conferred by the Associazione Fiera …
Florence News
Take the Osmannoro Express
Those who
travel between the Rifredi neighborhood and Florence's industrial area now have a public
transportation option. A new bus, the Osmannoro Express, …
Florence News
Fewer flights,
Italian
carrier Meridiana Airlines has suspended its daily flights from Florence to Palermo. Since first declaring financial difficulties on
November 13, 2008, Meridiana has also made 38 Peretola employees
redundant and reduced air traffic to Catania, flying there just once each day. The airline
has …
Italy News
From Milan to Venice by boat
Renaissance canals to be opened for tourists
A 500-kilometer stretch of inland waterways connecting Lake Maggiore to Venice via Milan will soon be navigable
and open to the public. Officials are also working on a project to restore the
fourteenth-century canals connecting Locarno, Switzerland, to Milan.
The restored canal system would …
Italy News
Sharing the burden
EU asked to help with immigration issues
Of all the
countries in the European Union, Italy, Malta, Greece and Cyprus attract the most migrants. Dealing with a
constant flow of political asylum seekers and other immigrants, who largely
hail from North
Africa, these
nations feel overwhelmed by the increasing influx.
In response, top …
Italy News
Out of the running
Gomorrah fails to make Oscar shortlist
A golden
statuette is not in the cards this year for Italian director Matteo Garrone.
For months, his latest film Gomorrah was considered an Oscar favourite. When
officials announced that it did not make the Oscar shortlist weeks ago, the
world of Italian cinema was …
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Saturday, May 18, 2013