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Tragedy at Belvedere
Closed after fatal fall
What
was supposed to be a joyous occasion turned tragic for the family members and
friends of Veronica Locatelli. The 37-year-old artist and filmmaker was
celebrating her birthday in Forte Belvedere in the early morning hours of July
16 when she fell to her death …
Florence News
The human race,
Meeting on ethics and ethnics
Seventy
years after the Racial Laws were signed by Italian monarch Vittorio Emanuele
III at the San Rossore estate in 1938, the Tuscan Region thought it fitting to
use the property as a venue for dialogue and change. Running from July 10 to
11, this …
Florence News
Down the lazy river,
A young American man was recently caught on
camera practising a rather unusual sport in Florence. Without knowing that the Arno is not fit to swim in, the unidentified man floated down the river in a
tube. Expecting, perhaps, the thrill of an …
Florence News
Florence's green future
Provincial president presents his green plan'
'I realize that Florence will never be the "greenest" province in Italy, but we are aiming to be second', said Matteo
Renzi at a press conference where he presented the public with his
environmental project for Florence. Renzi's environmental priorities centre on improving …
Florence News
Mediator program mired in controversy
Two members quit task force
Two Senegalese mediators, part
of the special task force that has been patrolling the city streets for about
two weeks, have left the squad.
Their resignation added to the controversy
surrounding Florence Safety superintendent Graziano Cioni's latest initiative
to curb illegal street vending and increase intercultural …
Florence News
Star appeal
Celebrity spottings in the Tuscan Versilia
Silver-screen starlets and Hollywood hunks have joined Italian footballers, Russian
royalty and India's newly rich on the Tuscan shores of Versilia to
spend part of their summer in the popular costal region.
Along with Italy's usual rich and famous, the paparazzi have also
spotted two …
Florence News
Feeling the squeeze of tightened belts
Tax reform and budget cuts leave few funds for culture, security
Last week, the Italian Senate voted 150 to 120 in
favour of the controversial new budget plan for 2009 to 2011. The plan features
significant funding cuts to culture and security, as well as a measure to abolish
the national property tax paid by …
Florence News
Actor set to sue
Irishman questioned in murder
‘I
had nothing to do with it. I didn't even know the woman. I've got nothing to
hide', said Paudge Behan on Italian television after he was freed from police
custody in Grosseto. Behan,
a successful Irish actor who lives part-time in the small …
Florence News
Donate Blood, Save Lives
Hospitals need blood; the disabled need volunteers
As they do every summer,
hospitals in the region are in need of blood. Careggi, which is suffering from
critically low blood inventories, has stepped up its calls for donations.
Spokespersons say the hospital only has enough blood for emergency operations
and blood transfusions. With …
Florence News
Rastas win legal leeway
Right to smoke pot as part of religious faith
Italy's Court of Cassation recently ruled that
Rastafarians can possess ‘abundant' quantities of marijuana because according
to their faith smoking it is a religious sacrament. Now it is up to an
appellate court in Florence to review the case.
The ruling was made in response
to …
Tuscany News
Holding the price of milk
Tuscany's approximately 400 dairy farms
produce over 750,000 quintals of milk annually. In an effort to keep
skyrocketing milk prices in check, the …
Florence News
The best, bar none,
Cristina Bini, who lives and
works in Florence, was crowned the best cocktail mixologist in the
world at the International Bartending Championships held …
Florence News
Incendiary echo,
On the night of July 14, six
cars and several garbage bins were set aflame in Florence's city centre. That same night,
firefighters rushed to douse the flames of three cars and a mobile home in
Sesto Fiorentino. Police, who have launched an investigation …
Italy News
Rail revolution
Montezemolo presents Ferrari-red trains
By 2011, Italian travellers will have choices for
high-speed train travel: the state-owned Trenitalia or private train operator
Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori (NTV).
Founded in December 2006 by prominent Italian
entrepreneurs Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, Diego Della Valle, Gianni Punzo and
Giuseppe Sciarrone, NTV is the first …
Italy News
A father's plea
Court ruling grants right-to-die request
On
July 9, a civil appeals court in Milan
authorised the suspension of the life support system of a 35-year-old woman who
has been in a coma for the past 16 years. The landmark decision has sparked
heated debate over whether removing Eluana Englaro's artificial …
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Saturday, May 25, 2013