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On the road to profit
Fiat and BMW join forces, Harley Davidson buys MV Agusta
Italy's legendary Alfa Romeo running
on German engineering. Harley Davidson hogging the European motorcycle market.
The likely benefits of strategic
alliances partnerships for Italian companies have fuelled two recent mergers.
Fiat and BMW recently signed a
memorandum of understanding to develop a common platform for future …
Italy News
Sights, Sounds, Smells
Technology brings a city to life
Stepping back in time visitors
to the Virtual Archaeological Museum (MAV) will experience the sights and
sounds of an ancient Roman city.
The MAV simulates daily life of
the ancient coastal city of Herculaneum, destroyed by Mt. Vesuvius
2,000 years ago.
Constructed over three years, at
a cost …
Italy News
Falling to pieces,
Emergency action to save the
archaeological site in Pompei is necessary to counteract a ‘continuing state of
neglect and deterioration', said Culture minister Sandro Bondi while announcing
that a special commissioner will be appointed to address ‘order, public safety
and oversee the administration of the …
Italy News
Something to talk about,
Italian scientists have created
a satellite link-up between the Arctic and the Antarctic. An international roster of
researchers at the Airship Italia Arctic …
Italy News
Berlusconi on the G8,
Italy's prime minister praised the
positive results of the Group of Eight (G8) summit held in Japan in early July. Bidding a warm
farewell to U.S. president, George W. Bush, who
presided over his final summit, Berlusconi gave a positive rating to all of …
Sport News
Italy's Olympic bid
A closer look at the Italian Olympic team
At the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, from August
8 to 24, 2008,
in Beijing,
China, approximately 10,500 athletes will compete in 28
sports. More than 300 of those athletes will represent Italy.
Italy has a rich history at the Olympics. The country's
impressive roster …
Sport News
Fresh faces at Franchi stadium
With the transfer season nearing to end, Viola
fans can expect to see a few new faces on the Fiorentina team next season. In
anticipation …
Sport News
Ricc sacked
Italian star cyclist Riccardo Riccò may face up
to two years in prison and a 3,750 euro fine for having for having allegedly
used blood booster, called EPO, to better his performance in the Tour de
France. The promising 24-year-old athlete had won two …
Sport News
Killer mountain
Reports that renowned Italian climber Karl
Unterkircher fell to his death in a ravine on July 18 have shocked the country.
Meanwhile, two members of the same expedition, Simon Kehrer and Walter Nones,
were stranded at 7000 metres one of the world's deadliest mountains, …
Florence News
Things to come
Policymakers debate the future of Florence
With municipal elections fast approaching in
2009, local politicians are working on a ‘to-do' list for Florence. Last week, during the annual assembly of the
Florence Confindustria at Firenze Fiera, local business weighed in on key
issues.
From urban planning to waste disposal and public
transportation, …
Florence News
Tough on transgressors
Japan censures those who deface Florence
Just days after a Japanese tourist was discovered to
have marked a wall of the Duomo, Japan launched a nationwide, media-fuelled crusade to stop
the defacement of Florence's monuments.
The tourist, a student, had written her full name and
that of her school, her friends …
Florence News
Mediators on the march
Special task force to curb street vending
Called the ‘black angels' by the local media, a group
of Senegal-born mediators is patrolling the city streets, recruited by Safety
superintendent Graziano Cioni in an effort to curb illegal street vending and
increase intercultural dialogue.
Described
by the city as ‘auxiliary officers of social mediation', …
Florence News
New life for Laocoon
Baccio Bandinelli's dramatic marble Laocoön
(1525), a copy of the great Hellenistic piece discovered in the Colle Oppio
area of Rome in 1506, sits in the third corridor of the
Uffizi Gallery.
As they stream by, visitors often mistakenly
assume that the striking statue depicting the …
Florence News
Renaissance in day care
Province sets the example with workplace nursery
Italy's first day-care facility in a
public building is a cutting-edge preschool in a centuries-old Medici palace.
Provincial
officials recently announced the opening of an ultra-modern nursery within the
walls of Palazzo Medici Riccardi,
All materials in
the nursery, which is located in 200 square metres on …
Florence News
Blessed relief
Public restrooms and much more in city centre
Marking an important advance in services to the
thousands of tourists and workers who converge on the city centre daily, the
Centro Arte Cultura of the Opera del Duomo has made 22 restrooms available to
the public.
Use of the public lavatories in Piazza Duomo …
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Thursday, May 23, 2013