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MIT professor presents unique initiative in Florence
Children possess the innate abilities of learning, sharing and creating. Nicholas Negraponte has taken this principle to heart and developed an initiative that allows children, rich and poor, the opportunity to tap into their own potential by using a dynamic, technology-based …
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Closer than you think
Art corner
No one could have imagined that Dante Alghieri's muse, Beatrice, is buried just steps away from the huge statute of the medieval poet, located in front of the Santa Croce Basilica. The enchanting backdrop of Roberto Begnini's recital of canti from …
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Quest caught on film
Art corner
The hunt for Leonardo da Vinci's lost fresco, the Battle of Anghiari, will be the subject of an upcoming documentary to be produced by National Geographic. The prestigious media company will pay the city administration 50,000 euro over the next five …
Florence News
Hidden treasures brought to light
Art corner
A wealth of never-before-seen nineteenth- and twentieth-century art has been sitting for decades in a room beneath Florence's Palazzo Vecchio. The works of Rosai, Scatizzi, Salvatori, Cagli, Bueno and Fontana, to name a few, were donated to the city by native …
Florence News
Polemic-centric science
Some
controversies die young, while others continue to attract the public's
attention for centuries. More than 360 years after his death, Renaissance
scientist Galileo Galiei has once
again sparked heated debate. This time, the disagreement is over a recent
proposal to exhume his body.
A group of
Italian …
Italy News
No place to hide
Italy joins global hunt for tax-dodgers
Italy has money buried in its backyard. Amid a growing international scandal, national officials are investigating 400 people and firms suspected of tax evasion by hiding undeclared income in the neighboring principality of Liechtenstein, considered one of Europe's oldest tax havens.
Although …
Italy News
Royals join the race
Parties present unorthodox candidate lists
With the upcoming parliamentary elections looming, Italy's political parties have begun the race to attract the most influential candidates possible in an effort to improve their image among the electorate. However, the choices of candidates made on both sides of the …
Italy News
Marriage Italian-style
Adultery with impunity
Having an
extra-marital affair has never been so easy. Italy's highest appeals court recently ruled
that married women who commit adultery are allowed to lie about it in order to
protect their honour.
Overturning
a previous conviction, the Italian Court
of Cassation excused a 48-year-old woman for …
Italy News
Live and let live
In an
effort to toughen existing workplace safety laws, Cabinet ministers approved a
decree that had been on the back burner since August 2007. The decision
followed the most recent industrial fatality, that of five men who were
cleaning a toxic waste truck, one of …
Italy News
Eat your heart out
Italy is seeking Unesco recognition for the Mediterranean diet. Agricultural
minister Paolo De Castro recently
announced the decision to spearhead an international campaign to add the diet
to the World Heritage list. ‘The Mediterranean diet is a heritage that should
be protected and shared', said …
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Mafia-free merchandise
Sicilian entrepreneurs
have taken another decisive step toward battling the mafia by opening the first anti-racket supermarket in the
island's capital city, Palermo.
With goods as diverse as traditional pottery and ceramics, artisan products and
organic foods, the 241 participating merchants hope to draw consumers …
Sport News
Never say never
Azzurri secure a rugby win
Nick
Mallett said he was happy with his team's Six Nations campaign after the new Italy coach posted his first win in a 23-20
success over Scotland rivals
at Rome's Stadio Falminio on March 16. Thanks to a
last-minute drop goal by fullback Andrea
Marcato, the …
Sport News
An American-built Alfa?
Top management considers a new plant overseas
Alfa Romeo may soon make its long-awaited return to the
American market. According to Fiat CEO, Sergio
Marchionne, several Alfa Romeo models and a buffed-up version of the newly
released Fiat 500 could be on the US market within the next two
years.
Alfa Romeo
stopped exporting …
Sport News
Out and In
Coach quits and quickly retracts
The Italian
soccer world was in shock after Inter coach Roberto Mancini announced his decision to quit the club at the end
of the season. However, within 24 hours he already reneged on his decision to
throw in the towel.
The
surprise announcement of resignation and …
Sport News
Holy hoops
Ecclesiastics hit the boards
Catholic clergymen hope to have God's blessing when they compete in a new basketball tournament, called the Clericus Cup. Following last year's Clericus Cup football competition, this year the reverends will instead be shooting hoops and slam-dunking.
The tourney is organized by …
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Saturday, May 25, 2013