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Gas be gone
The Island of Capraia, part of the province of Livorno, has become the first island in the Mediterranean to prohibit the use of petrol. An eco-friendly agreement between the municipality and Italy’s largest energy provider, Enel, was enacted several weeks ago. …
Florence News
San Lorenzo stays the same
Nothing has changed since the round-table discussion held at the Senegalese Consulate weeks ago, according to merchants operating in the San Lorenzo neighborhood. Street vendors are still spreading white sheets and cardboard boxes on the ground in order to illegally sell …
Florence News
New lease on still life
On June 17 a new museum will open in Florence to showcase the Medici’s vast collection of still life paintings. Housed in the historic Medici country residence, Poggio a Caiano, the Museo della Natura Morta presents over 200 still life and …
Florence News
Paradise and inferno
Florence celebrates Dantes birthday throughout the month of June
The city of Florence has organized a wide array of events throughout the month of June in honour of homegrown poet Dante Alighieri. Although it is known that he was born in 1265, there are no existing documents verifying the actual …
Florence News
Beating the blues
Anti-depression device implanted at Careggi hospital
In an effort to cure his depression, a 57-year old Tuscan man has undergone surgery at Florence’s Careggi hospital. In a first for the region, doctors have surgically implanted an electrical device, similar to a pacemaker, that treats depression. The man, …
Florence News
Heads spinning over rolling joints
Controversy over Italia Wave sponsorship
A fresh controversy has erupted in the halls of Palazzo Vecchio over Italia Wave’s new sponsors for this year’s music festival in its new home in Florence.
According to Alleanza Nazionale councilor, Giovanni Donzelli, the fact that one of the major …
Florence News
A visit to the beauty parlour
Masterpiece travels to Florence for restoration
Andrea Mantegna’s master work, the San Zeno altarpiece, was moved to Florence in February, days after organizers dismantled the exhibition in Verona that was dedicated to the Italian Renaissance painter. This jewel was transferred to the Opificio Delle Pietre Dure in …
Florence News
Integrate, not disintegrate
The Tuscan region has announced that two million euro will be set aside for immigrant integration programs. The proposed regulation will set up courses in Italian language and culture and the Italian Constitution, as well as provide assistance for victims of …
Italy News
A fate worse than death
Prisoners appeal to reinstall capital punishment
Hundreds of Italian prison inmates sent a letter to Italian president Giorgio Napolitano,requesting him to restore the country’s death penalty. More than 300 of the 1,294 prisoners currently serving life sentences in Italian prisons signed the letter, ‘asking for our life …
Italy News
No Bush, No War, No Sir
Protesters immobilize Rome during official visit
Thousands of anti-war protesters flocked to Rome last weekend to protest against US president George W. Bush, who was in the capital on an official visit following the G8 summit in Germany.
Bush met with centre-left premier Romano Prodi and president of …
Italy News
Walking a tightrope over shaky ground
Prodis government wavers again over tax scandal
Premier Romano Prodi’s shaky centre-left government faced a fierce Senate debate regarding junior Economy minister Vincenzo Visco’s alleged interference in a banking scandal investigation. The deputy minister has been accused of seeking the transfer last year of several finance police officers …
Italy News
Biennale brings out the big shots
A host of glittering top-name celebrities have arrived in Venice for the 52nd edition of the Biennale, a contemporary art festival. The festival, which boasts its largest cultural menu to date, will showcase works by over 100 artists in 70 different …
Italy News
Vaginas in Italy
A world first: Italian doctors and scientists at Rome’s Umberto I university hospital have successfully helped two women grow female reproductive organs, using stem cells taken from their bodies. The women suffered from vaginal agenesis, or absence of the vagina, a …
Italy News
Fiat finances not flush
Patriarchs daughter sues advisers for clarity
Margherita Agnelli de Pahlen, the only surviving child of the late Fiat patriarch, Gianni Agnelli, is suing her father’s most trusted advisers in a dispute over the management of his vast estate. The move comes after Margherita Agnelli’s repeated requests for …
Italy News
Garden is crowned for glory
Villa dEste claimed Europes most beautiful
In Tivoli, an ancient town near Rome, the Villa D’Este has been declared Europe’s most beautiful garden. In the third annual European Great Garden competition, the gardens, fountains and fancy waterworks of this Renaissance jewel prevailed over those of England, France …
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Sunday, May 19, 2013