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La viola eyes key extensions
Fiorentina’s boss Andrea Della Valle has reiterated his intention to extend the current deals of coach Cesare Prandelli and star striker Luca Toni. Della Valle is determined to keep both at the club for extended periods and he confirmed that talks …
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Zidane visits Algerian homeland
Retired French football captain Zinedine Zidane has arrived in his parents homeland of Algeria for the first time in 20 years. He was invited by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika for a five-day visit and he is expected to inaugurate a health project …
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Renault: now or never for Fisichella
Giancarlo Fisichella faces a make-or-break year at Renault, according to the teams technical director Bob Bell. With the departure of double world champion Fernando Alonso to McLaren-Mercedes, the Italian driver will start next season as Renaults de facto team leader. While …
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Nedved denies quit threat
Pavel Nedved has denied reports which quoted the Juventus star as saying he was ready to re-tire after receiving a five-match ban. The row erupted after Nedved was dismissed in the Serie B draw with Genoa. Referee Stefano Farina reported that …
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Long live the death penalty's demise
Volunteers honored at Festa della Toscana
This year the ‘Festa della Toscana’ is dedicated to the large network of volunteers who offer various forms of social assistance, every day lending a helping hand to the region’s disadvantaged. The official title of this year’s festival, which runs throughout …
Florence News
From the Ganges to the Arno
River to River Indian film festival
For the past six years, Florence has been home to the world’s first festival completely devoted to Indian films outside of India. This event reaches beyond the song and dance of India’s Bollywood (which pumps out some 700 films per year), …
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Looking to the Mounties
Regional policy follows Canadian model
Intercultural themes, integration strategies and cultural mediation. These were the key concepts discussed in The Florentine’s recent inter-view with Vice President of the Tuscan Regional Committee, Federico Gelli, who is in charge of policies for crime prevention and public safety. With …
Florence News
Tourist tax axed
Mayor Domenici upset over Parliament's decision
Florence Mayor Domenici has strongly criticized the government’s recent ‘damaging and incomprehensible’ decision to do away with a proposed tourist tax that would have resulted in a much-needed increase of funds. According to estimated figures, Italy’s most important città dell’arte would …
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Too tied to tradition
Met 2006 reports businesses lacking innovation
The Met 2006 report presented last week in Florence, carried out in collaboration with the Mps Banca per L’Impresa, concluded that Tus-can business is still too traditional to make a successful leap into the global market. Businesses in Tuscany are less …
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Making the rounds against the Mafia
Anti-crime campaign tours Tuscany
An anti-Mafia tour called Caro-vana Antimafia 2006 is rolling through Tuscany this year, with stopovers in over 30 towns and cities. The tour’s first stop in Tuscany took place Nov. 19, and the tour will con-tinue to travel throughout the region …
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Prostitution ring imported from Rome
Youth brought to Florence for sex
A Neapolitan man was arrested last week for his role in transferring a Roman youth prostitution ring to the city of Florence. The ring, recently uncovered in Florence, is said to be connected to the one in Rome, which was investigated …
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Raffaello reveals self
A Florentine art historian, Divo Savelli, has reportedly discovered a self-portrait of Renaissance artist Raffaello Sanzio (1483-1520) in a privately owned chapel, formerly a 16th-century Jesuit church located in the small village of Asciano in the Siennese Crete. In disagree-ment with …
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Troubled Tramvia
Florentines protesting against the Tramvia street-car continued to fill the streets of the citt dellarte this week as the city of Florence announced the construction of a third line of the Tramvia, to begin as early as next week. Alarmed citizens …
Tuscany News
Tardy in Tuscany
A report released last week conducted by Legambiente Toscana contained shocking statistics on the tardiness of trains in the Tuscan region. The report stated that 73 percent of trains in Tuscany are late, a statistic that confirms commuters recent concern over …
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Fakes found in Lucca
Forged works of art confiscated by police
Four men have been arrested and charged by police in Lucca for selling forged copies of famous paintings by illustrious artists such as Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet, Giorgio de Chirico, Renato Gattuso, Felice Carena and many others. Among the works confiscated …
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