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No place to go but down
Soaring real estate market halted
The home of ones dreams is more and more likely to be found outside Florence’s walls. Although real estate prices are coming to a halt, the average home is unaffordable here, even to foreigners flooding the markets.
Regional Real Estate (Ance), …
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Cobbles caught in controversy
Save the stones campaign centered on Via Ghibellina
The Medici didn’t tread on asphalt. Dante didn’t stroll on cement. Today’s citizens are sounding the alarm as another of Florence’s historical streets faces its greatest threat: modernity. The Committee for the Historical Center of Florence recently presented a statement of …
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At home with Michelangelo
New cultural sketches on display at Casa Buonarroti
Michelangelo aficionados will soon be queuing up at his front door. Some 40 of his original architectural sketches will be on display in Florence’s famed Casa Buonarroti. This collection will unveil newly discovered buildings sketched by Michelangelo to set beside his …
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Vines go wireless
Your taste buds are about to get a sampling of technology, so put aside your visions of rustic Tuscan vineyards and picture instead fully wired wine production. The project ‘Agriculture on Microchip,’ a workshop collaborating with the University of Florence, is …
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Long live the Florentines
A recent study gave the silver medal for long life to Italy, second only to Sweden in the lifespan of its citizens—and the area near Florence is highest in all of Italy. The average life expectancy for the region on the …
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Police protect Gucci, Pucci and Prada
Illegally imported, legally seized. Fake designer products valued at 270,000 euro, whose illegal sales would have earned importers over 1.5 million euro, were recently confiscated during a blitz that occurred in eight stores in the historic district. The store owners, Chinese, …
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Graffiti gains art status
Florencem akes space for 'vandals'
It often appears overnight—unexpected as a shout in the dark, loud as the colours it employs. Nothing is safe from ‘the scrawl’—church facades and stone walls, modern buildings and ancient palaces all shudder at the first sign of a squiggle. This …
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Baccalaureate for Benigni
University of Florence confers honorary degree
Thirteen evenings of poetry paid off. Those among the crowds at Piazza Santa Croce last July have not easily forgotten ‘Tutto Dante,’ Roberto Benigni’s summer literary performance series. The famous Tuscan actor/director calls The Divine Comedy ‘a history of the world, …
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Local hospitals save the lives of young Libyans
Meyer and Santissima Annunziata work together against HIV
Local hospitals are saving young Libyans’ lives. In the infectious disease ward at Meyer Children’s Hospital in Florence, specialists are currently treating 60 young Libyan patients, aged eight to 16 years old, who were infected with HIV in a pediatric hospital …
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Outskirts are 'in'
Avoiding the crowded city streets of Florence is no longer an impossible feat, thanks to a newly-mapped, low-traffic foot path called the ‘Renaissance Ring.’ Florence is small enough to explore by foot; yet most people never see city’s outskirts, which is …
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Prodi has his way
New pension plan gives workers a choice
The Italian government, private employers and trade unions have recently signed an accord underpinning a plan to transfer 5 billion euros from company coffers into the state pension fund. The agreement is a key plank in the government’s plan to revamp …
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Beast is burdened
Paole board draws tough line with Mafia boss
A parole review board has denied the latest appeal from ailing former Cosa Nostra superboss Salvatore (Totò) Riina to be granted softer jail terms while he serves out his 12 life sentences. Riina’s lawyers had not only asked for the tough …
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More money, better life
Right and left share same concerns
Health care, pensions and the economy are top priorities which Italians would like to see their government address, reported an new poll issued last week. Fighting crime, regulating immigration and combating tax evasion were also listed as priorities. The IPR Marketing …
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Cruelty faces charges
Law against animal abuse is enforced
For the first time in Italy, an arrest has been made under an August 2004 law against the mistreatment of animals. The arrest was made last week in the province of Cagliari, Sardinia, where police took into custody a man who …
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Up in smog
Air pollution in Italian cities remains just as high this year as last, environmentalists say, accusing administrators of failing to take decisive action. According to Legambiente’s annual survey of urban Italy, nitrogen dioxide levels are above legal limits in 43 cities, …
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Friday, May 24, 2013