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Florence Takes Wing
After two months of dormancy, Peretola’s Amerigo Vespucci airport reopened last week. Florence’s travel hub had been closed since 2 February to allow for a 10 million euro overhaul of the runway. Though temporarily deferring business to the nearby Pisa airport, …
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Tournament for Tommy Soccer tournament held in honour of slain child
On the day of Tommaso Onofri’s funeral in Parma, the municipality of Pelago held a soccer tournament in his name. Eighteen-month-old Tommaso was kidnapped and, after a month of searching, found dead. The idea for the games in his honour was …
Florence News
Welcome to my world, but stay out of my words
Crusade to protect italian language from foreign invasion
Marco Grossi, a Florentine poet and language teacher, and Paolo Matteucci, a mathematician and phonetics expert from Pisa, have founded the Società dei Cruscanti in hopes of preserving the Italian language to protect it from the influence of what they call …
Florence News
The hanging's on the wall
Centre opens for restoration of tapestries
A new centre for the conservation and restoration of tapestries has been created in Florence. The two million euro facility was financed by proceeds earned from Florentine museum ticket sales. Seven tapestries will be showcased during an exhibit to mark the …
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Florence more lovable
Amo Firenze campaign implemented
One of the world’s most deeply loved cities is aiming to be treated with a little more respect. Host to thousands of faithful citizens and innumerable starry-eyed tourists, the city of Florence takes its newest step towards hospitality. Part of the …
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For better or for worse unless...
Annulment requests overwhelm regional courthouse
A record high number of annulment cases are being filed with the Etruscan Ecclesiastic Regional Courthouse, leaving regional church officials in a quandary over how to help couples enter into and remain in healthy marriages. In 2005, there were 583 cases …
Italy News
To have and to hold
New law reduces penalties for drug possession
A new law has squeaked by just before the election allowing drug users to do just that: squeak by. Recently passed legislation has increased the amount of certain substances a person may possess without committing a criminal offence. Under former law, …
Italy News
Terrorist attacks thwarted
Italian secret service provides effective security
According to Interior Minister Giuseppe Pisanu, Italian Secret Services prevented terrorist attacks planned against the Milan subway and a Bologna church. Pisanu, speaking at a Forza Italia rally in Cagliari, provided no details on when the attacks were supposed to be …
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The beast behind bars
Notorious mafia boss finally arrested
The reign of Bernardo Provenzano has come to an end. The ‘boss of mafia bosses’ went out with a whimper, captured in a rural house in Corleone. His arrest closed the curtain on his 43-year criminal career of disappearing acts and …
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Versace Designs Join Mile High Club
‘Versace is not only fashion it’s exclusive luxury in all fields,’ says Giancarlo Di Risio, manager of Gianni Versace S.p.a. Versace is expanding the practice of this philosophy to a new project: interior decorating for private jets. The firm recently signed …
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Controversy of the Cross
There has been a recent controversy concerning the presence of crucifixes during election functions, culminating in protests about their removal on voting day. The issue became controversial in Senigallia, where a voter requested the director of the voting site to take …
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Tempers and Temperature Hotter in South
According to recent figures, Italy’s most disagreeable neighbours live in Naples and Catanzaro. These figures, which were released by ANACI, the National Association of Condominium Administrators, show that together these cities accounted for nearly a third of Italian disputes which eventually …
Sport News
Milan boss out to catch Juve
AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti insisted the Scudetto title race was wide open after Juventus played against struggling Cagliari on Saturday. Juventus was seconds away from a humiliating defeat against the Sardinian team when Fabio Cannavero scored in the last kick …
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Sebastien Frey will stay
Goalkeeper Sebastien Frey has admitted that a number of clubs have shown interest in his services, but has vowed to stay with the Fiorentina. Parma owns the stopper, but Frey has spent this season on loan to the Tuscan club where …
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Ponte vecchio challenge gold event
On Sunday, April 9, the Golf Club Firenze Ugolino hosted the first edition of the
‘Ponte Vecchio Challenge Golf Event.’ More than one hundred golfers were present at the event including Romano Boretti, President of the Conte di Firenze and sponsor …
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Saturday, May 25, 2013