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Mayor Brings it Home
Domenici's holiday speech stresses culture and economy
During his annual holiday greeting to Florence’s citizens, Mayor Domenici announced some of the issues he will be giving particular attention to next year. He emphasised the significance of culture and how it is an important card to play to re-launch …
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Tuscany tries 'toking up'
Medical marijuana use explored
Regional officials are set to propose a law allowing for the experimentation of the therapeutic use of marijuana at the start of the New Year. The law would offer medical researchers a chance to experiment with the therapeutic use of marijuana …
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Foreigners Request to Vote
Florence Mayor Domenici, who is also President of the Mayor’s Association (ANCI), presented an official request to parliament to accept a proposed law allowing foreign residents to vote in local elections. The law would permit non-Italian citizens who have been legally …
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Sales Hit Florence Big Time on Jan 7
The official date for winter retail sales has been announced. Merchandise in Florence will be discounted from January 7 to March 7. The dates are determined by regional norms and require that retailers display the original price, the percent discount, and …
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Hannibals Bridge Rebuilt
The ancient and crumbling medieval bridge that was once used to cross the Arno River by the military leader Hannibal during his crusade to conquer the Romans over 2000 years ago will soon be rebuilt. The Province of Florence together with …
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Baghdad Bookworms in Florence Library
Five librarians from Iraq have begun an internship at the Biblioteca Nazionale in Florence to study techniques on how to restore damaged books and manuscripts. Organised by the Italian non-profit group “Un Ponte per” and supported by the Tuscany Region, the …
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Museums Open January 2
Museum superintendent, Antonio Paolucci, announced that the Galleria degli Uffizi, Galleria dell’Accademia, and the Galleria Palatina at Palazzo Pitti, will open their doors from 8.15 to 18.00 on Monday 2nd January. All other museums will respect the normal closure schedule for …
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Coca Cola Gets Thumbs Down
The Olympic torch hits hurdles in 7 Tuscan towns
Along the path of the Olympic torch through Italy (with final destination Winter Olympics Turin 2006) there have been some tough hurdles for the flame, even at one point managing to blow it out completely. Demonstrators lined the streets alongside celebrators …
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Escape to Hollywood
Silvano Campessi's film posters on display
“In those days, a film poster had to be an eye-catcher to work, otherwise no one would stop to look at it or enter the cinema”. These are the wise words of Silvano Campeggi, better known as Nano, who, in the …
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Sweet tooth snubs supermarkets
Boom in holiday sales at Tuscan pastry shop
To the delight of pastry shop owners, Tuscans have returned to their habit of buying local artisan desserts for the holiday season. In fact, the sales of sweets have risen by 35% compared with last year.
In recent years, local shops …
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Florence Indian Film Festival votes best films
The annual River to River film festival is always an event that draws large crowds to the small Florentine theatre that hosts it, and this year was no exception. Four days of viewings of the latest films at Cinema Spazio Uno …
Italy News
Us Marine Under Investigation for Murder
Italian intelligence conlicts with US findings
United States marine Mario Lozano is now formally under investigation in Italy for the murder of an Italian intelligence agent in Iraq last March.
Intelligence officer Nicola Calipari was killed on March 4th when US troops at a temporary roadblock opened fire …
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Familiar Territory for Berlusconi... Under Investigation
New conflict of interest charge involving television company
Italy’s competition authority has begun an inquiry into Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi over a possible conflict of interest regarding digital TV decoders.
It came shortly after Brussels launched a similar investigation on Wednesday into the Italian state’s payment of 200 million euros …
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Desire to Douse Scandal Fires up Bank
Italian government says it is close to agreeing on a new Bank of Italy governor to replace Antonio Fazio
The resignation of Mr Fazio, former Bank Chief, was formally accepted on Tuesday and his successor will be appointed according to new rules just approved by the Italian cabinet. The cabinet agreed to change the central bank chief’s lifetime post to …
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Speed Traps Harder to Escape
A new device called Tutor, will soon be employed by Italian police to catch speeding motorists. The system is capable of measuring the average speed of a car from 25 kilometres away. If the car exceeds the limit by more than …
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Sunday, May 26, 2013