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Give her a kiss
Celebrate the two loves in your life: the city of Florence and your mum. With Mother's Day falling on Sunday, May 13, the same day as the monthly event to celebrate the city, Un Bacione a Firenze, Palazzo Vecchio is holding …
Write the Mayor
Write the Mayor
Dear Mayor Renzi,
Traveling the FI-PI-LI highway from Florence to Pisa,
near viale Piombino, I have noticed that there are three traffic lights still
operative through the night. I find them extremely frustrating for motorists
and only relatively useful for pedestrians, who are likely not …
Florence News
Improve your health in a click
Misericordia offers new online service
Patients at the three medical clinics of the
Misericordia of Florence (viale dei Mille, via del Sansovino, and vicolo
Adimari) can now book appointments from their home computers. With a new and
improved website, patients can choose online the day and time of their …
Florence News
Crossing borders
Healing mental health through art
The travelling art exhibition
Crossing Borders is coming to Le Murate in Florence on its second leg of a tour
across three European countries.
The works of artists from four art workshops located in Germany (Das
Atelier, Lahr, Kunstgruppe FHG, Freiburg), Switzerland (Vom der Wolf …
Florence News
Maggio sings the blues
Financial crisis put opening at risk
The May 4 opening show of the 75th season of the
Festival del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino was a success, despite the threat of
strike from opera employees, who fear layoffs.
The financial
troubles that have shaken the historic opera house for several months have
worsened, and …
Florence News
500 days to go
Bike-lovers unite May 12 and 13!
In the lead-up to the world road cycling
championships, which will be held in Florence and Tuscany next year, the city
is running a bike safety initiative during the Notte Blu on May 12 (see page 7
for details) and a special day of …
Florence News
May is for Mille Miglia,
The most beautiful car race returns to Florence
Defined by Enzo Ferrari as ‘the world's greatest road
race,' the Mille Miglia (‘Thousand Miles') features 375 vintage cars on the
road from Brescia to Rome. It will leave Brescia on May 17 and tour through six
regions, including Tuscany, to Rome and back …
Florence News
Florence's white night
Music, drinks-and fines
Some 100,000 party-goers converged on the city centre
on April 30 for Florence's annual all-night party, Notte Bianca (‘White
Night'). The main feature of the evening was music, with live shows across the
city centre. Restaurants and bars remained open through the night and …
Florence News
Double-parkers beware
More than 234 fines for illegal parking in three weeks: this is the first result of
Florence's latest crackdown on traffic infringements, dubbed Street Control,
which has been in force since April 10. To catch those who break laws related
to parking, municipal police …
Florence News
Don't drink and drive
Launched by Fite
Confcommercio and the City of Florence, a new initiative aims to reduce the
number of drunk drivers behind the wheel. Using a small, portable Breathalyser,
patrons at a dozen local bars and pubs in the city centre can voluntarily check
their alcohol …
Florence News
CANCELLED: Burraco tourney for charity ,
Soccorso Clown was planning to hold a charity Burraco competition at the Parco dei Pazzagli
in Florence (via di Rovezzano, 5) on May 23. It has, however, been cancelled due to uncertain weather conditions.
Organizers are tentatively planning to hold it in the …
Florence News
Fashion meets foodies
Made in Italy foods will now be featured in the high-end department store La Rinascente
located in piazza Repubblica. Although other outposts of La Rinascente sell
food and other culinary products, it is a first for the Florence location.
Located on the fourth floor, …
Tuscany News
Only in Versilia
Special service for dogs on the beach
In a first for the Tuscan coast, beach establishments
along the coastal area of the Versilia will accommodate those with their best
friends in tow: in Lido di Camaiore, dog owners will be able to bring their
pooches to beaches and even rent umbrellas …
Tuscany News
Down and out
Jobless rate hits peak
A recent economic report by unions CGIL and IRES presents a negative situation for Tuscany's workers: 1 in 10 lives in hardship and is struggling to find work. Unemployment rates across the region have returned to 1998 levels, at almost 11 …
Tuscany News
Privileges pushed aside
Rossi renounces Mercedes for methane-fueled Fiat
President of Tuscany Region, Enrico Rossi, recently
announced that he will no longer use the private car paid for by the Italian
state, known as the auto blu, but instead opt for a Fiat Punto that runs
on methane.
Rossi confirmed
the move to a more …
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Sunday, May 19, 2013