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News from Florence, Italy, focusing on art and culture, food and wine, and more.
Rail services between Empoli and Pisa will be suspended as scheduled maintenance works affect the Florence–Pisa line.
In Florence, tram services will be affected by a 24-hour strike on October 10.
New regional law aims to make “social freezing” more accessible to women who choose to postpone motherhood.
The former cinema on via Maso Finiguerra, closed since 2016, has been acquired by Fondazione CR Firenze and will become part of the Recreos urban regeneration project aimed at revitalizing via Palazzuolo.
Seven 17th-century paintings were on display in the affected room. The museum says none were damaged.
Italy is experiencing a changing composition of foreign investment, with growing attention to sectors including renewable energy, semiconductors and data centres.
A children’s book about identity becomes the starting point for workshops in schools and bookshops across Florence, while the eighth edition of the CiaiUnSogno grant opens its call for applications.
New initiative at the European University Institute aims to help EU member states turn energy reforms into practical action.
Free immunization against respiratory syncytial virus will be followed by the seasonal flu vaccination campaign on October 7.
A landmark conservation project at Santa Croce brings clarity to one of Giotto’s most revolutionary painted spaces, revealing details unseen for generations.
A new limited-edition collaboration brings together two Florentine names and the artisans behind one of Tuscany’s most enduring craft traditions.
A course at the University of Florence explores how gender-based violence can be recognized, prevented and challenged.
The independent type foundry is putting creativity, curiosity and kindness at the heart of contemporary communication.
The alert will be in force from midnight tonight until 6pm tomorrow, with a yellow warning also extended to northern and central areas from this afternoon.
Local authorities carry out targeted mosquito-control measures following cases linked to travel abroad.
The major bridge in the Campo di Marte area will reopen to vehicles on the evening of September 11.
Last night, nearly 2,000 people gathered in grief on via Panciatichi in Florence, the same street where Lorena Isceri was abducted and later killed by her former partner, Federico Vella. ...
In 2026, Fiorentina celebrates its centenary—and we mark the occasion with our first-ever full purple cover.
Rail workers, bus drivers and airport staff are among those due to strike in a busy month for industrial action.
The centre will offer guidance and support to young people as well as their parents.
From resilient tourism and employment to a manufacturing sector facing fresh headwinds, the city enters 2026 balancing local strength with an increasingly uncertain world.
A plume of desert dust drifting north from Africa is giving the Italian region a hazy, yellow-tinged glow.
A week of celebrations is underway as Fiorentina fans mark the club’s centenary with a torchlight procession, a party at the Franchi and an all-star legends match.
New tremor felt across Pisa, Livorno, Lucca and the Versilia coast, following last week’s magnitude 4.3 earthquake. No damage or injuries have been reported.
