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Safe investments in Italy are possible with the right tools In the World Bank’s “doing business 2020” ranking, Italy is positioned in the 58th place before Kosovo and ...
I genuinely do not believe that I could have been any more shocked if you had picked me up and dumped me on Mars and told me to get on ...
If you are resident in Italy before the transition period ends on 31 December 2020, you will be able to stay.
Kids need their merenda hour, just like parents need their aperitivo! Or as I like to call it, “merendativo”, a happy-family-happy-hour that both parents and their offspring can enjoy. ...
For those of you who adore spending your evenings listening to the trials and tribulations at the annual condominium meeting or who thrive on finding the best deal amongst ...
Italy is one of the main economies and markets in the world, a country full of opportunities and with an increasingly developed attention towards foreign investors. In recent ...
I’m never quite sure which is more depressing: renting a place in Florence or looking for someone to rent one. The same problem afflicts both parties: too many people are ...
Inheritance taxation in Italy is much more advantageous than in other European countries. In fact, it ranges from 4% to 8% and in many cases is not even applicable. ...
Keeping kids entertained is never as easy as one would like to think. Especially now as schools will remain closed until September, I find myself scrambling to come up with ...
Pre-enrolment now open for summer camps in and around Florence
For those with younger members of the family around, an undeniable struggle throughout this lockdown has been entertaining children who normally enjoy the stimulation of a packed school day. Thankfully, ...
The programme is part of a wider initiative through which the UK Government and IOM aim to provide assistance to British citizens in Europe.
We’ve been told we all have to “use” face protection in Tuscany, but exactly how this should be done seems to challenge a number of locals. The Florentine’s resident illustrator ...
Saturday evening, February 29, I found myself eating in an Oltrarno restaurant, Antico Ristoro di Cambi. The place was packed to the gills, but fish was a rare sight on ...
I get up at 4am—uncharacteristically, I can assure you—and make a strong cup of coffee. Sitting on the still-dark balcony, I wait for the sun to rise, breathing in air ...
How do we deal with fear, solitude and the host of emotions we’re all going through at this exceptional time? The Florentine‘s Jane Farrell speaks with Florentine psychotherapist Dr Paolo ...
Many Italians born abroad feel as if Italy is their homeland
The underlying rule is clear: stay at home as much as possible and maintain interpersonal distance of one metre at all times.
Florence is semi-deserted. Closed museums, empty shops and directives to restrict our movements leave us wondering what we should do. From art and writing contests to a best balcony competition, ...
The agricultural sector in Tuscany is currently in a period of growth. According to the Unioncamere- Infocamere, the number of agricultural and food businesses managed by people under 35 ...
“I’m going to have to zoom in on your face and on the food, Mary,” said my cameraman colleague during a recent filming session in my kitchen. We were shooting ...
I was three Negronis deep with my friend Valentina recently when the conversation took a familiar turn. You know the one: discussing the merits and drawbacks of the day-to-day in ...
On March 8, the Italian Government issued strict legislation to slow the contagion of Coronavirus. Read the full legislation here (in Italian). Due to an ongoing outbreak of coronavirus ...
Between 2004 and 2018, the number of children adopted from abroad in Italy decreased. According to data, the number of adopted children peaked in 2010 with 4,130 adoptions, and fell ...
