Speaking to students FIAT CEO and ACEA president, Sergio Marchionne said Matteo Renzi “is a poor copy of Obama, but he thinks he is Obama, the mayor of a little and poor city.” The classification of “little and poor” related to Florence has sparked anger in Florence. Political, trade associations and even churchmen criticized Marchionne.
Author: Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini
Mywalit opens its flagship store in Florence
An explosion of color in the heart of Florence: opens today Mywalit, an Italian brand of Lucca, who was born to bring color, a wide spectrum of colors, “where there was no color”, making precious and original also smaller accessories: special details that differentiate wallets, key cases, credit card holder…
Italian police, opened the section of ANPS in NYC
It was opened yesterday in New York a new section of ANPS, the National Association of Italian State Police. It ‘s the first based in the United States and the third outside of Italy, after Toronto and Melbourne. The ceremony was held in the Palais des Nations, at the presence of the Consul General of Italy in New York, Natalia Quintavalle.
A statue in the Loggia dei Lanzi damaged
Today, at 8 am, a body monitoring (“Friends of the Earth”) in the Loggia dei Lanzi found the phalanx of a finger of the left hand of the sculpture by Pio Fedi depicting “The Rape of Polyxena” had been removed. All fingers of this hand are product additions made necessary by repeated acts of vandalism (the last in March 2009).
Prince Albert II and Charlene are in Florence
In the early afternoon the Prince Albert II of Monaco, along with his wife Charlene, after landing at the airport of Peretola and being greeted by the console of the principality Alessandro Giusti, Prefect Luigi Varratta and the Quaestor Francis Zonno, went to visit Palazzo Vecchio.
Lost tourist’s sketches help to find her husband
A lost, elderly tourist afflicted by Alzheimer’s helped police locate her husband by sketching monuments that retraced the couple’s path through Florence on Monday. The tourist, a 70 year-old Dutch woman who suffered memory problems, had arrived in Florence with a tour group to visit the city.
Mona Lisa, insects to provide date information
Researchers digging for the remains of Leonardo da Vinci’s model Lisa Gherardini Del Giocondo, known as Mona Lisa, said Tuesday that one of the most important burdens of proof lies with the insects found in the tomb. Researchers have been digging in the basement of a former Ursuline convent in central Florence for months where they believe Mona Lisa was buried.
Selex Elsag, a new 11 million $ contract
DRS Technologies Canada, teaming with SELEX Elsag – both Finmeccanica companies – were recently awarded a contract worth approximately $11 million CAD by the Department of Public Works and Government Services Canada for the upgrading of the Canadian Navy’s Halifax Class Frigate Internal Communications System (ICS).
Close-ups: conversations in front of a work
Every Saturday, from 6 October to 5 January, visitors to the Uffizi Gallery, the Palatine Gallery, the Gallery of Modern Art, the Museo degli Argenti (The Medici Treasury) and the Medici Villa of Petraia will have the chance to take part in an initiative focusing on a work of art as part of the series of events called: “Close-ups”.
MSC, crew meningitis cases confirmed
MSC Cruises confirm that the four MSC Orchestra crewmembers who landed in Livorno, Tuscany, yesterday have been diagnosed with bacterial meningitis. The four, one of whom diagnosed as being in critical condition, are currently in hospital. MSC Cruises and maritime authorities have agreed to offer passengers antibiotic profligacies. No other member of the crew has reported symptoms of the infection.