Premier Mario Draghi decided to push back the virus-containing curfew from 10 to 11 pm since May 19, pushing it further back to midnight from June 7, and ending it completely from June 21. “We want to take gradual measures in order to understand the effect on contagions”, Draghi said.
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At the Florence Santa Maria Novella station anyone can do a rapid covid test, without any cost, reservation or medical prescription thanks the Italian Red Cross. The same initiative is carried out in the railway stations of seven other Italian cities.
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Tuscany Region remains in a low risk situation for COVID-19 contagion. Health Minister Roberto Speranza is set to sign orders making all of Italy’s regions except for Valle D’Aosta moderate-risk yellow zones next week in the nation.
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It’s a big year for the Italian icon Sophia Loren. She has been awarded at the David di Donatello awards, Italy’s equivalent of the Oscars, and in Florence the opening of the restaurant Sophia Loren Original Italian Food is a grate success.
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The number of Italian seaside and lakeside resorts awarded the prestigious Blue Flag designation has risen from 195 last year to 201 this year. Take a look to the 17 Blue Flag beaches in Tuscany.
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On Monday 26 April, the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino reopened its doors after a year of absence due to Covid 19, inaugurating the 83rd edition of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Festival.
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On April 26, Starbucks opened their doors and became the first Starbucks to open in Tuscany. American coffee arrives at I Gigli in Campi Bisenzio.
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Sophia Loren restaurant-pizzeria opens in the center of Florence.
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Un nuovo corso di strumento e canto è stato presentato dalla European School of Economics di Firenze (ESE), in collaborazione con il Teatro del Giglio di Lucca.
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Chef Filippo Saporito open, on Wednesday, 27 May, the series of six dinners on the Orti e Cenacoli initiative calendar as part of the #Expo2015Firenze project.
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