Producers of Montepulciano wine, designated with Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita (DOCG) status, said that by 2020 they will create their wine with zero-carbon emissions.
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President Obama in Italy, U.S. Worth 2% of GDP
Just a few weeks before President of the United States Barack Obama, scheduled for March 27, 2014, a study of Unioncamere Toscana estimate the impact of the relationships with the United States in different Italian regions.
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Google Italia raises the craft of Florence (VIDEO)
Has been activated by a few days the site where Google are displayed to the world some Italian excellence in the world of craft and agribusiness.
Read moreFlorence brands celebrate Pitti fashion fair
Pucci, Gucci, Salvatore Ferragamo, Ermanno Scervino and Roberto Cavalli are the five Florence-born brands at the centre of events, exhibits and fashion shows celebrating in June the 60th anniversary of the Centro di Firenze per la Moda Italiana which promotes Italian fashion through biannual international trade fair Pitti.
Read morePitti Uomo 85, a contemporary global lifestyle
Pitti Uomo 85 interprets contemporary menswear and with each edition it redraws the map of the fair, focusing on the products and looks that are leading today’s markets. Pitti Uomo is scheduled in Florence, Fortezza da Basso, 7-10 January 2014.
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Villa that inspired Pinocchio for sale at 10.5 million euro
The Tuscan villa that inspired the story of Pinocchio is up for sale for 10.5 million euros. The villa near Sesto Fiorentino, a small town in the West of Florence, is said to have inspired The Adventures of Pinocchio written by Carlo Collodi in 1883.
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Ferragamo re-opens in Milan’s via Montenapoleone
Salvatore Ferragamo, one of the world’s most renowned luxury brands, announces the reopening of its women’s flagship store on via Montenapoleone, Milan, following a complete refit with an entirely new concept.
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GE Oil & Gas to Establish Headquarters in London
GE Oil & Gas today announced it will establish its new global headquarters in London. Florence will remain the global headquarters for GE Oil & Gas Turbomachinery Products & Services, a more than $6 billion business and a key manufacturing and engineering site for the production of centrifugal compressors and gas turbines.
Read morePitti Uomo 84, exhibitors from 30 different countries
Pitti Uomo 84 is redrawing the map of contemporary menswear and of the fair itself, focusing even more on the products and looks that are leading today’s markets.
Read moreMarchionne in Florence: Renzi driving a foreign car, but it’s our fault
Fiat Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne visits Tuscan capital for a meeting of the Florentine chapter of the national industry group Confindustria.
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