Bologna, Padua, and Rome’s La Sapienza universities topped the rankings of major state-run Italian universities published by the CENSIS think tank on Monday July 19, 2021, while Florence University dropped form third to fourth position.
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COVID19: Italian government considering expanding use of Green Pass
The government is considering expanding the scope of the European Green Pass as part of the effort to combat a resurgence in COVID-19 contagion due to the spread of the Delta variant..
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COVID 19 in Italy, four regions at risk of new restrictions
Sicily, Campania, Marche and Abruzzo are the regions thought at risk of moving back into the yellow zone.
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Tuscany removes plastic from beaches and parks
Single-use plastic is prohibited from the beaches, parks and protected areas of Tuscany. But many still don’t know. This is why Tuscany Region run for cover with an awareness campaign that communicates good green practices, from recycling to good education to protect the environment and reduce the consumption of polluting materials.
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Uffizi director proposes street-food tax
Uffizi Gallery Director Eike Schmidt has proposed a tax on street-food vendors in Italy’s art cities because of the cost of cleaning up the streets after such food is eaten.
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The story of Nicola Tanturli, the two-year-old boy who disappeared in the Mugello mountains
The story of the two-year-old boy lost in the woods near his home in the Mugello mountains, outside Florence, and found two days later by rescuers is a story with a happy ending, but it is a story that has also opened a debate on where the law should be pushed to legislate on parental control over sons.
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Italy removes masks on June 28
From June 28 in the white zones in Italy is no longer mandatory to wear a mask outdoors. After the research of the Scientific Technical Committee, the confirmation comes from the Italian Minister of Health Roberto Speranza: “The obligation will be overcome, always in compliance with the precautionary indications of the CTS”
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Horses, IHP launches a petition to stop the carriages in Florence
IHP, Italian Horse Protection, the first Italian association for the protection of horses, today launched a petition on the Change.org platform to collect signatures in support of the proposed abolition of horse-drawn carriages for tourist use, advanced to the Municipality of Florence. The initiative comes following the accident which took place on June 14 when a carriage collided with two parked cars in Piazza Signoria, including that of the Italian Minister of the Interior.
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June 21: Tuscany enters the white zone
A free region, Tuscany enters the white zone from Monday June 21. The numbers of the positive cases confirm this decision, today (June 18) there were 66 positives cases. Here is what you can do when Tuscany enters the white zone.
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Horse gets scared, the carriage collides with the car of the Minister of the Interior
Moments of fear in Piazza della Signoria, Florence, for a runaway horse that launched into a gallop, dragging a carriage behind it that crashed into a car escorted by the Minister of the Interior, Luciana Lamorgese.
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