Hundreds of people gathered across Florence and other Italian cities to pay tribute to the victims of a violent shooting at the Paris offices of satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo.
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Tuscany mourns the death of Pino Daniele
Musicians, fans, family praise work of Neapolitan artist Pino Daniele, who died at age 59 on Monday January 5th, 2015.
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Weather Alert, heavy snowfalls on the Apennines
Weather alert in Tuscany, Italy. Saturday December 27, 2014, from 8 am to 8 pm heavy snowfalls are expected on the Appennini ridge.
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Unions to occupy provincial Offices in Florence
Unions representing civil servants started to occupy the offices of the provincial florentine governments “indefinitely” to protest against the central government’s 2015 budget bill.
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Sabotage disrupts Italian rail services
Rail services in several parts of Italy suffered disruption and delays after an arson attack on systems near to Bologna’s Santa Viola station Tuesday December 23, 2014.
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Earthquake in Chianti, more light tremors
Schools re-open in Tuscan epicentre seismic activity, but light earth quake tremors rippled through the Chianti wine-growing district of Tuscany on Monday December 22, 2014.
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200 earthquake shocks rock Florence in 24 hours
Almost 200 earthquake shocks measuring up to 4.1 on the Richter scale rocked Tuscany Friday December 19, 2014
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Italy to run for 2024 Olympic games, Renzi said
Premier Matteo Renzi on Monday December 15, 2014, announced that Italy will stage a bid to host the 2024 summer Olympics.
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#Expo2015, Medici tapestries in an itinerant exhibit
Twenty famous Medici tapestries featuring the stories of Joseph the Jew are to be brought together in an itinerant exhibition to coincide with Milan Expo 2015.
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#Expo2015, a multimedia Dome in Florence (Video)
The Florence project for Expo2015 was unveiled on December 3rd, 2015 at the headquarters of Regione Toscana. It’s called I_Dome.
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