Italian Carabinieri art police have recovered the original letter in which Christopher Columbus announced the discovery of the New world. The original letter will soon be replaced in the Florence’s Riccardiana library.
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Firefighters saved a cat by giving it oxygen
The Florence Firefighters saved a cat from death by giving it oxygen on Monday May 9, 2016.
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#SOU2016 in Florence, live streaming and twitting
Live streaming and twitting of The State of the Union conference, #SOU2016, organised by the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Italy.
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The State of The Union conference sixth edition
Between 5 and 7 May the city of Florence will host the renowned annual conference on The State of the Union, now in its sixth edition.
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Palazzo Vecchio hosted the Abe-Renzi meeting
Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi met Japanese premier Shinzo Abe during the Italian-Japanese bilateral meeting in Florence, Monday May 2, 2016.
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Costa Concordia, 27 years asked for its capitain
A Florence prosecutor asked an appeals court to sentence former Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino to 27 years for the 2012 shipwreck that left 32 dead off the Isola del Giglio, a Tuscan island.
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Stuck owl rescued by firefighters in Florence
The Vigili del Fuoco di Firenze intervened in Florence to save an owl got stuck on the terrace of an apartment in via Maroncelli, close to the Florence stadium.
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16 meningitis cases in Tuscany since the start of 2016
A series of meningitis contractions continued in Tuscany: Tuesday March 29, 2016 a 58-year-old woman was taken into hospital in Empoli.
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Fountain of Neptune lit up in Belgian colours
Florence’s Fountain of Neptune in Piazza della Signoria lit up in the black, yellow and red of the Belgian flag.
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Italy on alert after Brussels terror attacks
Italy is on maximum alert after at least two terror attacks in Brussels. “It is an attack comparable to what happened in Paris”, mayor of Florence, Dario Nardella, said.
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