Up to 30 people are feared dead after an Italian Hotel Rigopiano (Gran Sasso) was covered by an avalanche following an earthquake. Two people have been rescued. The firefighters videos.
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Three strong earthquakes rocked central Italy
Three strong earthquakes rocked central Italy on Wednesday January 18, 2017, while the area is covered with a thick blanket of snow.
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False bomb threat at Pitti Uomo fashion fair
The bomb alarm sparked by an abandoned suitcase near the ticket office for the Pitti Uomo men’s fashion fair at Florence’s Fortezza da Basso is over.
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Syrian refugee pianist on tour in Florence
Ayham Ahmad, a Syrian who became an icon when a 2014 photo of him playing his piano in a Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of Damascus went viral, is currently touring Italy, with dates Florence (2/2).
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The G7 of the culture to be held in Florence
The G7 of the culture will be held in Florence the 30 and 31 march 2017.
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Court to decide on Guede’s Kercher petition
Florence’s court of appeal said it will decide on January 10 on a petition to review the trial of Rudy Guede, the only person convicted of the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher in Perugia.
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Florence marks 50th anniversary of the big flood
Today Florence is marking the 50th anniversary of the devastating flood of the River Arno in 1966.
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Earthquake, aftershocks continue in Italy
Aftershocks continue to keep people on edge in the areas of central Italy devastated by a series of recent earthquakes, including Sunday’s 6.5-magnitude quake near Norcia.
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NY, DC to remember the 1966 Florence flood
An event and an exhibition at the Embassy of Italy in Washington DC to remember the 1966 Florence flood.
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Remembering the 50th anniversary of the flood
The 1966 flood of the Arno river in Florence killed 101 people and damaged or destroyed millions of masterpieces of art and rare books. 50 years later the city of Florence commemorate that natural disaster.
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