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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#Expo2015, the Italian Experience Project (Video)
There are less than 15 days to go to the opening of the portal with all the Italian agri-food companies before, during and after Expo 2015.
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Using Google Glass at the Careggi Hospital
Two surgeons at the Careggi teaching hospital in Florence used Google Glass during an operation to extract a human liver for transplant.
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#Expo2015, Botticelli’s Venus will not go to Turin
Botticelli’s Venus will not be loaned from Florence’s Uffizi Gallery to Turin’s Reggia di Venaria for the Milan Expo 2015 world’s fair, Culture Minister Dario Franceschini said.
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Florence museums chief Acidini quits
The head of Florence’s museums, Cristina Acidini, said Monday September 22, 2014 her decision to quit after a 38-year-long career as a culture ministry official was taken earlier this month because of planned reforms reorganizing the management of Italy’s museums.
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Illegal factory uncovered near Florence
Finance police on Monday September 29, 2014, cited seven Chinese citizens after exposing an illegal operation of seven fur workshops with dormitories for workers hidden behind drywall.
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Tornado-force winds pelted Florence, Tuscany
A wave of tornado-force winds and heavy rains pelted the city of Florence and parts of Tuscany today, Friday september 19, 2014. It leaved a trail of injuries, uprooted trees, and damaged buildings in its wake.
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Bin Ladens buy 50% stake in Carrara marble Co.
Bin Laden family decide to buy 50% stake in Carrara marble company. Marmi Carrara works one third of Tuscan white marble quarries.
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