Florence Daily News

Muti calls for Florence’s Maggio theatre to be named after Vittorio Gui

Conductor Riccardo Muti has urged Florence to rename the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino after Vittorio Gui, the founder of the Maggio festival.
Work begins on the €31 million redevelopment of Florence’s Sant’Orsola complex

Major restoration works have begun at the former convent, one of Florence’s largest and most complex historic sites.
Scandicci are volleyball world champions: a club from Florence’s outskirts makes history

Savino Del Bene Volley Scandicci have won the FIVB Women’s Club World Championship at their first attempt.
Florence’s oldest municipal police horse retires after a decade on duty

After ten years of service on the streets and in parks across Florence, Egidio has left the municipal police stables and moved to a social cooperative.

The backside of the Uffizi Gallery where a car bomb was set in May 27, 1993

Via dei Georgofili bombing… 23 years ago

Tuesday, May 24, 2016 Editorial Staff News

Tuscany remembers the Georgofili bombing set by the Mafia very early in the morning of 27 May 1993 in Florence, Italy.

Original stolen Columbus letter returned to Italy

Monday, May 23, 2016 Editorial Staff News

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.

5 studenti pisani premiati per l’Internet delle cose

Wednesday, May 18, 2016 Editorial Staff Italiano

Sono riusciti ad automatizzare il flusso dei documenti delle imprese, con questo progetto cinque studenti hanno vinto il premio Internet of Things Hackathon, l’evento-maratona informatico, che si è svolto a Cervia (Ravenna).

Network of 15,000 doctors to fight child abuse

Monday, May 16, 2016 Editorial Staff Business

Network of 15,000 doctors to fight child abuse was presented in Florence. It’s the first healthcare network worldwide with 13 hospitals.

Cene galeotte a Volterra, menu a base di canapa

Monday, May 16, 2016 Editorial Staff Italiano

Il 27 maggio al carcere di Volterra arriva la cena galeotta con il menu a base di canapa. L’incasso della serata all’Associazione Re.So – Recupero Solidale di Empoli, da anni attiva nella raccolta di prodotti alimentari e distribuzione alle persone in difficoltà.

#InfernoMovie, the scenes filmed in Florence

Friday, May 13, 2016 Editorial Staff Life

#InfernoMovie will be in theaters October 28, 2016. Here is the official trailer with the best scenes shot in Florence, Italy last spring.

Firefighters revive cat after rescue in Florence, Italy

Firefighters saved a cat by giving it oxygen

Wednesday, May 11, 2016 Editorial Staff News

The Florence Firefighters saved a cat from death by giving it oxygen on Monday May 9, 2016.

The Florence International Mediation Chamber (FIMC) is the international mediation service of the Florence Chamber of Commerce

The new primacy of Florence in Intl. mediation

Tuesday, May 10, 2016 Editorial Staff Business

The city that in the Middle Age used routinely mediators’ figures for the resolution of disputes has now become a reference point for the composition of international trade disputes.