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.

Italy on alert after Brussels terror attacks

Tuesday, March 22, 2016 Editorial Staff News

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.

Seven Italian students among 13 Catalonia crash victims

Italy mourns the lives of 7 Italian students in Spain

Monday, March 21, 2016 Editorial Staff News

Italy mourns the lives of seven female Italian students among the 13 young people killed in Sunday’s bus crash in the Catalonia region of Spain.

Untitled Jackson Pollock (1912–1956), ca. 1946. Gouache and pastel on paper, 58 x 80 cm, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice 76.2553 Photo by David Heald © Pollock-Krasner Foundation / Artists Rights Society, ARS, New York, by SIAE 2016

From Kandinsky to Pollock at Palazzo Strozzi

Saturday, March 19, 2016 Editorial Staff Life

Opening 19 March 2016, Palazzo Strozzi in Florence presents masterpieces of European and American art of the 1930s to the 1960s from the collections of Peggy Guggenheim and Solomon R. Guggenheim.

Florence to hold Italy-Great Britain Forum

Florence to host the Italy-Great Britain Forum

Friday, March 18, 2016 Editorial Staff Business

The Italy-Great Britain Forum in Florence (March 21, 2016) aims to analyse the business models as best practices for the economic development.

New App transforms a vandalism into a testimony

Thursday, March 17, 2016 Editorial Staff Tech

The App Autography transforms acts of vandalism in the analogical world into a digital testimony in Florence.

Tuscany top wedding destinarion in Italy

Tuscany top destination for wedding tourism

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 Editorial Staff Travel

The most popular Italian destination for international weddings is Tuscany, an econoimic survey said.

Tuscan farmers against the European Parliament vote for the Tunisian olive oil import

Olive Oil producers vs EU pro-Tunisian vote

Sunday, March 13, 2016 Editorial Staff Business

The European Parliament in Strasbourg gave its final approval to a package of aid to Tunisia. The Tuscan farmers are angered with this decision.

The Italian parody of Donald Trump is going viral

Saturday, March 12, 2016 Editorial Staff Life

Tha famous Italian TV show Crozza nel Paese delle meraviglie was back this week with a new political spoof: republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump. It is going viral on the web.

Women in Europe and the World topic of #SOU2016

Friday, March 11, 2016 Editorial Staff News

The Sixth Edition of The State of The Union will take place from 5 to 7 May 2016, in Florence, on the theme of Women in Europe and the World.

Pitti Taste is flavor and Italian food lifestyle

Thursday, March 10, 2016 Editorial Staff Life

From 12 to 14 March 2016 the Pitti Immagine fair-event dedicated to excellence in taste and the culture of quality food returns to the Stazione Leopolda in Florence.