Florence Daily News

Christmas and New Year openings at the Uffizi Galleries in Florence

Special holiday openings are planned across Florence’s main state museums, with full closure only on 25 and 29 December.
Marino Marini: a painter rediscovered in Pistoia

A major exhibition at Palazzo Fabroni focuses on the painted work of one of Italy’s leading 20th-century artists, best known internationally for his sculpture.
Florence may extend short-term rental limits beyond historic centre

Mayor Sara Funaro said the city is considering new restrictions in residential areas outside Florence’s historic centre.
A Historical Distance

According to a CENSIS survey, among Italians aged eighteen to forty-five, only sixteen percent say they would be ready to fight.

Nevicata sulla Toscana, traffico in tilt

Saturday, February 7, 2015 Editorial Staff Italiano

L’abbondante nevicata ha costretto alla chiusura di strade e scuole nel centro-nord Italia in questi giorni d’inverno.

Heavy snow blankets Tuscany, snarls traffic

Saturday, February 7, 2015 Editorial Staff News

Heavy snowfall forced road closures, shuttered schools in north-central Italy in these days of winter.

Coldiretti in piazza della Repubblica, Florence. The Farm group says milk quotas destroying 180,000 jobs in Italy

Coldiretti contro le quote latte (Fotogallery)

Friday, February 6, 2015 Editorial Staff Italiano

Il centro storico di Firenze è diventato una stalla con tanto di mucche e latte per una manifestazione a difesa del latte italiano.

Coldiretti against EU milk quotas (Photogallery)

Friday, February 6, 2015 Editorial Staff Business

Piazza della Repubblica, Florence, became a stable with cows and milk for a demonstration to defend Italian milk, cheese.

Italy cannot deny that Dante Alighieri is fundamental to its national identity, Pope Francis said

Papa Francesco: non rinnegare Dante Alighieri

Thursday, February 5, 2015 Editorial Staff Italiano

L’identità nazionale si basa sulla cultura. Lo ha detto Papa Francesco in un discorso oggi in Vaticano. Per questa ragione la cultura italiana non può rinnegare Dante Alighieri.

Pope Francis: Dante is a Bedrock of Italian Culture

Thursday, February 5, 2015 Editorial Staff Arts

Italy cannot deny that Dante Alighieri is fundamental to its national identity, Pope Francis said on Thursday February 5, 2015.

The Luxury Congress will be held in the Salone dei 500, Florence, Italy

The Luxury Conference to debut in Florence

Wednesday, February 4, 2015 Editorial Staff Life

The Condé Nast Luxury Conference will feature Karl Lagerfeld in conversation with Suzy Menkes on 22nd and 23rd April in the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence.

Chianti mayors against IMU property tax

Tuesday, February 3, 2015 Editorial Staff Business

The Italian government’s IMU property tax is putting at risk agricultural production in the Chianti countryside of Tuscany, local mayors complained.

Non solo #Expo2015: gli eventi #shareflorence

Tuesday, February 3, 2015 Editorial Staff Italiano

Un calendario condiviso di eventi che le imprese fiorentine possono “utilizzare” come filo conduttore per raccontarsi al mondo. Lo ha selezionato Camera di Commercio di Firenze,