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  • EUI marks 50 years with three-day programme in Florence

    The anniversary of the EU’s main postgraduate institution will be marked by debates, exhibitions and public events open to the city.

  • Tourist reported after climbing Florence’s Neptune Fountain

    The 28-year-old woman entered the historic fountain in Piazza della Signoria as part of a premarital challenge. Municipal police intervened on the spot.

  • WWII soldier missing in Tuscany identified after 81 years ahead of Italy’s Liberation Day

    The story of a U.S. soldier missing in the Tuscan mountains since 1944 has been resolved decades later, linking Florence to the wider memory of the Allied campaign that helped liberate Italy.

  • Vespa turns 80: Tuscany celebrates the global success of an Italian icon

    From its first prototype in post-war Italy to a worldwide symbol of design and mobility, Vespa celebrates its 80th anniversary with events in Tuscany and beyond.

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Snoop Dogg at the Lucca Summer Festival

Thursday, March 12, 2015 Editorial Staff Life

The rapper Snoop Dogg and the jazz musician Marcus Miller will be on stage together July 28, 2015 at Lucca Summer Festival in piazza Napoleone.

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Gherardo delle Notti and the bizzarre paintings

Wednesday, March 11, 2015 Editorial Staff Arts

The Galleria degli Uffizi opens the Florence 2015. Art for a Year exhibition season with the first monographic exhibition ever devoted to Gerrit van Honthorst, a Caravaggesque painter from Holland better known to the Italian public by the nickname of Gherardo delle Notti.

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Siena's Palio

Il Drappellone del Palio di Siena dipinto da Rogai

Wednesday, March 11, 2015 Editorial Staff Italiano

Per dipingere il Drappellone del Palio di Siena dell’Assunta  è stata scelta l’artista fiorentina Elisabetta Rogai, famosa per le sue tinte cromatiche fatte con i frutti della terra, a iniziare dai dipinti con il vino denominati eno-arte.

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Marina Militare campaign

«Say it in Italian» petition gets 70,000 signatures

Tuesday, March 10, 2015 Editorial Staff News

A petition urging the nation to say it in Italian and spurn the use of English words creeping into everyday speech has obtained nearly 70,000 signatures, organisers claimed.

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Expo Express

#Expo2015 train station inaugurated in Milan

Monday, March 9, 2015 Editorial Staff News

An official Milan Expo 2015 train station was inaugurated in a ceremony on Friday March, 6, 2015.

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Free Tibet flag on Ponte Vecchio

8 marzo, sul Ponte Vecchio per le donne tibetane

Sunday, March 8, 2015 Editorial Staff Italiano

Sul Ponte Vecchio per protestare contro l’opposizione cinese al riconoscimento del Tibet.

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The Fountain of Neptune in Florence

Preserving the Italian heritage with the Art Bonus

Sunday, March 8, 2015 Editorial Staff Business

Culture Minister Dario Franceschini presented Italy’s Art Bonus Tax Credit during a workshop in Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Italy Friday March 6, 2015.

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Strong wind in Tuscany

Three dead as storms batter Tuscany, Italy

Thursday, March 5, 2015 Editorial Staff News

Torrential rain and high winds lashed Italy Thursday killing three people.

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Goodfrance

La settimana della gastronomia francese in Italia

Tuesday, March 3, 2015 Editorial Staff Italiano

Sono mille gli chef di tutto il mondo selezionati per lo speciale appuntamento delle Giornate della gastronomia francese in Italia dal 16 al 19 marzo 2015.

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Santa Croce

45,000 culture sites at risk from floods, landslides

Tuesday, March 3, 2015 Editorial Staff News

In Italy 14,000 cultural heritage sites are at risk of landslides and 28,483 at risk from flooding, a study said.

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Florence to mark Liberation Day with official ceremony at Palazzo VecchioFlorence to mark Liberation Day with official ceremony at Palazzo Vecchio
Vespa turns 80: Tuscany celebrates the global success of an Italian iconVespa turns 80: Tuscany celebrates the global success of an Italian icon
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WWII soldier missing in Tuscany identified after 81 years ahead of Italy’s Liberation DayWWII soldier missing in Tuscany identified after 81 years ahead of Italy’s Liberation Day
Open-air tourism in Tuscany tops 10 million stays in 2025Open-air tourism in Tuscany tops 10 million stays in 2025

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EUI marks 50 years with three-day programme in Florence

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Tourist reported after climbing Florence’s Neptune Fountain

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

BUSINESS

Cooking schools, ATMs restricted as Florence rules for centre take effect

Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Nutella Highlights Florence

A Jar in Orbit, a Tribute on Earth: Nutella Highlights Florence

Sunday, April 12, 2026

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Digital microneedles turn into QR codes for real-time health monitoring

Saturday, April 18, 2026

University of Pisa radiation sensors to fly on NASA’s Artemis II mission

Monday, April 13, 2026

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LIFE

Vespa turns 80: Tuscany celebrates the global success of an Italian icon

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Florence opens Maggio Musicale Festival with The Death of Klinghoffer

Monday, April 20, 2026

SPORTS

Florence Half Marathon draws 6,000 runners through city centre

Saturday, March 28, 2026

Abetone ski lifts to stay open through Easter, season extended to mid-April

Thursday, March 26, 2026

OPINIONS

Greece’s Social Media Ban for Under 15s Signals a Necessary Shift

Greece’s Social Media Ban for Under 15s Signals a Necessary Shift

Friday, April 10, 2026

Artists on the Journalist’s Couch

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

ITALIANO

The Nouvelle Carte d’Europe dressée pour 1870

L’Europa come creatura nervosa

Sunday, February 15, 2026

Il rischio idrogeologico divide Regione Toscana e Comune a Signa

Wednesday, January 14, 2026
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