In 2014 Italy can boast some 269 Blue Flag beaches in a total of 140 municipalities nationwide. The second region is Tuscany with 18 flags: one more than in 2013.
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The Tuscan city of Florence has key sectors in culture, education, fashion and lifestyle, and high technology is taking the local economy into the future. FDI Magazine’s editor-in-chief Courtney Fingar reports.
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The refloating of the Costa Concordia cruise ship has been put off from June until July 20, 2014.
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Fiorentina forward Rossi Giuseppe Rossi and Parma’s Antonio Cassano were set to be among the 30 players coach Cesare Prandelli will name in his preliminary squad for the World Cup in Brazil on Tuesday.
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The Superintendent of Polo Museale Fiorentino signed an important agreement with Salvatore Ferragamo for the funding needed to break ground on a significant project to upgrade the air treatment and security systems of eight rooms in the Uffizi Gallery.
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Italian President Giorgio Napolitano says election catastrophe not believable and abstaining in Euro vote sends wrong answer. Napolitano says election ‘catastrophe’ not believable.
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A man, 55, was arrested with charges to be the maniac who would kill a young Romanian outside Florence some days ago. He is a Florentine plumber.
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Ben Harper will perform at the Teatro Verdi, in the city center, on Saturday, May 10 at 20.45. The date is sold out by several months.
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Seven people were arrested on Thursday as part of a probe into alleged bid rigging and corruption linked to EXPO 2015 in Milan.
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The UNESCO World Forum on Culture and industries will take place in Florence in October 2014, after the success of previous editions at Monza in 2009 and 2011.
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