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  • 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.

  • Florence to mark Liberation Day with official ceremony at Palazzo Vecchio

    The city will commemorate the 81st anniversary of Italy’s Liberation on Saturday, 25 April 2026, with institutional events, memorials and cultural initiatives across Florence.

  • Florence opens Maggio Musicale Festival with The Death of Klinghoffer

    The contemporary opera by John Adams inaugurates the 88th edition of the festival, drawing attention for its subject and staging.

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Perseus with the Head of Medusa, restoration works began

Tuesday, October 29, 2013 Editorial Staff Arts

The restoration of the world’s famous statue “Perseus with Head of Medusa” by Benvenuto Cellini began this morning in Florence, Italy. . The statue was wrapped in a white cloth in its usual position under the Loggia dei Lanzi in Piazza della Signoria.

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Libya, 100 scholarship winners on their way to Italy

Saturday, October 26, 2013 Editorial Staff Arts

One hundred Libyan students have won bursaries provided by the Italian government to study in Italy during the 2013/2014 academic year.

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The official mascot of Expo Milano 2015 will be sketched by Disney Italia

The official mascot of Expo 2015 will be sketched by Disney

Thursday, October 24, 2013 Editorial Staff News

The official mascot of Expo Milano 2015 will be sketched by Disney Italia. The news has been announced this afternoon in New York by Expo Milano 2015 CEO Giuseppe Sala during his mission in the US.

 

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Turkish tourist fined 160 euros for defacing the Old Bridge in Florence

Saturday, October 19, 2013 Editorial Staff News

A tourist was forced to clean nail polish off Florence’s Ponte Vecchio Wednesday after she was spotted by municipal police writing names on the historic bridge.

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Florence, World Capital of Art and Handicrafts by Cinzia TH Torrini

Florence, World Capital of Art and Handicrafts by Cinzia TH Torrini (VIDEO)

Wednesday, October 16, 2013 Editorial Staff Life

In Florence, on Monday, October 14, the video directed by Cinzia TH Torrini was presented to the public by Fondazione di Firenze per l’Artigianato Artistico, funded in full by the Chamber of Commerce of Florence. Watch it now.

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Venetian Florian Café opens contemporary show in Florence

Florian Café opens contemporary art collection in Florence

Saturday, October 12, 2013 Editorial Staff Life

A symbol of Venice, Cafe’ Florian which opened a Florence branch in 2006, is showcasing its contemporary art collection in the Tuscan city starting Friday October 11.

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Parish priest and Clerk honoured as war heroes

Saturday, October 5, 2013 Editorial Staff News

A parish priest and a clerk were honoured Tuesday in Florence by Jerusalem’s Shoah institute for their efforts to help a young Jewish family escape Nazi-Fascist soldiers in 1943.

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Portugal’s Rui Costa to victory on UCI World Championship

Sunday, September 29, 2013 Editorial Staff Sports

Portugal’s Rui Costa  to victory today (Sunday, SEptember 29th) in a rainy UCI World Championship held in Tuscany with the final part of the circuit in Florence.

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Amanda Knox

Knox, Sollecito retrial starts on Monday in Florence

Saturday, September 28, 2013 Editorial Staff News

The first hearing in the new appeals trial of former American student Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, which sees the two being retried on murder charges for the death of British student Meredith Kercher in Perugia in 2007, opens on Monday in Florence, with a verdict expected by Christmas.

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The Grand Prince Ferdinando De’ Medici at Uffizi

Saturday, September 28, 2013 Editorial Staff Arts

To mark the 300th anniversary of the death of Grand Prince Ferdinando de’ Medici (1663-1713), the Galleria degli Uffizi is planning to devote a celebratory exhibition to this key figure who was one of the most important collectors and patrons of the arts in the entire history of the Medici Grand Dukes of Tuscany.

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

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Florence to mark Liberation Day with official ceremony at Palazzo Vecchio

Monday, April 20, 2026

BUSINESS

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

Tuesday, April 14, 2026
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Sunday, April 12, 2026

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Saturday, April 18, 2026

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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

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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

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Tuesday, March 24, 2026

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The Nouvelle Carte d’Europe dressée pour 1870

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Wednesday, January 14, 2026
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