Florence Daily News

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.
Crowds gather across Florence to watch Frecce Tricolori flyover

Thousands gathered along the Arno as Italy’s national aerobatic team crossed the city in a reduced formation to mark the oath of 33 students at the Giulio Douhet Air Force school.
Digital microneedles turn into QR codes for real-time health monitoring

Researchers in Pisa have developed minimally invasive biosensors that convert biochemical data into a scannable QR code, opening new possibilities for personalised and wearable diagnostics.

FCB monitors the Florence meeting industry

Friday, July 27, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Business

Florence Convention Bureau continues its monitoring activities on meeting industry thanks to the work of Congress Observatory, an organization born out of collaboration between FCB and the Centre for Tourism Studies of Florence to perform market analysis on the Florence territory, by using the online mapping of FCB and the Promotion of Tuscany.

Train and taxi together for tourists in Florence

Thursday, July 26, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Travel

An efficient integration between the train and one of the major elements of a national transportation system is the result of an agreement between Trenitalia and the taxi company Florentine SOCOTA thanks to Florence Convention Bureau, which favored the meeting between the two companies.

The University of New Haven opens in Tuscany

Thursday, July 26, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Travel

The University of New Haven plans to open its first international satellite campus this fall in Prato, Italy, The Hartford Courant reports. The UNH Tuscany Campus will be housed in an old villa on Prato’s historic town square, near the Cathedral of St. Stephen. The university plans to enroll about 35 students this fall and 60 students in the spring of 2013.

Fiorentina signs Udinese midfielder Cuadrado

Tuesday, July 24, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Sports

Fiorentina has signed Juan Cuadrado from Udinese on loan with the right to buy the Colombian midfielder at the end of the season. Cuadrado joined Udinese in 2009 and impressed during a loan spell at Lecce last season. Last week the Viola team signed Facundo Roncaglia.

The environmental in the Mediterranean on TV

Friday, July 20, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini News

Cement blocks on the seabed of Talamone, in Tuscany, against the trawling which damages the area’s resources, is a project for the environment and an environment-friendly tourism. The project is aimed mainly at realizing 12 television and internet documentaries devoted to the environmental challenges in the Mediterranean.

Looking for a “new” Mona Lisa in Florence

Friday, July 20, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Arts

A team led by art historian Silvano Vincenti, head of the National Committee for the Enhancement of Historical, Cultural and Environmental Heritage, may have discovered a tomb in a former convent that could contain the skeleton of Lisa Gherardini, thought to be the subject of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa.

Florence will host the Four football helmets

Monday, July 16, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Sports

After Luino in 2010 and Bologna in 2011, Florence will host the 2012 edition of the tournament Four football helmets. The match will be played in the new stadium of Perugino street (19 and 21 July) and the event was organized by the National FIDAF to test for the forthcoming European Championship for nations scheduled in Italy in 2013.

“Turn up the radio” filmed in Florence in out!

Monday, July 16, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Life

Queen of pop Madonna has debuted the visual for her new single “Turn Up The Radio”, a cut from her March 2012-released twelfth studio album “MDNA”. The video was filmed in Florence, Italy last June after Madonna finished the Italian leg of the ‘MDNA’ tour. It’s got an Instagram-esque feel to it too.

Ferragamo, new location for the store in Baku

Monday, July 16, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Business

On June 20th, Salvatore Ferragamo, one of the most popular luxury brands in the world, opened in a new and prestigious location, its flagship store in Baku, Azerbaijan. The new store combines in a single boutique the two previously existing stores, which were dedicated respectively to the brand’s Menswear and Womenswear collections.

37 Tuscan athletes bound for the Olympics

Monday, July 16, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Sports

37 Tuscans athletes bound for the Olympics and Paralympics. The Tuscan team, the third in number of athletes qualified for Italy, after Lombardia and Lazio, was presented today by the regional sport and welfare councilor, Salvatore Allocca. Sports more represented is swimming, with six athletes, followed by boating with five.