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.

Airports, a joint venture with Florence and Pisa

Monday, March 12, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Travel

To create a third airport core after Rome and Milan, probably with the future project of a joint-venture between Pisa and Florence. The governor of Tuscany, Enrico Rossi, purchased from Monte dei Paschi di Siena the 5% of Airport of Florence share on Friday, just before Stock Exchange closed, spending about 5 million Euro.

Catania 1-0 Fiorentina, hard times are coming

Monday, March 12, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Sports

Catania beat Fiorentina 1-0 at the Massimino Stadium and the team is now dreaming of the European League. But for the viola team the hard times is coming… In the Serie A ranking, ACF Fiorentina remains at 32 points, just seven points to the last team.

Salami, cheese: the tastes of Taste 2012 are here

Sunday, March 11, 2012 Marco Gemelli Life

Salami, cheese, beer, chocolate, fish, vegetables and much more:”Taste” is on stage in Florence, Italy, a trip to the diversity of taste. Here there are some of the more curios products: there are sausages, raw and cooked, seasoned and fresh, flavored with spices or let cook for 22 hours. There is the “Cinta Senese”, a kind of pig reared outdoors, all black with a white stripe on the back.

Costa Concordia, the analysis of the discord

Saturday, March 10, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini News

The Ministry of Environment and Greenpeace are far from agreed on the data on water pollution to the island of Giglio where Costa Concordia wrecked last January 13. Greenpeace has warned that chemicals from a cruise ship wreck were oozing into the sea around Italy’s picturesque Giglio Island but the environment ministry said the levels were not significant.

The chocolate eggs of solidarity on the street

Saturday, March 10, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Life

Back again this year the campaign “The eggs of solidarity” Tuscany Cancer Association. The initiative will continue until Thursday, April 5. Make a small donation will be offered delicious chocolate eggs to support the Cancer Association of Tuscany (ATT) in its activities to home care cancer free.

The Home Furnishing Fair will back at the Fortezza

Friday, March 9, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Business

The Salone del Mobile (Home Furnishing Fair) of Florence has reached its fifteenth edition. It is one of the most important Italian events for the home & living industry open to the public. The fair will be open to public from March 10, 2102 to March 18, 2012 at the Fortezza da Basso.

The monuments of Florence? I (don’t) care

Friday, March 9, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini News

The City of Florence, in the month of September, launched a call for monuments “adoption”, named “Florence, I care”. Within six months after its launch, only the column of San Zanobi is “adopted” with 20,000 euros . All the other monuments still remain “orphans”. Among the reasons of this situation the present difficulties of the economic system.

Four special taxis for disabled people

Thursday, March 8, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini News

Four special taxis for disabled people. Two Fiat Scudo, a Volkswagen Caravel and a Mercedes Vito equipped with more sophisticated technologies, and therefore also suitable for long journeys, are suitably modified with special outfits, for needs of people with limited mobility.

Schaeuble faced by students: we are all piigs

Thursday, March 8, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini News

Speaking at the European University Institute in Fiesole (Florence), German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said: “We have shown a lot of solidarity with Greece. Everyone knows the real problems of Greek society are in Greece and not to be found abroad.” He currently serving as the Federal Minister of Finance in the Second Cabinet Merkel.

Minister Riccardi, one day in Tuscany

Thursday, March 8, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini News

One day in Tuscany for the Italian minister Andrea Riccardi, who visited today the Istituto degli Innocenti in Florence to talk about integration in schools, and Prato, in the office of the Province, where he met young children of immigrants. Riccardi said: “I hope that the matter of the two Italian marines in India will be resolved. The Indian court must recognize the truth in the facts, that it is Italy that must judge them.”