The number of Italian seaside and lakeside resorts awarded the prestigious Blue Flag designation has risen from 195 last year to 201 this year. Take a look to the 17 Blue Flag beaches in Tuscany.
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A document of the presidency of the EU Council of Ministers allows the practice of partial and total alcohol removal of wines. Tuscany Region and Italian agricultural associations oppose the proposal.
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he pic of the week is the Medieval church Pieve dei santi Quirico e Giulitta, in San Quirico, Val d’Orcia, Tuscany by Jacob Mayama. You can send us your pictures and at the end of the week our team will choose one.
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No Italian region is high-risk for COVID contagion in the latest weekly monitoring of the health ministry and the Higher Health Institute (ISS), for the second straight week. Tuscany remains in yellow zone: positive cases decrease, on Saturday 8 May they were 676.
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From May 28 to August 29, 2021 Palazzo Strozzi presents American Art 1961–2001, a major exhibition taking a new perspective on the history of contemporary art in the United States.
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The islands of Capraia, Giglio and Giannutri will become Covid free in the coming days. The government’s anti-Covid vaccination plan for the smaller islands will also involve some Tuscan islands.
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From May 15 almost 50% of Florence hotels will reopen. The estimate is from Confindustria Firenze, after the Prime Minister Mario Draghi launched the Green pass that will allow people in Italy to move freely within the country and to enter from abroad.
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Thursday that Italy was right to call for the European Union to take action in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in her speech at the State of the Union conference of the European University Institute.
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The English singer, songwriter and actor Harry Styles was pictured wearing a Verdi San Giovanni sweatshirt and sweatpants out in London on the film set My policemen.
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Brioche with gelato, the best places in Florence.
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