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Charlie Kirk and Donald Trump

From Consensus to Conflict: America’s Dangerous Political Spiral

Saturday, September 13, 2025 Marco Bastiani Opinions

The assassination of Charlie Kirk reopens a dark chapter in American political life: the normalization of violence as a political tool.

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Florence Airport Runway: A Project Decades in the Making

Florence Airport Runway: A Project Decades in the Making

Thursday, September 4, 2025 Editorial Staff Travel

The idea of a new runway for Florence dates back to the 1980s, but politics has never reached a definitive decision until now.

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Bush’s Warning on “Dangerous Isms” and Trump’s America Today

Isolationism, Protectionism, Nativism: Bush’s Fears, Trump’s Agenda

Sunday, August 31, 2025 Marco Bastiani Opinions

As the U.S. immigrant population declines, Bush’s 2011 warning about the perils of nativism resonates with today’s America First politics.

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The center-right candidate Alessandro Tomasi of Fratelli d’Italia

Tomasi to Challenge Giani in Tuscany Regional Race

Tuesday, August 26, 2025 Editorial Staff News

The center-right coalition has officially chosen the mayor of Pistoia, as its candidate for the presidency of Tuscany in the upcoming regional elections.

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Emiliano Fossi and Eugenio Giani

Giani Secures Center-Left Candidacy in Tuscany as M5S Joins Coalition

Friday, August 8, 2025 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini News

M5S support comes with demands far from the policies Giani and the PD have pursued in Tuscany.

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Minimum Wage Debate in Italy: What It Is and Why Tuscany’s Law Was Challenged

Italy’s Minimum Wage Debate: Why Tuscany’s Law Was Challenged

Wednesday, August 6, 2025 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini News

The Constitutional Court will now decide whether the Tuscan law aligns with the Constitution.

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Tuscany Approves Law Allowing Pets’ Ashes to Be Buried with Owners (Photo by Mike Kilcoyne via Unsplash)

Tuscany Approves Law Allowing Pets’ Ashes to Be Buried with Owners

Saturday, July 26, 2025 Editorial Staff News

The new law allows the ashes of companion animals to be interred in the same burial niche as their owners.

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Low Turnout Undermines Italy’s Referendums

Low Turnout Undermines Italy’s Referendums

Monday, June 9, 2025 Editorial Staff News

Italy’s five referendums on jobs, workers’ rights, and citizenship failed to meet the quorum with national turnout stopping at just 30%.

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Today and tomorrow, Italian citizens are called to vote on five national referendums.

Jobs, Citizenship, Rights: Italy’s 5 Referendums Explained

Sunday, June 8, 2025 Marco Bastiani News

Today and tomorrow, Italian citizens are called to vote on five national referendums.

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Italy’s Citizenship Referendum: Professors Call for Modernisation in an Appeal on La Repubblica

Professors Urge Support for Citizenship Reform Referendum

Wednesday, May 28, 2025 Editorial Staff Opinions

A group of scholars has published an appeal in La Repubblica urging Italians to support the 8–9 June 2025 citizenship referendum.

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Friends of Florence and Angeli del Bello Restore Piazza Tasso Tabernacle

Friends of Florence and Angeli del Bello Restore Piazza Tasso Tabernacle

Friday, December 5, 2025

Florence steady in quality-of-life survey as crime rate remains a weak point

Monday, December 1, 2025

BUSINESS

Florence tightens rules on outdoor dining in UNESCO area

Tuesday, December 2, 2025
KFC accelerates its growth in Florence with a new restaurant

KFC accelerates its growth in Florence with a new restaurant

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

TECH

Florence Adopts Strategic Plan for Artificial Intelligence Use in City Services

Sunday, December 7, 2025
Florence launches Innovation Hub linking public and private partners

Florence launches Innovation Hub linking public and private partners

Thursday, November 27, 2025

TRAVEL

Tourism in Florence Rises Again in 2025 with 9.7 Million Overnight Stays

Tourism in Florence Rises Again in 2025 with 9.7 Million Overnight Stays

Saturday, December 6, 2025

Florence tramway reaches new record with 4.6 million passengers in October

Thursday, December 4, 2025

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ARTS

Give Thanks, Share Florence

An Original Florence Photograph for Supporters This Holiday Season

Saturday, November 29, 2025

New archaeological route to open at Pistoia’s Antico Palazzo dei Vescovi

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

LIFE

Ferdinando I de’ Medici

Florentine Diamond Rediscovered, New York Times and Der Spiegel Reveal

Sunday, December 7, 2025
Four Squares, Four Styles: Florence Plans a Multi-Venue New Year’s Eve

Four Squares, Four Styles: Florence Plans a Multi-Venue New Year’s Eve

Saturday, December 6, 2025

SPORTS

arly Start to the 2025–2026 Ski Season in Tuscany as Abetone Opens This Weekend

Early Start to the 2025–2026 Ski Season in Tuscany as Abetone Opens This Weekend

Thursday, November 27, 2025
The flame for the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics will arrive in piazza Santissima Annunziata (Florence) on 11 December

Milano-Cortina 2026, Olympic flame to reach Florence on 11 December

Tuesday, November 25, 2025

OPINIONS

When Violence Begins Before the First Punch: Understanding Men to Protect Women

Tuesday, November 25, 2025
The death of Ornella Vanoni leaves a void that goes far beyond Italian music

After Ornella: What Remains of the Female Freedom Once Sung in Italy’s Golden Years?

Monday, November 24, 2025

ITALIANO

Giovanni Spadolini

Giovanni Spadolini direttore del Corriere: la libertà come magistero civile

Sunday, November 30, 2025

La forza della piazza e il valore della presenza politica

Sunday, October 12, 2025
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