Italy 27/03/2017 Unfinished Da Vinci masterpiece returned to Florence Leonardo da Vinci’s unfinished masterpiece, ‘Adoration of the Magi’, has been returned to Florence’s Uffizi Gallery, where it will be on display until September…
Italy 02/01/2017 Police officer loses hand and eye in Florence bomb blast A police officer has been seriously injured while trying to defuse a bomb in the Italian city of Florence.
Italy 04/11/2016 Renaissance masterpiece damaged in Florence flooding restored Fifty years after being badly damaged in massive floods in Florence, a Renaissance masterpiece has been unveiled to the public
Italy 25/05/2016 Road collapse plunges parked cars into Florence underwater pipeline A road collapse has plunged a row of parked cars into an underground water pipeline.
Italy 10/11/2015 Pope Francis in Prato denounces exploitation of migrant workers Pope Francis on a visit to Prato, a small town near Florence, denounced the exploitation of migrant workers and the sweatshop conditions many are
Italy 29/10/2015 Florence Cathedral museum opens its doors to the world “If you haven’t seen this, you haven’t seen Florence,” according to the website of the new Opera del Duomo museum, which has opened in the capital of
Sport 30/07/2015 Germany striker Mario Gomez joins Besiktas Mario Gomez has arrived in Turkey following his one-year loan move to Besiktas. The Former Bayern Munich forward joins the Istanbul club from
science 29/07/2015 Italy's army bringing down the cost of getting high on medical marijuana Medical marijuana has been legal in Italy since 2007. The army have developed new strains of the plant to grow their own and cut down on import costs from the Netherlands.
futuris 02/06/2014 Talking Plants Plants communicate using their own language, made up of electrical signals, they send messages to other plants and to the environment. In Florence, a
science 29/05/2014 Ancient textiles get new lease of life in Florence Established in the 16th century by the powerful Medici family, the Semi-precious Stone Factory in Florence is one of the oldest institutes devoted to
futuris 17/02/2014 Elixir of youth An elixir of eternal youth may be the stuff of legend and beyond the reach of humans, but it is not such a fantasy in the world of art restoration
Italy 31/01/2014 Italy: Severe floods in Pisa and Florence Serious flooding around the Arno River has swamped the Italian cities of Pisa and Florence in Friday. #Volterra crolla 30 metri di mura etrusche
musica 31/05/2012 Musica - The knight of dreams and roses Richard Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier opened this year’s season at Teatro del Maggio Fiorentino in Florence. It is a romantic story of an adult love
musica 26/01/2012 Bonus interview: Fabio Luisi and Rudolf Buchbinder Here are some extra excerpts from our interview with pianist Rudolf Buchbinder and conductor Fabio Luisi (in Italian).
musica 26/01/2012 Florence's new opera house 'a metaphysical space of absolute purity' Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 is considered one of the most harrowing pieces in the classical repertoire. Austrian pianist Rudolf Buchbinder is
musica 19/05/2011 Bonus Daniel Barenboim & Zubin Mehta Here are some more extracts from our discussion between lifelong friends Daniel Barenboim and Zubin Mehta.
musica 19/05/2011 Barenboim and Mehta - a harmonious friendship Springtime in Florence and that means the most prestigious classical music festival in Italy — the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. It is the 74th
