Italy Italy's poet Dante Alighieri given symbolic re-trial 700 years on The author of the Divine Comedy left Florence in 1302 never to return. 24/05/2021
Italy Animal footprints found on Florence's medieval cathedral roof Rather than intrepid animals scaling the building to walk on the roof, it seems the creatures walked across the terracottas when they were originally made. 17/01/2021
Italy Florence revives Renaissance-era 'food-holes' in bid to curb COVID-19 They were built centuries ago to serve food and wine safely during the plague. Now, amid COVID-19, they are being put to use again. 28/12/2020
no comment Drone images show tourist hotspots deserted amid confinement measures Home confinement over the COVID-19 epidemic goes on across Europe. 30/03/2020
Cult Germany returns painting stolen by the Nazis to the Uffizi Gallery 'Vase of Flowers' by the Dutch master Jan van Huysum has been returned to Italy after being stolen by German soldiers in 1943. 20/07/2019
Italy Italian man claims €137,000 by faking disability for over 10 years An Italian man has been arrested by police for fraud after falsely claiming €137,000 in benefits by pretending to be disabled. 15/04/2019
Italy Research 'proves Da Vinci could draw with both hands' Research from the Uffizi gallery in Florence has proved that Renaissance master Leonardo Da Vinci could draw and paint with both hands. 11/04/2019
Italy Can Italy's millennials afford not to be 'Mama's Boys'? | Left Field How can a struggling generation of young people transform Italy’s future? Ten years after the global financial crisis, Italy’s economy is stagnant while the country's youth unemployment rate is among the highest in Europe. 01/03/2019
Italy Chinese artist paints Florence’s skies with 50,000 fireworks A Chinese artist created a colourful art display of fireworks in Florence, painting the city’s sky 20/11/2018
Good Morning Europe Hurricane Florence drenches North Carolina Florence has been downgraded to a Category 1 storm, but it is still life-threatening and storm surge and flooding is expected for days to come. 14/09/2018
no comment The USA win the Quidditch World Cup in Florence, Italy, after beating Belgium The USA became World Quidditch Champions for the third time at the Quidditch World Cup in Florence, Italy on Sunday (1st July), after defeating Belgium in the final. 02/07/2018
Business Moody's revises Britain's credit rating to negative from stable Moody's revises Britain's credit rating to negative from stable 23/09/2017
Italy Theresa May to outline Brexit proposition in major Florence speech The British prime minister is in the historic city in a bid to deliver what Downing Street has described as a major speech on Brexit. 21/09/2017
Living Pitti Uomo's clothes for the sun Living it's recap of Pitti Uomo menswear in Florence 20/06/2017
Living Gucci shows off 2018 look in renaissance splendour of Galleria Palatina Gucci's 2018 collection has been unveiled to an invited audience in Florence 31/05/2017
Italy 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… 27/03/2017
Italy 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. 02/01/2017
Italy 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 04/11/2016
Italy Road collapse plunges parked cars into Florence underwater pipeline A road collapse has plunged a row of parked cars into an underground water pipeline. 25/05/2016
Italy 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 10/11/2015
Italy 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 29/10/2015
Sport 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 30/07/2015
futuris 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 02/06/2014
futuris 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 17/02/2014
Italy 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 31/01/2014
musica 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 31/05/2012