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 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
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
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
Style Pitti Uomo's clothes for the sun Living it's recap of Pitti Uomo menswear in Florence 20/06/2017
Culture 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
Sci-tech 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. 29/07/2015
Sci-tech 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 29/05/2014
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
musica 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). 26/01/2012
musica 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 26/01/2012
