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The latest news about Tuscany. Good and bad news from Italian and international newspapers.

Tuscany at the Beijing Summer Olympic Games 2008

August 27, 2008

photo by littlemalt Just a few days ago the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing drew to an end. The 29th edition of the summer Olympics was highly anticipated and debated due to the complex political climate; many times, the real protagonist of the games – the sports and its athletes – risked being left…

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Vacationing in Tuscany? In a summer of bans, beware the fines!

August 20, 2008

All over Italy local laws have sprung up prohibiting one thing or another, and the risk is taking home a hefty fine as a souvenir It is well known that Italians are specialists in making laws and rules (and, unfortunately, just as good in not respecting them). So when the Berlusconi government gave the go-ahead…

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Fiorentina wins over Slavia Prague, 2-0

August 13, 2008

Last night we joined over 35,000 Fiorentina fans at the Artemio Franchi stadium in Florence to cheer the Viola team as they battled the Slavia Prague in the first leg of the Champion’s League qualifier. It was a good match, Fiorentina dominated the field throughout the entire game and won the match 2-0 which places…

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Discover Tuscany has a blog!

July 13, 2008

Welcome to our Discover Tuscany blog! We’ve decided to use this blog to post our outings and share interesting news about Tuscany and Florence with our readers and anyone particularly interested in Tuscany because of an upcoming visit. We hope you’ll find what we post here useful. Please feel free to contribute with your comments…

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