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Back in 2016, The Florentine wrote about Blyth Academy Florence, a new international school about to be inaugurated. Four years on, we revisit the school, now the Canadian School of ...
In response to the global health crisis and in an effort to support teachers of Italian schools as they adapt to changing education standards, Europass Teacher Academy in Florence is ...
Safe investments in Italy are possible with the right tools In the World Bank’s “doing business 2020” ranking, Italy is positioned in the 58th place before Kosovo and ...
The Italian Dream Close your eyes and try to imagine how nice it would be to be able to understand and speak Italian once and for all, just as ...
I genuinely do not believe that I could have been any more shocked if you had picked me up and dumped me on Mars and told me to get on ...
If you are resident in Italy before the transition period ends on 31 December 2020, you will be able to stay.
A reminder of the Covid-19 rules in place in Florence and Tuscany.
For those of you who adore spending your evenings listening to the trials and tribulations at the annual condominium meeting or who thrive on finding the best deal amongst ...
Italy is one of the main economies and markets in the world, a country full of opportunities and with an increasingly developed attention towards foreign investors. In recent ...
I’m never quite sure which is more depressing: renting a place in Florence or looking for someone to rent one. The same problem afflicts both parties: too many people are ...
My book Healthy Aging: Well-being and Sexuality at Menopause and Beyond comes from the clinical observations I made throughout my professional career (www.annaghizzani.it). Re-thinking about what happens during appointments is ...
Inheritance taxation in Italy is much more advantageous than in other European countries. In fact, it ranges from 4% to 8% and in many cases is not even applicable. ...
Pre-enrolment now open for summer camps in and around Florence
“Soon There Will Be Flowers,” the June Issue of The Florentine will be out on June 4.
Confined to our homes for the last two months, we have had a lot of time to indulge in entertainment media. Many are the memes bewailing their author’s Netflix dependency, ...
For those with younger members of the family around, an undeniable struggle throughout this lockdown has been entertaining children who normally enjoy the stimulation of a packed school day. Thankfully, ...
Frances Mayes usually spends her springs in Cortona, at her famous Bramasole, the villa that is at the center of her bestselling book Under the Tuscan Sun and the dream ...
Annette Joseph has made styling, decorating, entertaining, Italian lifestyle and all round having fun her life’s mission. She shares her passionate love for Italy, her home styling tips and recipes ...
On Friday, February 28, I woke up to the email: In accordance with UW-Madison’s international travel policy, university-sponsored programming in Italy is cancelled due to the CDC issuing a ...
The programme is part of a wider initiative through which the UK Government and IOM aim to provide assistance to British citizens in Europe.
We’ve been told we all have to “use” face protection in Tuscany, but exactly how this should be done seems to challenge a number of locals. The Florentine’s resident illustrator ...
“When will I be able to come back to Florence?” is the question I’ve been asked time and time again. Not knowing how to reply sums up the uncertainty with which we are all faced.
Saturday evening, February 29, I found myself eating in an Oltrarno restaurant, Antico Ristoro di Cambi. The place was packed to the gills, but fish was a rare sight on ...
On the Friday before lockdown, I sat down for an hour or so with David Bach, one of America’s bestselling financial authors, who’s currently on a “radical sabbatical” with his ...
