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Fiorentina beat Bayern Munich 3-2 on Tuesday night, but the German team qualified for the Champions League's quarter finals. The result on aggregate was 3-3, but Bayern scored more away goals (2 vs 1).

Fiorentina are playing Bayern Munich on Tuesday night at 8.45 pm in European Champions League Game. In the previous game, Fiorentina lost 2-1 in Germany. A 1-0 victory would be enough to qualify the Florence team.

Over 2.800 German supporters are ...

Written and photographed by: Kate Whitlock

Street performers litter the narrow roads of the city and the line the piazzas with their costumes and talent. The music fills the air from guitar players and singers who play with hats in front of them...

The party launched by Primi Minister Silvio Berlusconi originated from talks between Cosa Nostra and the state, according to what a prosecutor's witness claimed Monday. The informant is Massimo Ciancimino, son of the late Palermo mafioso Mayor, and ...

For the second consecutive year, Florence International Theatre Company (FITC) will stage a series of events dedicated to the worldwide movement to end violence against women, V DAY.

FITC will again perform the Vagina Monologues, this yea...

Cultural Programme Wednesday 10 March at 18.00 Robin Butler will give a lecture entitled 'How the British manage changes of government.'
In Britain a change of government happens within 24 hours of a General Election; in the United Stat...

The SACI Gallery is presenting Glances in Middle America, a photography exhibition by Italian artist and SACI photography instructor Jacopo Santini and American artist, SACI alumnus, and former SACI teaching assistant Nicholas Wynia.

Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland came out in Florence this Monday, March 8th. Staring Johnny Depp, it is his most recent film. Burton's inclusion of Disney's original fairy-tale enhanced with a handful of his trademark twists makes this a must see. F...

Invictus, the latest film by Clint Eastwood, tells how president Nelson Mandela (an extraordinary Morgan Freeman) tried to reconcile the southafrican nation through rugby.

The Springboks lead by captain Francois Piennar (a convincing Matt Damon) i...

Written By: Adrienne Micheli

During the month of March, for two weeks, German breweries brew up their strongest beer for Starkbierzeit, also known as the strong beer festival. The festival is similar to Oktoberfest, minus the huge tourist ...