The German-born ex-director of the Uffizi Galleries, Eike Schmidt, is still in the fight to become Florence’s next mayor after a first round of voting over the weekend put him firmly in second place behind leading candidate Sara Furano. As neither received more than 50 percent of the vote, the …
Read More »Former Uffizi Director Announces Run for Mayor of Florence
Eike Schmidt, ex-director of the Uffizi Galleries in Florence, has finally announced plans to run for mayor of the Tuscan city. The German art historian has been teasing the idea to the press for many months, repeatedly stating that he could neither “confirm or deny” the rumors while publicly criticizing …
Read More »London midday: FTSE maintains gains as Royal Mail rallies on update
London stocks had maintained gains by midday on Tuesday, having taken their opening cue from a positive close on Wall Street, with Royal Mail pacing the advance after a well-received update. The FTSE 100 was up 0.8% at 7,357.44, having slumped 2.6% on Monday amid growing tensions between Russia and …
Read More »FTSE 250 movers: Softcat surges on update; Royal Mail gets an upgrade
London’s FTSE 250 was up 0.5% at 20,633.81 in afternoon trade on Tuesday. Softcat surged to the top of the index after saying that trading has remained positive since its first-quarter statement in mid-November and the company is ahead of where it expected to be. In an update ahead of …
Read More »Prince Harry under fire for inviting IDF soldiers to Invictus Games
The Daily Mail reports the Duke of Sussex, who organizes the multi-sport event for wounded armed services personnel, has agreed in principle with the Israeli delegation on participation in 2022 games and drawn ire of UK’s Muslims; teams from Jordan and Iraq also set to participate Source link
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