https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni said the government is still committed to a bill that would grant citizenship rights to children born to migrant parents. https://www.thelocal.it/20170915/italy-still-committed-to-bill-on-citizenship-rights-for-migrant-children Fri, 15 Sep 2017 12:45:28 +0200 italy-still-committed-to-bill-on-citizenship-rights-for-migrant-children When the Italian government finally voted in a bill approving civil unions back in May, it was hailed as a historic achievement. https://www.thelocal.it/20160913/italians-who-get-a-civil-union-face-bureacratic-woe Tue, 13 Sep 2016 11:26:19 +0200 italians-who-get-a-civil-union-face-bureacratic-woe A bill seeking to introduce fines of up to €10,000 for anybody who frequents a prostitute was presented in Italy's parliament on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160715/italy-mulls-10000-fine-for-clients-of-prostitutes Fri, 15 Jul 2016 09:00:46 +0200 italy-mulls-10000-fine-for-clients-of-prostitutes When the Italian government finally approved a bill allowing gay civil unions on Wednesday, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi declared it was "a day for celebration." https://www.thelocal.it/20160512/why-not-everyone-is-happy-with-italys-civil-unions-bill Thu, 12 May 2016 11:20:40 +0200 why-not-everyone-is-happy-with-italys-civil-unions-bill Italy is set to legalize gay civil unions with a confidence vote in parliament on Wednesday on a bill hailed as a historic turning point but criticized as a missed opportunity for greater change. https://www.thelocal.it/20160511/italy-holds-confidence-vote-on-civil-rights-bill Wed, 11 May 2016 14:54:12 +0200 italy-holds-confidence-vote-on-civil-rights-bill The Italian government has put a controversial same-sex unions bill to a confidence vote in a bid to get it passed without further delay. https://www.thelocal.it/20160510/italys-civil-unions-bill-gets-put-to-a-final-confidence-vote Tue, 10 May 2016 18:51:41 +0200 italys-civil-unions-bill-gets-put-to-a-final-confidence-vote The justice committee of Italy’s lower house of parliament on Wednesday approved the Senate version of a hotly-contested same-sex unions bill, paving the way for the lower house to begin examining the bill’s full text on May 9th. https://www.thelocal.it/20160505/italys-long-awaited-gay-unions-bill-final-vote-lower-house-law Thu, 05 May 2016 13:38:47 +0200 italys-long-awaited-gay-unions-bill-final-vote-lower-house-law The timing couldn't be better for Italy, especially as it flirts with economic collapse, to finally come good on giving gay people their rights. https://www.thelocal.it/20160219/gay-unions-will-italy-blow-this-chance-to-boost-its-image Fri, 19 Feb 2016 11:57:48 +0100 gay-unions-will-italy-blow-this-chance-to-boost-its-image Italy's Senate on Thursday began examining a civil union bill for same-sex couples, a topic which has profoundly divided the country and could prove toxic for Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's government. https://www.thelocal.it/20160128/italy-senate-tackles-gay-civil-unions-in-risk-to-pm Thu, 28 Jan 2016 17:13:50 +0100 italy-senate-tackles-gay-civil-unions-in-risk-to-pm Italy's Senate on Thursday begins examining a civil union bill for same-sex couples, a topic which has profoundly divided the country and could prove toxic for Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's government. https://www.thelocal.it/20160128/why-italy-has-no-choice-but-to-pass-gay-unions-bill Thu, 28 Jan 2016 09:23:50 +0100 why-italy-has-no-choice-but-to-pass-gay-unions-bill With the Italian govermment set to vote on the civil unions bill this week, The Local takes to the streets to discover why the bill is so divisive. https://www.thelocal.it/20160125/heres-what-italians-think-of-the-gay-unions-bill Mon, 25 Jan 2016 13:13:37 +0100 heres-what-italians-think-of-the-gay-unions-bill Italy's upcoming parliamentary battle over gay civil unions has opened with a group of senators proposing prison terms for couples who use overseas surrogate mothers to have a child. https://www.thelocal.it/20160121/italys-left-wing-catholics-seek-jail-terms-for-those-who-use-surrogate-mums Thu, 21 Jan 2016 15:40:53 +0100 italys-left-wing-catholics-seek-jail-terms-for-those-who-use-surrogate-mums Thirty senators from the ruling Democratic Party have opposed gay adoption as part of Italy’s civil unions bill, giving premier Matteo Renzi another hurdle in getting the landmark legislation passed. https://www.thelocal.it/20160114/gay-civil-unions-face-defeat-in-italy-as-left-wing-catholics-rebel Thu, 14 Jan 2016 17:25:20 +0100 gay-civil-unions-face-defeat-in-italy-as-left-wing-catholics-rebel A hearing on a bill that would see illegal immigrants decriminalized has been taken off the political agenda amid a heated debate on the issue. https://www.thelocal.it/20160111/renzi-scraps-immigration-debate-from-agenda Mon, 11 Jan 2016 13:08:41 +0100 renzi-scraps-immigration-debate-from-agenda The Italian parliament will on Wednesday begin debating a bill aimed at enshrining the legal rights of prisoners to have sex in jails, a move which one opposition party has said will "turn jails into brothels". https://www.thelocal.it/20151103/italy-mulls-allowing-inmates-conjugal-rights Tue, 03 Nov 2015 11:41:07 +0100 italy-mulls-allowing-inmates-conjugal-rights The financial unit of Fiat and the US coffee chain, Starbucks, have been told to each repay €20-€30 million in back taxes after the two companies were granted selective tax advantages in Luxembourg and the Netherlands, the European Commission said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20151021/fiat-hit-with-30-million-tax-bill Wed, 21 Oct 2015 13:56:34 +0200 fiat-hit-with-30-million-tax-bill Italy’s civil union bill finally reached parliament on Thursday. Any previous attempts to get the law passed have been thwarted by the Catholic Church. But the Church’s influence over gay rights seems to be on the wane. https://www.thelocal.it/20151019/gay-unions-italy-set-to-spurn-church Mon, 19 Oct 2015 20:28:20 +0200 gay-unions-italy-set-to-spurn-church Premier Matteo Renzi said on Wednesday that Italy’s parliament will approve a long-awaited civil unions bill by the end of the year. https://www.thelocal.it/20150902/italy-to-approve-civil-unions-bill-by-year-end Wed, 02 Sep 2015 18:05:35 +0200 italy-to-approve-civil-unions-bill-by-year-end Italy made progress towards tackling rampant corruption on Thursday after approving a bill that will see tougher action against those convicted of fraud. https://www.thelocal.it/20150522/italy-moves-to-crackdown-on-rampant-corruption Fri, 22 May 2015 10:46:41 +0200 italy-moves-to-crackdown-on-rampant-corruption UPDATED: Italy's parliament on Monday approved a radical new electoral law designed to ensure the country's elections always produce governments with working majorities. https://www.thelocal.it/20150504/italy-to-vote-on-radical-overhaul-of-electoral-system Mon, 04 May 2015 11:45:49 +0200 italy-to-vote-on-radical-overhaul-of-electoral-system