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 The Italian government is set to announce new measures to help families on Friday in a new decree. https://www.thelocal.it/20210604/italy-set-to-approve-universal-single-allowance-for-families-from-july Fri, 04 Jun 2021 17:14:05 +0200 italy-set-to-approve-universal-single-allowance-for-families-from-july The European Commission authorised the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in 12- to 15-year-olds on Friday, following the European Medicines Agency's approval of administering the jabs to adolescents earlier in the day. https://www.thelocal.it/20210529/eu-approves-pfizer-in-children-over-12 Sat, 29 May 2021 21:05:57 +0200 eu-approves-pfizer-in-children-over-12 As Italy's birth rate continues to plummet amid economic turmoil, the government has extended and increased benefit schemes in the hope of encouraging a baby boom. https://www.thelocal.it/20210218/italys-baby-bonuses-whats-available-and-how-do-you-claim Thu, 18 Feb 2021 13:08:21 +0100 italys-baby-bonuses-whats-available-and-how-do-you-claim After her American friend's marriage unexpectedly broke down in Italy, blogger Emma Cuthbertson looks at what foreign spouses need to know about the country's separation and divorce laws. https://www.thelocal.it/20210210/explained-what-you-need-to-know-about-divorce-law-in-italy Wed, 10 Feb 2021 16:06:59 +0100 explained-what-you-need-to-know-about-divorce-law-in-italy SPECIAL REPORT: Children born into Calabria's 'Ndrangheta mafia clans are 'condemned' to follow in their parents' footsteps, say experts. But the 'Free to Choose' programme aims to break the generational cycle of crime families. https://www.thelocal.it/20210116/free-to-choose-the-scheme-helping-women-and-children-leave-italys-mafia-clans Sat, 16 Jan 2021 10:27:39 +0100 free-to-choose-the-scheme-helping-women-and-children-leave-italys-mafia-clans Italian identity cards will no longer refer to children's parents as "mother" and "father" but use gender neutral terms for parents, the government announced in a move welcomed by civil rights campaigners on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20210115/mum-and-dad-references-to-be-removed-from-italian-kids-id-cards Fri, 15 Jan 2021 17:36:14 +0100 mum-and-dad-references-to-be-removed-from-italian-kids-id-cards Will your kids have to wear face masks in class? Do they need a coronavirus test before they go back? Here are the measures the Italian government is bringing in for the new school year. (Updated on August 28th.) https://www.thelocal.it/20200806/how-will-italy-schools-change-when-they-reopen Thu, 06 Aug 2020 19:36:10 +0200 how-will-italy-schools-change-when-they-reopen Under-6s returning to preschool in September won't have to wear face masks but can't mix freely with their schoolmates, according to guidelines from the Italian Ministry of Education. https://www.thelocal.it/20200804/how-italy-will-reopen-kindergartens Tue, 04 Aug 2020 18:00:00 +0200 how-italy-will-reopen-kindergartens Italy's parliament approved a new bill on Thursday aimed at supporting parents. Here are the measures being introduced to help make starting a family in the country a more affordable and realistic prospect. https://www.thelocal.it/20200612/what-you-need-to-know-about-italys-new-family-act Fri, 12 Jun 2020 17:11:59 +0200 what-you-need-to-know-about-italys-new-family-act Can you go for a jog or not? Can parents take children out to get some fresh air? The Italian government has issued new guidance after confusion over the quarantine rules. https://www.thelocal.it/20200401/here-are-italys-new-quarantine-rules-on-jogging-walking-and-taking-kids-outside Wed, 01 Apr 2020 11:45:10 +0200 here-are-italys-new-quarantine-rules-on-jogging-walking-and-taking-kids-outside As Italy records a historic low birthrate and the president calls for “every possible initiative” to reverse the trend, we look at why it's happening and what's really being done. https://www.thelocal.it/20200212/what-is-italy-doing-to-increase-its-plummeting-birth-rate Wed, 12 Feb 2020 13:04:41 +0100 what-is-italy-doing-to-increase-its-plummeting-birth-rate Frayed teddy bears and broken toy cars resurrect under the magic touch of Guido Pacelli, a modern-day Geppetto who works overtime so that Rome's poor and sick children wake up to a gift on Christmas morning. https://www.thelocal.it/20191224/romes-geppetto-fixes-broken-toys-for-underprivileged-children Tue, 24 Dec 2019 15:55:04 +0100 romes-geppetto-fixes-broken-toys-for-underprivileged-children New alarmed seats are now a legal requirement in Italy after multiple cases of young children being forgotten by parents and dying inside hot cars. https://www.thelocal.it/20191107/anti-abandonment-child-car-seats-become-compulsory-in-italy Thu, 07 Nov 2019 12:26:23 +0100 anti-abandonment-child-car-seats-become-compulsory-in-italy Some 25 percent of all children in Italy are overweight or obese, according to a new study by national statistics agency Istat. https://www.thelocal.it/20191031/one-in-four-italian-children-overweight-or-obse Thu, 31 Oct 2019 17:12:43 +0100 one-in-four-italian-children-overweight-or-obse Italy's Data Protection Authority has advised against a reform proposed by Interior Minister Matteo Salvini that would replace the word 'parents' with 'mother and father' on children's national ID cards. https://www.thelocal.it/20181116/data-protection-matteo-salvini-mother-and-father-on-childrens-id-cards Fri, 16 Nov 2018 12:28:37 +0100 data-protection-matteo-salvini-mother-and-father-on-childrens-id-cards In a decision that's expected to set a precedent for schools all over Italy, the country's top administrative court has overruled one city's attempted ban on packed lunches. https://www.thelocal.it/20180904/italian-children-can-bring-packed-lunch-to-school-italy-top-court-rules Tue, 04 Sep 2018 14:12:31 +0200 italian-children-can-bring-packed-lunch-to-school-italy-top-court-rules Parents moving to Italy might be in for a culture shock. Parenting blogger Kristie Prada describes some of the things that have surprised her about raising an Italian-British family. https://www.thelocal.it/20180711/differences-between-parenting-in-italy-and-the-uk Wed, 11 Jul 2018 19:03:21 +0200 differences-between-parenting-in-italy-and-the-uk Parents in Milan have been ordered to change their daughter's name after a judge objected to their decision to call her Blu. https://www.thelocal.it/20180523/italian-baby-name-blu Wed, 23 May 2018 14:23:58 +0200 italian-baby-name-blu Italy granted citizenship to terminally ill British toddler Alfie Evans on Monday, in a bid to facilitate his transfer to a hospital in Rome after the UK Supreme Court upheld a ruling to turn off his life support. https://www.thelocal.it/20180424/italy-grants-citizenship-to-alfie-evans-terminally-ill-british-child Tue, 24 Apr 2018 11:11:38 +0200 italy-grants-citizenship-to-alfie-evans-terminally-ill-british-child Dozens of Italian schoolchildren were sent home on Monday after missing a deadline to get ten compulsory vaccinations, according to reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20180312/italy-sends-unvaccinated-children-home-from-school Mon, 12 Mar 2018 20:07:55 +0100 italy-sends-unvaccinated-children-home-from-school