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 lawmakers on Wednesday passed a bill to extend the country's ban on surrogacy to couples who seek it abroad, despite warnings the move would damage children's rights. https://www.thelocal.it/20241017/italy-extends-surrogacy-ban-to-couples-seeking-it-abroad Thu, 17 Oct 2024 10:03:31 +0200 italy-extends-surrogacy-ban-to-couples-seeking-it-abroad As Italy's government clamps down on the rights of same-sex parents and stops registering their children's births, one expectant couple says moving abroad is their best option. https://www.thelocal.it/20231211/the-only-escape-route-why-italian-same-sex-parents-are-fleeing-to-spain Mon, 11 Dec 2023 11:48:46 +0100 the-only-escape-route-why-italian-same-sex-parents-are-fleeing-to-spain Italian lawmakers on Wednesday passed a bill to extend the country's ban on surrogacy to couples who seek it abroad, despite warnings the move was unconstitutional and harmful to children's rights. https://www.thelocal.it/20230727/protests-as-italy-backs-new-law-making-surrogacy-a-universal-crime Thu, 27 Jul 2023 11:26:28 +0200 protests-as-italy-backs-new-law-making-surrogacy-a-universal-crime The mayor of a northern Italian town has sparked outrage by warning “Muslim foreigners” to stop swimming “with their clothes on” when visiting Italian beaches. https://www.thelocal.it/20230720/burkini-row-erupts-in-italy-after-mayor-criticises-muslim-beachgoers Thu, 20 Jul 2023 17:05:02 +0200 burkini-row-erupts-in-italy-after-mayor-criticises-muslim-beachgoers Italy's data protection watchdog on Thursday fined the city of Rome for inscribing the names of women who had abortions on the graves of foetuses. https://www.thelocal.it/20230623/rome-fined-for-marking-aborted-foetus-graves-with-mothers-names Fri, 23 Jun 2023 11:05:44 +0200 rome-fined-for-marking-aborted-foetus-graves-with-mothers-names Prosecutors in Padua, northern Italy, are pushing to cancel the birth certificates of children born to lesbian couples as the national government seeks to limit same-sex parents' rights. https://www.thelocal.it/20230621/italian-prosecutor-demands-cancellation-of-birth-certificates-for-33-children Wed, 21 Jun 2023 13:11:41 +0200 italian-prosecutor-demands-cancellation-of-birth-certificates-for-33-children Right-wing authorities in the Italian region that encompasses Rome withdrew their sponsorship of the capital's upcoming Pride event on Monday, saying it was too political. https://www.thelocal.it/20230606/outrage-as-regional-government-pulls-funding-from-rome-pride Tue, 06 Jun 2023 11:21:47 +0200 outrage-as-regional-government-pulls-funding-from-rome-pride A Brazilian transgender woman brutally beaten by Italian police in an attack captured in a video that went viral is suing for torture and bodily harm, her lawyer said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20230531/treated-like-a-dog-transgender-woman-sues-over-italian-police-brutality Wed, 31 May 2023 11:48:54 +0200 treated-like-a-dog-transgender-woman-sues-over-italian-police-brutality A far-right committed Eurosceptic known for his anti-abortion, anti-gay views was elected speaker of Italy's lower house of parliament on Friday, angering rights groups and the opposition. https://www.thelocal.it/20221014/outrage-as-italys-lower-house-of-parliament-elects-anti-lgbtq-speaker Fri, 14 Oct 2022 16:39:13 +0200 outrage-as-italys-lower-house-of-parliament-elects-anti-lgbtq-speaker Staff and students at a prestigious Rome music school were left shocked and angry after the director banned all East Asian students from classes amid fears of the coronavirus. Rhys Talbot reports from Rome. https://www.thelocal.it/20200131/rome-school-bans-all-east-asian-students-from-class-amid-coronavirus-fears Fri, 31 Jan 2020 12:02:15 +0100 rome-school-bans-all-east-asian-students-from-class-amid-coronavirus-fears The head of Serie A on Tuesday apologised for using art featuring monkeys in an anti-racism campaign. https://www.thelocal.it/20191218/italy-serie-a-apologizes-monkey-anti-racism-campaign Wed, 18 Dec 2019 09:58:07 +0100 italy-serie-a-apologizes-monkey-anti-racism-campaign Kicking racism out of stadiums won't be possible until Italian society sheds its outdated ideas on race, writes Marco Antonsich, who studies demographic changes in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20191111/why-racist-abuse-of-italian-footballers-goes-way-beyond-the-pitch Mon, 11 Nov 2019 11:30:53 +0100 why-racist-abuse-of-italian-footballers-goes-way-beyond-the-pitch FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Sunday the problem of racism in Italian football has "not improved" after a Serie A match between Atalanta and Fiorentina was halted for several minutes because of racist abuse of Brazilian Dalbert. https://www.thelocal.it/20190923/fifa-chief-urges-italy-to-crack-down-on-racism-in-football Mon, 23 Sep 2019 13:01:16 +0200 fifa-chief-urges-italy-to-crack-down-on-racism-in-football A shocking message published online appears to show a landlady near Milan declaring herself 'racist' against southern Italians after refusing to rent to a woman from Puglia. https://www.thelocal.it/20190913/no-southerners-woman-claims-she-was-denied-apartment-in-milan-because-from-south-italy Fri, 13 Sep 2019 19:23:32 +0200 no-southerners-woman-claims-she-was-denied-apartment-in-milan-because-from-south-italy An Italian boy has been banned for a year after exposing himself to taunt a female referee during an amateur football match, it was reported on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20190530/italian-teen-banned-from-football-for-flashing-female-ref Thu, 30 May 2019 15:59:32 +0200 italian-teen-banned-from-football-for-flashing-female-ref A Roma family targeted by racist mobs outside their council flat were on Thursday invited to meet Pope Francis, who said he "suffers" hearing about threats made against Roma and Sinti people in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20190510/resist-pope-meets-roma-family-hounded-by-racist-mobs-in-rome Fri, 10 May 2019 14:15:27 +0200 resist-pope-meets-roma-family-hounded-by-racist-mobs-in-rome Juventus starlet Moise Kean has whipped up a storm by taking a stand when targeted by racist chanting during his team's Serie A match against Cagliari on Tuesday, but his actions raised barely a murmur in Italy, where racist abuse has become a recurring problem that football authorities remain reluctant to tackle. https://www.thelocal.it/20190403/moise-kean-racial-abuse-italy-football-juventus Wed, 03 Apr 2019 20:11:19 +0200 moise-kean-racial-abuse-italy-football-juventus Authorities in Rome said they would move some 60 Roma people from a public shelter on the city outskirts after a mob gathered outside the refuge to demand their removal. https://www.thelocal.it/20190403/rome-torre-maura-roma-protests Wed, 03 Apr 2019 14:38:36 +0200 rome-torre-maura-roma-protests A teacher at an Italian primary school has defended calling a black student "ugly", arguing that it was an experiment to teach children about racism. https://www.thelocal.it/20190222/italian-teacher-apologizes-for-calling-black-pupil-ugly-as-an-experiment Fri, 22 Feb 2019 18:01:33 +0100 italian-teacher-apologizes-for-calling-black-pupil-ugly-as-an-experiment A judge has ordered the northern Italian city of Lodi to scrap new rules that made it harder for the children of foreign parents to qualify for subsidised school meals. https://www.thelocal.it/20181214/lodi-school-lunch-subsidies-immigrants-discrimination Fri, 14 Dec 2018 14:54:34 +0100 lodi-school-lunch-subsidies-immigrants-discrimination