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 Europe's top rights court will on Tuesday issue unprecedented verdicts in three separate cases on the responsibility of states in the face of global warming, rulings that could force governments to adopt more ambitious climate policies. https://www.thelocal.it/20240407/top-europe-rights-court-to-issue-landmark-climate-verdicts Sun, 07 Apr 2024 14:48:03 +0200 top-europe-rights-court-to-issue-landmark-climate-verdicts 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 Big changes to Italy’s highway code are coming and they include strict new penalties for anyone caught using a mobile phone while driving. https://www.thelocal.it/20190416/italy-to-fine-phone-using-drivers-up-to-1700-in-safety-crackdown Tue, 16 Apr 2019 12:52:33 +0200 italy-to-fine-phone-using-drivers-up-to-1700-in-safety-crackdown A national teaching association has said parents will have to present vaccination certificates from the national health service, ASL, before their children start at nurseries in September. https://www.thelocal.it/20180809/teaching-association-insists-parents-abide-current-vaccination-law Thu, 09 Aug 2018 10:24:12 +0200 teaching-association-insists-parents-abide-current-vaccination-law An Italian man has finally been acquitted of stealing an aubergine nine years after first being charged, ending a legal wrangle over a piece of fruit worth pennies that cost taxpayers thousands. https://www.thelocal.it/20180327/italian-man-cleared-of-stealing-aubergine-nine-years-later Tue, 27 Mar 2018 18:45:17 +0200 italian-man-cleared-of-stealing-aubergine-nine-years-later A controversial bill that could grant Italian citizenship to about 800,000 children born in the country if they have spent five years in school was defeated in the Senate, newspapers said Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20171224/italian-lawmakers-snub-vote-on-divisive-citizenship-law Sun, 24 Dec 2017 16:14:34 +0100 italian-lawmakers-snub-vote-on-divisive-citizenship-law Italy has passed a law that will allow people to decide what medical treatment they receive at the end of their life. https://www.thelocal.it/20171214/italy-approves-living-wills Thu, 14 Dec 2017 15:59:42 +0100 italy-approves-living-wills Divorcees in Italy will no longer have to pay for their exes to maintain the same standard of living as during their marriage, after a 'revolutionary' ruling by the country's top court. https://www.thelocal.it/20170511/italian-divorce-law-revolutionary-change-alimony-ex-spouses Thu, 11 May 2017 12:35:14 +0200 italian-divorce-law-revolutionary-change-alimony-ex-spouses The shape of Italy's iconic Vespa scooter is subject to copyright protection, according to Turin judges who on Thursday ruled that a Chinese company could not market their imitations of the product in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20170407/vespa-gets-legal-protection-from-foreign-fakes-its-like-an-artwork Fri, 07 Apr 2017 14:09:27 +0200 vespa-gets-legal-protection-from-foreign-fakes-its-like-an-artwork The Council of Europe has called on Italy to take urgent action in making torture and degrading treatment domestic crimes. https://www.thelocal.it/20170314/make-torture-a-crime-council-of-europe-tells-italy Tue, 14 Mar 2017 11:14:37 +0100 make-torture-a-crime-council-of-europe-tells-italy Italy on Thursday passed a law aimed at tackling poverty, with a particular focus on assisting families with young children in particular. https://www.thelocal.it/20170309/italy-passes-law-to-tackle-poverty-five-key-points Thu, 09 Mar 2017 16:32:22 +0100 italy-passes-law-to-tackle-poverty-five-key-points In a landmark ruling for LGBT rights, an Italian court has recognized two gay men as fathers to their adopted children. https://www.thelocal.it/20170309/italy-recognizes-first-adoption-by-two-gay-men Thu, 09 Mar 2017 15:10:06 +0100 italy-recognizes-first-adoption-by-two-gay-men The northern region of Liguria on Tuesday announced plans to ban the Islamic face veil from hospitals and other public institutions, in a bid to "defend women's freedom". https://www.thelocal.it/20170308/italian-region-bans-veiled-women-from-entering-hospitals Wed, 08 Mar 2017 10:46:24 +0100 italian-region-bans-veiled-women-from-entering-hospitals Italy on Thursday put on hold a controversial plan to cull five percent of its wolves, much to the relief of environmentalists and animal lovers who had mobilized across the country. https://www.thelocal.it/20170202/crying-wolf-protest-over-italys-plans-to-cull-wolves Thu, 02 Feb 2017 15:42:36 +0100 crying-wolf-protest-over-italys-plans-to-cull-wolves A man who took 60 cents from a public fountain in Nocera Inferiore, Salerno, has been handed a one-year suspended sentence by a local court. https://www.thelocal.it/20160912/fountain-thief-sentenced-to-1-year-for-stealing-60-cents Mon, 12 Sep 2016 13:23:26 +0200 fountain-thief-sentenced-to-1-year-for-stealing-60-cents A Sicilian who masturbated in front of female students has had his conviction overturned by Italy's highest court, on the basis that unless minors are present, 'public auto-eroticism' is not a criminal act. https://www.thelocal.it/20160909/public-masturbation-crime-italy-top-court Fri, 09 Sep 2016 12:43:17 +0200 public-masturbation-crime-italy-top-court 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 The Italian government has approved a law punishing incitement to racial hatred, including denying the Holocaust and crimes against humanity, with prison sentences of between two and six years. https://www.thelocal.it/20160609/denying-the-holocaust-is-finally-a-crime-in-italy Thu, 09 Jun 2016 12:40:52 +0200 denying-the-holocaust-is-finally-a-crime-in-italy Italian deputies on Thursday approved a new law aimed at curbing food waste which will make it easier for supermarkets, wholesalers and farmers to pass unsold products on to charities. https://www.thelocal.it/20160317/italy-adopts-law-to-combat-food-waste Thu, 17 Mar 2016 17:31:44 +0100 italy-adopts-law-to-combat-food-waste 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