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 Europeans may be able to travel more freely this summer with a proposed new vaccination passport. But the European Commission urges caution and calls for certificates to be free from 'discrimination'. https://www.thelocal.it/20210313/eu-vaccine-passports-must-prevent-discrimination-european-commission Sat, 13 Mar 2021 13:38:35 +0100 eu-vaccine-passports-must-prevent-discrimination-european-commission What does your ex have to do with renewing your Italian passport? More than it should, writes Daniela Piteo, a dual citizen who fell foul of Italy's passport rules for parents. https://www.thelocal.it/20190117/renew-italian-passport-single-parent-law Thu, 17 Jan 2019 10:22:32 +0100 renew-italian-passport-single-parent-law An Italian passport is one of the world's most useful to have, according to an index that ranks how many countries each passport allows its holders to visit without applying for a visa in advance. https://www.thelocal.it/20200110/italy-worlds-fourth-most-powerful-passport Fri, 10 Jan 2020 12:55:30 +0100 italy-worlds-fourth-most-powerful-passport An Italian passport is one of the world's most useful to have, according to an index that ranks how many countries each passport allows its holders to visit without a visa. https://www.thelocal.it/20181025/italy-has-worlds-fourth-most-powerful-passport Thu, 25 Oct 2018 12:48:45 +0200 italy-has-worlds-fourth-most-powerful-passport Eleven arrest warrants have been issued for a group of people, including three civil servants, who have allegedly been involved in selling Italian passports on the black market, police said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160707/italian-officials-arrested-over-illegal-passport-ring Thu, 07 Jul 2016 13:57:05 +0200 italian-officials-arrested-over-illegal-passport-ring Warning to all American travellers to Italy: be sure to check your passport expiration before you leave! https://www.thelocal.it/20160505/us-travellers-to-italy-your-passport-now-needs-six-months-validity-american Thu, 05 May 2016 18:32:46 +0200 us-travellers-to-italy-your-passport-now-needs-six-months-validity-american The passports of 13 countries are regarded as more “powerful” than the one offered by Italy, according to a new survey. https://www.thelocal.it/20150421/italian-passport-14th-most-powerful-in-world Tue, 21 Apr 2015 14:33:22 +0200 italian-passport-14th-most-powerful-in-world UPDATED: Italian authorities on Monday released a Pakistani man who was removed from an easyJet flight to Britain minutes before take-off after it was discovered he was travelling on a fake passport. https://www.thelocal.it/20150119/pakistani-on-suspect-passport-sparks-easyjet-alarm Mon, 19 Jan 2015 12:30:00 +0100 pakistani-on-suspect-passport-sparks-easyjet-alarm Silvio Berlusconi has failed in an attempt to get his passport back, after it was confiscated following his tax fraud conviction, the latest move in a "chain of attacks" according to his political party. https://www.thelocal.it/20131219/passport-row-stops-berlsconis-brusses-trip Thu, 19 Dec 2013 13:38:00 +0100 passport-row-stops-berlsconis-brusses-trip Rome confirmed on Friday that an Italian was lynched by an angry mob on a Madagascar tourist island which also killed a French citizen and a local man in a grisly rampage. https://www.thelocal.it/20131004/italian-organ-dealer-lynched-in-madagascar Fri, 04 Oct 2013 11:45:00 +0200 italian-organ-dealer-lynched-in-madagascar British nationals living in Italy or San Marino who need to renew their passport will soon have to send their passport applications to a central office in the UK. Processing times, however, will remain the same. https://www.thelocal.it/20130529/british-beware-new-passport-rules-in-italy Wed, 29 May 2013 17:34:00 +0200 british-beware-new-passport-rules-in-italy