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What does the Senate bill hoping to axe dual citizenship mean for Americans in Europe? And, on a lighter note, what food do Americans in Italy miss most from back home? Find out in our latest Americans in Italy newsletter. ...

As climate change causes rising temperatures across the Mediterranean Sea, an invasive predator is wreaking havoc for fishermen and holidaymakers off the coast of Sicily. ...

Living in Italy for a number of years will make you eligible for citizenship by residency, or naturalisation. But there are other requirements you’ll need to meet to become an Italian 'cittadino'. ...

As he begins his first overseas trip, the UK's new Foreign Secretary David Lammy writes for The Local on how Britain plans to rebuild ties with Europe and become a better neighbour. ...

Italian citizenship rules are relatively generous - even if they come with a ton of paperwork and requirements. But, under certain circumstances, what has been given can be taken away again. ...

If you’re plaing to apply for Italian citizenship, a language test might be one of the first hurdles you have to overcome. Is your Italian good enough? ...

Following a proposal to tighten the rules for applying for Italian citizenship via ancestry, we look at what stage the plans are at and how soon changes could come in. ...

Getting an Italian passport is the last step to becoming a fully fledged Italian citizen – but how soon can you apply for one after gaining citizenship and how does the process work? ...

The United States - almost uniquely in the world - operates citizen-based taxation, and this can have serious consequences for Americans who live abroad. Tell us how you are affected and what advice you have for fellow Americans in Italy. ...

As a foreigner in Italy you enter a complicated world of bureaucracy, but one question we are asked a lot is the difference in status between residency and citizenship. ...

The fee for applying for recognition of Italian citizenship via ancestry is a few hundred euros, but other expenses can quickly mount into the thousands, as The Local’s readers explain. ...

The US looks finally set to push ahead with its promise to cut the fee for renouncing American citizenship from $2,350 down to $450, writes Helen Burggraf. ...

Applying to have your Italian birthright citizenship recognised can be dizzyingly complicated, so we asked Italian legal specialists to share their advice on the process. ...

Recent changes to how Italian courts are applying rules dating from 1912, known as the ‘minor case’ issue, can prove an unexpected obstacle for some citizenship applications. ...

A Rome demonstration earlier this year in favour of citizenship reform. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AF Proponents of a controversial law that would grant Italian citizenship to the children of foreigners bo in Italy have made a last-ditch appeal for it to be approved before parliament is dissolved. Parliament is due to be dissolved on Thursday, paving the way for general elections which are expected to be called for March 4th. But the ‘Italians without citizenship’ group, made up of immigrant children, and senators for the ruling centre-left Democratic Party and the Green Party have urged President Sergio Mattarella to allow parliament two more weeks to debate and pass the ...

The Italian Senate during a voting session on economic reform measures demanded by the European Union, in Rome on November 11th 2011. Photo: AFP. AFP [email protected] @thelocalitaly 24 December 2017 15:14 CET+01:00 A controversial bill that could grant Italian citizenship to about 800,000 children bo in the country if they have spent five years in school was defeated in the Senate, newspapers said Sunday. Under the bill called "right of the soil" or Ius soli, children under 12 who have spent five years in school would qualify to be naturalised. The rule would also app...

People demonstrating in favour of citizenship reform in October 2016. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFP Parliament is not expected to vote on the govement's controversial proposal to reform Italy's citizenship laws this term, whips said on Wednesday. The so-called "ius soli" bill, which would create an earlier path to citizenship for children of foreign parents bo and schooled in Italy, is one of the centre-left govement's key proposals but has languished in the senate for months amid fierce opposition from the right. Now the goveing Democratic Party (PD) has definitively given up on passing the reform before Italy's general election, which is expected in early March. ...

Prime minister Paolo Gentiloni pictured speaking on Wednesday. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFPItaly's govement has delayed a parliamentary vote on a citizenship rights bill as tensions rise over the number of migrants arriving on the country's shores. The proposal to give children bo on Italian soil to ...

A demonstration calling for reform of Italy's citizenship law. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFPWith a flood of migrants arriving on Italy's shores, a bitter debate has erupted over whether children bo on Italian soil to foreign parents should have citizenship rights at birth. According to a poll publ...

AFP [email protected] 4 July 201710:41 CEST+02:00 Share this article Policemen and soldiers stand guard outside the Italian national Anti-mafia services headquarters in Rome. Photo: Andreas Solaro/AFP AFP [email protected] 4 July 2017 10:41 CEST+02:00 Italy on Tuesday launched a crackdown on...