Category: Italy

Italy has rules governing when and for how long you can switch on your central heating – as well as how high you can turn it up. Source link

You’ll be very glad you learned this word. Source link

From switching the heating on to putting the clocks back, here’s a look at what’s going on in Italy this week. Source link

From enjoying the best of Italy’s seasonal events to understanding the importance of Italian regional dialects, our weekly newsletter La Bella Vita offers you an essential starting point for eating, talking, drinking and living like an Italian. Source link

From fringe far-right leader to a “friend” of Joe Biden, Italy’s Giorgia Meloni marks one year in office this weekend having confounded expectations. Source link

Don’t forget about this quirky Italian word. Source link

Milan is set to banish cars from its centre by the middle of next year amid rising emissions, Mayor Giuseppe Sala said on Thursday. Source link

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced on Friday she was separating from her partner after he was recorded making sleazy comments and seemingly admitting to an affair. Source link

Italian authorities issued storm alerts on Friday as high winds and two months’ worth of rainfall in one day are expected to hit the north of the country. Source link

EU home affairs ministers endorsed on Thursday the new dates for the entry into operation of the new EU border systems, which will affect many non-EU citizens entering the Schengen area in future. Source link

After the Italian government announced plans to increase annual healthcare charges to €2,000 for some international residents, The Local’s readers told us what they thought of the idea. Source link

Italy’s government has said it wants to charge a €2,000 annual fee for some foreign nationals to register with the Italian national health service – but it’s not yet entirely clear who this would apply to. Source link

Here’s a phrase for those times when you need to put your foot down. Source link

Rome on Tuesday became the first capital city in the world to approve honorary citizenship for imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, Source link

Italy said on Wednesday it was reimposing controls on the border with Slovenia for 10 days, citing concerns about national security following Hamas’s attack on Israel. Source link

Thousands of American citizens in Europe and their ‘Accidental’ American compatriots pay steep costs to give up their US passports each year. Helen Burggraf explains why the numbers have been growing. Source link

If you’re heading to Italy’s biggest tourist attraction, you won’t want to leave home without checking how to buy tickets under an updated system that comes in from Wednesday, October 18th. Source link

Whether you live in Italy or are just passing through, there’s a wealth of things to see, do and eat this autumn. Here are some of our top picks. Source link

Several countries in Europe are reducing the salaries people from outside the EU need to be eligible for a work visa, although one – Sweden – is raising the threshold. Here’s a comparison of current rules in the countries covered by The Local. Source link

A Jewish school in central Rome was evacuated on Wednesday after a bomb threat, police in the Italian capital said — before later saying it had been a drill. Source link

You’ll be grateful you learned this phrase. Source link

If you want to move to Italy for work, you may have heard that you’ll need a work permit first. But what does this mean and are they easy to get? Source link

Italy is braced for a general nationwide strike on Friday, October 20th, expected to cause disruption to trains, flights, and local public transport services. Source link

Italy’s government wants to charge a €2,000 annual fee for some foreign nationals to register with the Italian national health service – but many already pay this much, or more. What are the rules and what would change under the plans? Source link

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. Source link

Italian police on Tuesday arrested two men in Milan on terrorism charges, accused of helping finance the Islamic State (IS) group and spreading propaganda online. Source link

Now what’s the word for this again…? Source link

After the news on Monday that Italy’s government wants international residents to pay another €2,000 euros a year to keep using the health service, here’s what we know so far about the proposal. Source link

Foreign nationals living in Italy got a nasty surprise on Monday as the government’s budget plan was revealed to contain a requirement for them to fork out €2,000 to continue using the public health service. Source link

Italy’s biggest tourist attraction will from Wednesday introduce a new system to prevent resellers from snapping up all the official tickets online, the culture ministry said. Source link