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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
CNN — The United States has vetoed a draft resolution at the UN Security Council which called for a humanitarian pause in besieged Gaza – sparking more criticism of political paralysis in the powerful global body. The brief draft resolution, proposed by Brazil, condemned the October 7 terror attacks by…
London CNN — Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has been charged with a public order offense following her arrest for protesting outside this year’s Energy Intelligence Forum in London, the Metropolitan Police said in a statement Wednesday. The 20-year-old was charged with a failure to comply with a “condition imposed…
Berlin CNN — German security services are investigating after two Molotov cocktails were thrown in the direction of a synagogue in Berlin during the early hours of Wednesday. Posting on X, Berlin police said the incident took place around 3.45am local time (9.45pET) at the synagogue on the Brunnenstraße street…
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
Kyiv, Ukraine CNN — A swarm of Ukrainian jet skis races across the ocean under pitch black skies, visible only from the infra-red camera of a drone watching from above. They slow down as they approach the shore to avoid detection and hurry onto dry land. “Crimea will be Ukrainian,”…
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
CNN — Poland’s opposition is on course to remove the populist ruling party from power, the final results from a tight national election have confirmed, setting the stage for weeks of high-stakes negotiations to form Warsaw’s next government. The incumbent Law and Justice party, known by its Polish acronym PiS,…
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
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
CNN — Two people with Swedish nationality were shot dead in the Belgian capital Brussels on Monday evening with the suspect still at large, according to Belgian public broadcaster VRT. The motive of the shooting is not yet clear, which came as Belgium hosted Sweden in a Euro 2024 qualifying…
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
The Italian government on Monday announced the contents of its 2024 budget law, including a long-planned income tax reform and increased resources for families. Source link
