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An Italian court has ruled that gay partners can legally be recognized as fathers
April 2017 | La Gazzetta Italiana
An Italian court has ruled that gay partners can legally be recognized as fathers of their two surrogate children. A Trento court decided that both men can officially be named as the father though they are not biologically related. The court ruled...
Tunisian citizen expelled from Italy for national security reasons
April 2017 | La Gazzetta Italiana
A Tunisian citizen has been expelled from Italy for national security reasons. The man who lived in Latina had been in contact with Anis Amri who was linked to last December’s attack on a Berlin Christmas market. The expulsion is the 153rd...
Italian tax police have searched the offices of the editor and two former managers of Il Sole 24
April 2017 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Italian tax police have searched the offices of the editor and two former managers of Milan’s biggest financial newspaper, Il Sole 24. They are being investigated for allegedly issuing false corporate statements. The probe involves seven...
Sergio Mattarella saved Sabrina DeSousa from jail time
April 2017 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Italian president Sergio Mattarella saved Sabrina DeSousa from jail time. He granted the former American CIA Agent a partial pardon, reducing her sentence from four years to three years without a need to serve a prison term. She had been convicted...
Archeologists discovered the remains of a walkway used by soldiers during the Middle Ages
April 2017 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Archeologists working in Rome’s Coliseum discovered the remains of a walkway to the amphitheater used by soldiers during the Middle Ages. In the 12th century, the Frangipane family controlled the property which they converted into a fortress....
Pisa plans to encourage more tourism
April 2017 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Pisa plans to encourage more tourism by adding a 165-foot-tall temporary Ferris wheel near its Leaning Tower. Construction is planned for this summer where a parking lot now stands. The wheel could become a permanent fixture based on its...
Italy has the lowest average of children per woman
April 2017 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Italy has the lowest average of children per woman in the world. The much-concerning subject goes along with the equally troubling issue that Italy continues to ‘gray-up.’ About one-fifth of the population is over 65.
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Italy's economy continues to struggle
March 2017 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Italy’s economy continues to struggle. Finance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan says the economy stalled in 2016, largely due to the negative impact of Britain’s vote to leave the European Union. Confidence has also been lacking because of...
Italy managed to recover 19 billion euros in its fight against tax evasion
March 2017 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Finance Minister Padoan says that Italy managed to recover a record 19 billion euros in its fight against tax evasion stating (according to the news agency Ansa) that “the government does not wink at the evaders, but at the honest companies...
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