Want to Smoke Outdoors in Milan? Better Be Far From Other People.

Movies like Fellini’s 1960 film “La Dolce Vita” created an image of Italy as a smokers’ paradise. Cigarettes were the ubiquitous props of glamorous socialites, jaded reporters and just about…

Want to Smoke Outdoors in Milan? Better Be Far From Other People.

Movies like Fellini’s 1960 film “La Dolce Vita” created an image of Italy as a smokers’ paradise. Cigarettes were the ubiquitous props of glamorous socialites, jaded reporters and just about…

Italian Judges Block Meloni’s Plan to Hold Asylum Seekers in Albania

Italian judges on Friday again denied the government’s request to hold asylum seekers in Albania while their cases are being processed, dealing another major setback to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s…

Citizenship by Birthright? By Bloodline? Migration Is Complicating Both.

For two summers during high school, instead of joining her classmates at the beach, Noura Ghazoui had an internship at the town hall of her hometown, Borghetto Santo Spirito, on…

Giorgia Meloni Investigated for Italy’s Release of Libyan Wanted for War Crimes

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy announced on Tuesday that she was being investigated by Italian prosecutors for her alleged role in aiding and abetting the release last week of…

Italy Begins Shipping Migrants to Albania, Reviving Stalled Program

Italy’s much-debated program of sending asylum seekers to Albania restarted on Sunday, the Italian Interior Ministry said, months after judges blocked the first transfers there. An Italian Navy vessel was…

Italy Arrested a Libyan Wanted for Crimes Against Humanity. Then It Sent Him Home.

When Italian police officers swooped into a Holiday Inn in Turin in northern Italy and arrested a guest — the director of several Libyan prisons known for their inhumane conditions…

Amanda Knox Slander Conviction Is Upheld by Italy’s Highest Court

Italy’s highest court on Thursday upheld the slander conviction of Amanda Knox, an American who was first convicted and then acquitted of killing her housemate in 2007, for accusing an…

Trump Is Leading a Global Surge to the Right

At the start of his second term President Trump has positioned himself at the crest of a global wave of hard-line conservative populism, offering fuel and inspiration to surging nationalist…

Italian Reporter’s Ordeal in Iranian Prison: ‘I Was Trapped in a Game’

After Iran elected a more moderate president last year, Cecilia Sala, an Italian journalist, thought something may have changed in the country, which she had been covering from afar. For…