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3 days ago | 
thelocal.it | Elaine Allaby
The fire broke out on the roof of the university's agriculture faculty building shortly after 10am, Italian media reported.
As of mid-afternoon on Wednesday, firefighters and military officers were still struggling to contain the blaze.
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4 days ago | 
thelocal.it | Elaine Allaby
Question: I want to vote in Italy's upcoming citizenship referendum, but I don't have an opinion on the issues raised in the other referendums. If I want to vote on the citizenship question, do I have to have to vote in these as well?
On Sunday, June 8th and Monday, June 9th, Italians will be asked to vote on a proposal to create a quicker path to citizenship through residency by cutting the current 10-year residency requirement down to five years.
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4 days ago | 
thelocal.it | Elaine Allaby
Mount Etna, Europe's largest active volcano, erupted in a dramatic display in the early hours of Monday morning.
Footage shared widely on social media showed panicked visitors fleeing down one side of the volcano as a huge plume of smoke and ash billowed above them. No injuries were reported.
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1 week ago | 
thelocal.it | Elaine Allaby
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1 week ago | 
thelocal.it | Elaine Allaby
The Festa della Repubblica, celebrated every year on June 2nd, commemorates the birth of the Italian Republic as we know it today.
It marks the date in 1946 when Italians voted in a referendum to abolish the unpopular, Fascist-aligned monarchy and establish a democratic republic.
As the date falls on a Monday this year, people in Italy will be looking forward to a three-day weekend.
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1 week ago | 
thelocal.it | Elaine Allaby
Want to get the most out of your retirement in Italy? Look to the north.
That's the main takeaway from a ranking of the best Italian cities for residents aged over 65 published by Italian financial daily Il Sole 24 Ore on Monday.
All of the top ten-ranked cities were in the north of the country, with the top three concentrated in the northeastern Triveneto area.
At the head of the pack was the city of Bolzano, near Italy's border with Austria, which regularly tops quality of life rankings.
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1 week ago | 
thelocal.it | Elaine Allaby
Last Tuesday, Italy approved the final version of a new law tightening the rules on applying for Italian citizenship through ancestry.
PM Giorgia Meloni's government took the unusual step of forcing the measure through by an urgent decree - usually reserved for dealing with natural disasters and public health emergencies - on March 28th.
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1 week ago | 
thelocal.it | Elaine Allaby
Free museum openings
People around Italy will be able to visit dozens of state-run museums and archaeological sites free of charge on Sunday, June 1st under the popular Domenica al Museo or ‘free museum Sundays’ national scheme.
The initiative applies to hundreds of sites, including world-famous attractions like the Colosseum, Pompeii, Florence's Galleria dell'Accademia, the Reggia di Caserta and Trieste's Miramare Castle.
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1 week ago | 
thelocal.it | Elaine Allaby
Monday
Last day to vote in local elections
Monday, May 26th is the last day on which residents of some 120 cities across Italy, including Genoa, Ravenna, Taranto and Matera, will be able to vote in local elections to choose their next mayor, city councillors and city committee members.
Polls are scheduled to open between 7am and 3pm.
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2 weeks ago | 
thelocal.it | Elaine Allaby
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