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2 days ago |
thelocal.it | Clare Speak
What exactly is the vote on? Italians are voting on June 8th and 9th in a referendum which asks the question of whether the waiting time to become eligible to apply for Italian citizenship via residency (also known as naturalisation) should be cut from the current ten years down to five. You can find a full explanation of the referendum question here. There are also four other referendum questions relating to workers' rights, plus local elections running at the same time in some areas.
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2 days ago |
thelocal.it | Clare Speak
For Italians in Italy, it’s almost time to go to the polls in the upcoming referendum on citizenship, while those voting from overseas have already cast their ballots by post. The question many people have now is how quickly the votes will be counted and the result announced. Polling stations will open on Sunday, June 8th, at 7am until 11pm and on Monday 9th from 7am to 3pm.
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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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3 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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