Europe's top rights court will on Tuesday issue unprecedented verdicts in three separate cases on the responsibility of states in the face of global warming, rulings that could force governments to adopt more ambitious climate policies.
After her American friend's marriage unexpectedly broke down in Italy, blogger Emma Cuthbertson looks at what foreign spouses need to know about the country's separation and divorce laws.
A national teaching association has said parents will have to present vaccination certificates from the national health service, ASL, before their children start at nurseries in September.
An Italian man has finally been acquitted of stealing an aubergine nine years after first being charged, ending a legal wrangle over a piece of fruit worth pennies that cost taxpayers thousands.
A controversial bill that could grant Italian citizenship to about 800,000 children born in the country if they have spent five years in school was defeated in the Senate, newspapers said Sunday.
Divorcees in Italy will no longer have to pay for their exes to maintain the same standard of living as during their marriage, after a 'revolutionary' ruling by the country's top court.
The shape of Italy's iconic Vespa scooter is subject to copyright protection, according to Turin judges who on Thursday ruled that a Chinese company could not market their imitations of the product in Italy.
The northern region of Liguria on Tuesday announced plans to ban the Islamic face veil from hospitals and other public institutions, in a bid to "defend women's freedom".
Italy on Thursday put on hold a controversial plan to cull five percent of its wolves, much to the relief of environmentalists and animal lovers who had mobilized across the country.
A Sicilian who masturbated in front of female students has had his conviction overturned by Italy's highest court, on the basis that unless minors are present, 'public auto-eroticism' is not a criminal act.
The Italian government has approved a law punishing incitement to racial hatred, including denying the Holocaust and crimes against humanity, with prison sentences of between two and six years.
Italian deputies on Thursday approved a new law aimed at curbing food waste which will make it easier for supermarkets, wholesalers and farmers to pass unsold products on to charities.
The Italian parliament will on Wednesday begin debating a bill aimed at enshrining the legal rights of prisoners to have sex in jails, a move which one opposition party has said will "turn jails into brothels".
Italy's Court of Cassation has ruled that a man who backed out of his wedding at the last-minute must cover the wedding costs incurred by his jilted ex.
The Italian region of Lombardy on Wednesday approved new rules designed to penalise hotel owners who take part in a government scheme to accommodate some recently-arrived migrants, media reports said.
Next time you walk your dog in Piacenza, don't forget to take a bottle of water with you, as you'll be fined up to €500 for not cleaning up after your pet urinates.
UPDATED: Italy's parliament on Monday approved a radical new electoral law designed to ensure the country's elections always produce governments with working majorities.
