Cases brought forward by two American families challenge recent changes restricting Italy's citizenship by descent rules.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Despite a change in Italy's laws, Liz Fitzgerald is hoping for Italian citizenship. Fitzgerald is pictured in July 2025 at a cave ...

If you have an Italian ancestor and thought you might apply for citizenship some day, your task may be getting tougher. Italy's Constitutional Court on March 12 upheld a 2025 law restricting ...

Their lawyer, Marco Mellone, argued before the Cassation Court that the law should apply only to people born after it took effect, potentially opening a pathway to citizenship for millions of people ...

A new ruling makes it likely that descendants of Italians will no longer be able to acquire their ancestors' citizenship. - Salvatore Laporta/KONTROLAB/LightRocket ...

A sold-out conference on Italian citizenship brought hundreds of people to Montreal’s Leonardo Da Vinci Centre in St-Leonard ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you have an Italian ancestor and thought you might apply for citizenship some day, your task may be getting tougher. Italy's ...

(CNN) — Growing up near Boston, elements of Italian-American culture were threaded through much of Liz Fitzgerald’s life. Every Christmas Eve, her uncle would visit her family’s home to celebrate the ...

ROME(AP) — Two U.S. families went to Italy's highest court Tuesday to challenge the scope of a year-old law passed by Giorgia Meloni's government limiting citizenship claims to Italian descendants ...