Which Italian Visas Can Lead to Citizenship?

The Italian Supreme Court hearing on the minor age issue could have major consequences for Italian citizenship by descent cases, especially for families affected by the question of whether citizenship was lost when an Italian-born ancestor naturalized while their child was still ...  Show more

Italian citizenship by descent may still remain possible under the old rules for some people who were already trying to apply before the 2025 decree changed the legal framework. Consular booking attempts, waiting lists, and prior communications can all play a role in showing that ...  Show more

Syria is preparing to rejoin the international banking system, and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s rightwing government is trying to prevent a change to the country’s citizenship rules. Plus, US junk bond sales are booming ahead of fresh tariff uncertainty, and a German f ...  Show more

Ben Hall, the FT’s Europe editor, discusses Italy as former European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi takes on the premiership. How Draghi decides to spend up to €200bn in grants and loans from the EU recovery fund will be crucial, not just for Italy, but for the future directi ...

Constitutional law expert Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses cases coming up in 2023 at the Supreme Court, from a challenge to President Biden's student loan program, to a possible reckoning for social media companies, to the Navaho Nation's f ...  Show more

The Docket is a new ongoing series from The NPR Politics Podcast where we examine the major legal questions of our time. Where does a law come from, and how does it impact daily life?This year the Supreme Court will decide whether or not a student cussing out her school on Snapch ...  Show more