David Curran's San Francisco relative lived his final days in North Beach, and Curran tried to do the same in Italy but hit ...

The Italian government said on Friday it would grant citizenship for “special merits” to American writer Frances Mayes, ...

A great-grandparent from Italy used to be all it took to guarantee Italian citizenship. A surprise decree has now changed all ...

As a result, in future only individuals with at least one parent or grandparent born in Italy, a European Union member state, ...

Fewer people of Italian descent will now be able to obtain citizenship after the government narrowed its eligibility criteria to those with Italian parents or grandparents. The government says it ...

Curious rumours once swirled that the Papacy was moving to London, permanently. May 1861, and the newly created state of ...

But so many have tried to claim the benefit that their applications have congested Italy’s courts ... was alive after the country was formed in 1861. Antonio Tajani, the Italian foreign minister ...

Previously, anyone with an Italian ancestor who was alive after March 17, 1861, when the Kingdom of Italy was created, qualified for citizenship, a process that takes about two years with expenses ...

When Abraham Lincoln took the oath of office for his second term as president, the United States was divided as never before or since. The Civil War had killed over 600,000 Americans, North and South.

As it currently stands, according to Italy's "right of blood" or "jure sanguinis" laws, people with proof of an Italian ancestor alive after March 17, 1861, when the Kingdom of Italy was ...

Under existing rules, anyone who can prove they had an Italian ancestor who was alive after March 17, 1861, when the Kingdom of Italy was created, can seek citizenship. Sign up here. However ...