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Friday, July 03, 2026

Ius sanguinis at a crossroads: what Italy's citizenship reform really took away

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Roberto Menia has a point worth taking seriously, even if you land on the other side of the debate. The Italian right-wing senator, one of t...
Thursday, July 02, 2026

Ius soli: a quick tour of citizenship by birth in Europe and the Americas

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Sometimes it’s useful to step back from national debates and look at the map. Ius soli (citizenship by place of birth) is often pr...
Sunday, June 21, 2026

Breaking news: circular wheels reinvented

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Preserving file formats is not a novelty feature in 2026. It’s something you only notice when it breaks. Yet Lara Translate (Yet Another AI ...
Monday, June 01, 2026

Frozen mandates, real consequences: the effects of the Italian Corte di Cassazione silence on citizenship applications

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In his article “ As the Court of Cassation has yet to rule on Venice ordinanze, crisis grows between Italian citizenship firms and clients ”...
Saturday, May 30, 2026

Unethical interpreting behavior

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A recent Guardian article (“ Chinese dissident says he was berated by ‘pro-regime’ interpreter for UK police ”, by Daniel Boffey and Lyndon ...
Thursday, May 28, 2026

AI dictation for translators: convenience vs. confidentiality

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I recently listened to an excellent presentation by Joachim Lépine, during which he mentioned several tools that may be useful for translato...
Thursday, May 21, 2026

Italian jus sanguinis after the crackdown: why the courts still matter

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Italian citizenship by descent has taken a serious hit over the past year, as I mentioned in several recent blog posts, but a new ruling fro...
Monday, May 11, 2026

Study or work first, citizenship later: Italia Viva Sudamerica’s plan for Italian descendants

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In her article “ Italia Viva Sudamerica: studio o lavoro in Italia prima della cittadinanza ” for Il Globo, journalist Francesca Capelli rep...
Friday, May 01, 2026

When rules change mid‑process: Italy’s High Court and citizenship by descent ("ius sanguinis")

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Italy’s Supreme Court is about to decide whether the recent, stricter citizenship‑by‑descent law (“ ius sanguinis ”) can be applied retroact...
Friday, April 17, 2026

Italian citizenship by descent: key questions before the Italian Supreme Court

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A recent article on Studio Cataldi ’s site explains that on 14 April 2026 the Supreme Court debated two central issues on Italian citizensh...