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English-language jobs in italy - The Local Italy
Find your next English-language job in Italy on The Local Jobs. With jobs for foreigners in every sector from teaching and translation to engineering, IT and customer service, The Local jobs is the place to come to take your career to the next level in …
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Read the latest news from Italy on travel, tourism, cost of living, culture, food, jobs, visas, bureaucracy, property and more. From grand rural estates to small family-run farms, 'agriturismi' are one of the best ways to experience Italy's countryside …
Five essential facts about Italy’s public healthcare system
Aug 26, 2022 · Italian doctors are usually highly qualified. Suffice to say that as many as four Italian universities figure among the top 130 institutes in the world for medicine-related subjects. Sadly though, the rapidly declining number of doctors working in public hospitals and as general practitioners is raising serious concerns about potential future shortages.
Political cheat sheet: Understanding the Brothers of Italy
Sep 6, 2022 · Meloni has always furiously denied that Brothers of Italy is fascist. This is despite the fact that FdI decided to keep the tricolour flame, the original symbol of the MSI, in its logo, and that up until 2017 the logo also featured the letters ‘MSI’. A 2021 undercover investigation by the Italian news outlet Fanpage showed footage of (among …
Why the tabaccheria is essential to life in Italy - The Local Italy
Apr 18, 2022 · Italy's tabaccheria, or as they're more informally known, tabaccai (tobacco shops) have long been a place for more than just purchasing cigarettes. Their iconic emblem of a large T on a small rectangle, found in any Italian city, town and village, is associated with a place for locals to buy bus and metro tickets, pay their bills, or play the lottery.
EXPLAINED: How Italy just made it easier to access essential …
Nov 15, 2021 · The ANPR (Anagrafe Nazionale Popolazione Residente, or National Population Register) platform, launched on November 15th, for the first time aggregates information from comuni (town halls) across Italy and brings it together in one national database.Residents can use any of their SPID (Sistema Pubblico di Identità Digitale or ‘Public Digital Identity System’), CIE (Carta d'Identità ...
Q&A: Answers to your questions about Italy's updated travel rules
Sep 1, 2021 · This article was last updated on October 28th. Italy's health ministry has updated its rules on international travel, after a previous ordinance introduced at the end of August expired on October 25th.. The new rules, which came into force on October 26th and will remain in place until December 15th, broadly extend the ordinance, with only minor changes in …
What to expect from Friday’s strikes in Italy - The Local Italy
Nov 8, 2022 · Travellers are once again expected to face strike disruption affecting travel to, from and across Italy on Friday, November 11th. The new round of demonstrations, which threaten to replicate last month’s ‘venerdì nero’ (black Friday), include a 24-hour strike from Vueling staff. READ ALSO: The strikes set to cause travel disruption in Italy in November
EXPLAINED: How Italy's international travel rules change in February
Jan 31, 2022 · These rules are set to be reviewed again by March 15th. Another change to be aware of at the EU level from February 1st is that health passes issued based on two vaccine doses are now valid for nine months.These rules apply when crossing international borders within the European Union and Schengen area.