Italy limits citizenship to those with a parent or grandparent born in the country, ending distant ancestry claims.

Italy has tightened its citizenship laws, restricting automatic citizenship by descent for people who do not have a parent or ...

The sudden change affects thousands of people all over the world hoping for or preparing to obtain an Italian passport, which ranks third in the world for visa-free or visa-on-arrival travel ...

The government says it tightened citizenship rules because of a deluge of applications from the descendants of emigrants who only coveted an Italian passport. By Patricia Mazzei Reporting from ...

"Being an Italian citizen is a serious thing. It's not a game to get a passport that allows you to go shopping in Miami," Tajani told a press conference. The foreign ministry said there had been a ...