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Constitutional Court mulls ‘pigsty’ election law
(By Denis Greenan). (ANSA) – Rome, December 4 – Judges from Italy’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday started examining the nation’s much-criticised election law with a decision expected late Wednesday or early Thursday. The lawyer representing 27 prominent citizens who filed … Continue reading
Constitutional Court rules against electoral law
(ANSA) – Rome, December 4 – The Constitutional Court on Wednesday ruled Italy’s Porcellum or ‘pig-sty’ electoral law was unconstitutional. The ruling ups pressure on parliament to change a law widely seen as making election results uncertain, as happened in … Continue reading
Court gives hope to controversial stem-cell therapy
(By Sandra Cordon) (ANSA) – Rome, December 4 – Italy’s health ministry, under pressure from advocates and the courts, said Wednesday that it will appoint a new panel of experts to assess its protocols governing the use of controversial stem … Continue reading
Court summons three in ‘Winks Club’ merchandise fraud case
(ANSA) – Ancona, November 26 – A judge in Ancona on Tuesday called three suspects to appear in court for allegedly sharing company secrets of the Italian Winx Club cartoon franchise with a Japanese competitor who intended to sell knock-off … Continue reading
Mafia boss’s lawyer asks EU court to revoke ’41-bis’
(ANSA) – Palermo, November 5 – The lawyer of Bernardo Provenzano submitted an appeal Tuesday to the European Court of Human Rights to release the former Mafia kingpin from an inflexible prison sentence for health reasons. Provenzano, 80, who is … Continue reading
Court orders waste company to improve operations near Lucca
(ANSA) – Rome, November 5 – Residents from the Tuscan town of Belvedere near Castelnuovo di Garfagnana were celebrating Tuesday after Italy’s top appeals court upheld their complaints about terrible odours from waste disposal and ordered the company responsible to … Continue reading
Court fines man 7,000 euros for shooting neighbour’s cat
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Court acquits man who failed to pay 180,000 euros in taxes
(ANSA) – Milan, October 24 – A court in Milan on Thursday acquitted an entrepreneur charged with evading VAT taxes of 180,000 euros. A preliminary hearings judge said the man, who owns a computer company, had not committed a crime … Continue reading
Sophia Loren ‘happy’ about supreme court ruling on tax case
(See related story). (ANSA) – Rome, October 23 – Sophia Loren’s lawyer said the famous Italian film star was “happy” about the ruling filed Tuesday by the supreme Court of Cassation on a tax case dating back to 1974.“Finally a … Continue reading
Top court clerk held in ‘Ndrangheta boss ‘trial-fix’ case
(ANSA) – Bologna, October 23 – A clerk at Italy’s supreme Court of Cassation has been arrested for allegedly telling a boss in the Calabrian ‘Ndrangheta mafia she could help fix a trial for him. Teresa Tommasi was placed under … Continue reading