Italy’s Council of State rejects ministry request to suspend Taranto ruling
Italy’s Council of State rejected the Interior Ministry’s request for an urgent suspension of a first-instance ruling in a Taranto betting-shop dispute on 30 March 2026. The case concerns how local distance rules apply between a betting shop and a Jehovah’s Witnesses place of worship; the court said the technical measurement and underlying merits require further examination.
The ruling leaves the first-instance decision in force while the dispute over local betting-shop distance rules proceeds to a full hearing.