Restaurants in Italy can refuse to give tap water to customers

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Restaurants can refuse to give tap water to customers - that's according to the judgment of Italy's supreme court. [Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://channel4news.substack.com/subscribe] A woman filed a lawsuit and lost after repeatedly asking for tap water with her meal in a five-star hotel in the Dolomites. Staff refused and only offered her bottled mineral water, costing €7 (£6). The woman demanded €2,700 (£2338) in compensation for emotional distress and economic damage. But the court dismissed her claim. ------- Get more news at our site - https://www.channel4.com/news/ Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://channel4news.substack.com/subscribe Follow us: TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@c4news Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/channel4news/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/Channel4News Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Channel4News/

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