https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed An Italian team has developed a vaccine that could protect against illnesses caused or exacerbated by modern western diets. https://www.thelocal.it/20160727/italian-team-finds-vaccine-against-illnesses-caused-by-the-western-diet Wed, 27 Jul 2016 11:51:03 +0200 italian-team-finds-vaccine-against-illnesses-caused-by-the-western-diet The EU's top court ruled on Thursday the European Commission can order member states to cut down thousands of olive trees infected by deadly bacteria after Italian authorities halted the felling in December. https://www.thelocal.it/20160609/eu-can-now-order-italy-to-cut-down-thousands-of-sick-olive-trees Thu, 09 Jun 2016 13:02:30 +0200 eu-can-now-order-italy-to-cut-down-thousands-of-sick-olive-trees Italian olive grower Federico Manni is at the end of his tether. https://www.thelocal.it/20160216/growers-despair-as-disease-ravages-italys-timeless-olive-groves Tue, 16 Feb 2016 09:23:20 +0100 growers-despair-as-disease-ravages-italys-timeless-olive-groves Italian authorities have cut down 45 olive trees in an effort to combat a strain of bacteria killing olive trees in southern Italy, the EU's second biggest producer of olive oil, in a move that has angered local farmers. https://www.thelocal.it/20150708/farmers-angered-after-italy-culls-45-olive-trees Wed, 08 Jul 2015 15:21:14 +0200 farmers-angered-after-italy-culls-45-olive-trees Shoppers risk paying more for their olive oil this year as a bacteria withers the trees of two top producers in Italy and a drought hits Spain, driving up prices. https://www.thelocal.it/20140825/olive-oil-prices-to-surge-as-bacteria-blights-italian-groves Mon, 25 Aug 2014 12:00:00 +0200 olive-oil-prices-to-surge-as-bacteria-blights-italian-groves