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 Workers in northwestern Italy are rushing to harvest millions of bright yellow mimosa flowers this week, as they say the crop is coming increasingly early because of global heating. https://www.thelocal.it/20200207/in-photos-italys-mimosa-harvest-comes-early Fri, 07 Feb 2020 13:47:15 +0100 in-photos-italys-mimosa-harvest-comes-early Just outside the northern city of Milan, a very colourful tourist attraction is taking shape. The city is set to get Italy's very first tulip field this month - and visitors can take the flowers home to keep. https://www.thelocal.it/20170303/milan-is-the-new-holland-the-italian-city-is-getting-a-massive-tulip-field Fri, 03 Mar 2017 14:11:15 +0100 milan-is-the-new-holland-the-italian-city-is-getting-a-massive-tulip-field Italian police have arrested 48 suspected members of the southern 'Ndrangheta mafia in a sweep that uncovered dealings in flowers and chocolates as well as drugs and arms, anti-mafia prosecutor Franco Roberti said. https://www.thelocal.it/20150930/italian-police-arrest-48-ndrangheta-mafia-suspects Wed, 30 Sep 2015 10:27:24 +0200 italian-police-arrest-48-ndrangheta-mafia-suspects A 12-year-old boy accidentally punched a hole through a $1.5 million centuries-old Italian oil painting when he tripped and fell into the piece during an exhibition in Taiwan. https://www.thelocal.it/20150825/boy-punches-hole-in-centuries-old-italian-painting Tue, 25 Aug 2015 12:09:15 +0200 boy-punches-hole-in-centuries-old-italian-painting