The Local Italy 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 Ivrea Orange Battle: Annual food fight gets underway in Italy Thousands of people poured onto the cobblestone streets of a northern Italian town on Sunday to throw oranges at a makeshift monarchy, a tradition dating back more than 150 years. https://www.thelocal.it/20170227/annual-orange-fight-gets-underway-in-ivrea-carnival Mon, 27 Feb 2017 09:53:09 +0100 annual-orange-fight-gets-underway-in-ivrea-carnival Italy's 'orange battle' becomes computer game It may not exactly be 'Call of Duty', but the annual Battle of the Oranges in the Italian town of Ivrea has become the subject matter for a new computer game set to be released next week. https://www.thelocal.it/20160105/ivreas-orange-battle-becomes-computer-game-italy Tue, 05 Jan 2016 13:28:54 +0100 ivreas-orange-battle-becomes-computer-game-italy