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 'Intolerable spectacle': Rome council takes months to remove fallen tree Rome’s city council has finally removed a fallen tree from a residential street near the city centre, weeks after it first fell. https://www.thelocal.it/20181003/rome-city-council-takes-two-months-to-remove-fallen-tree-from-street Wed, 03 Oct 2018 14:42:00 +0200 rome-city-council-takes-two-months-to-remove-fallen-tree-from-street Rome's €50,000 Christmas tree has been declared dead Christmas is dead – or at least, the much mocked Christmas tree provided by Rome's city council is. https://www.thelocal.it/20171219/rome-christmas-tree-spelacchio-dead Tue, 19 Dec 2017 16:44:56 +0100 rome-christmas-tree-spelacchio-dead Rome's ugly Christmas tree gets makeover after hundreds complained The 'ugliest Christmas tree in the world' has been dolled up after hundreds of residents complained about its bare-looking branches. https://www.thelocal.it/20161215/romes-ugly-christmas-tree-gets-makeover-after-hundreds-complained Thu, 15 Dec 2016 10:42:13 +0100 romes-ugly-christmas-tree-gets-makeover-after-hundreds-complained Is Rome's Christmas tree really the ugliest in the world? What's green, sparkly, ugly and sad? Rome's 'Austerity Tree', the Christmas tree in the centre of the capital which residents are saying is the "ugliest in the world". https://www.thelocal.it/20161214/is-romes-christmas-tree-really-the-ugliest-in-the-world Wed, 14 Dec 2016 10:46:32 +0100 is-romes-christmas-tree-really-the-ugliest-in-the-world Huge sinkhole swallows car and trees in Italian square A Renault Twingo and two small trees have disappeared into a huge sinkhole in the central square of Afragola, a town near Naples. https://www.thelocal.it/20160321/video-huge-sinkhole-swallows-car-and-trees-in-italian-square Mon, 21 Mar 2016 13:19:06 +0100 video-huge-sinkhole-swallows-car-and-trees-in-italian-square Fashion queen in trouble after her sick tree kills two men The heiress of Italian fashion house Emilio Pucci is under investigation for manslaughter after the death of two Egyptians killed when a tree on the family's property fell onto their car, media reports said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160308/pucci-fashion-house-heiress-in-manslaughter-probe Tue, 08 Mar 2016 16:38:37 +0100 pucci-fashion-house-heiress-in-manslaughter-probe Italy councillor quits over 'penis' Christmas tree A celebrity councillor from the town of Urbino in central Italy has resigned after an "immoral" avant-garde Christmas tree was erected in the historic centre without his knowledge. https://www.thelocal.it/20151221/italy-councillor-quits-over-modern-art-christmas-tree-vittorio-sgarbi Mon, 21 Dec 2015 15:03:08 +0100 italy-councillor-quits-over-modern-art-christmas-tree-vittorio-sgarbi Woman found hanging from tree in Rome The body of a woman has been found hanging from a tree in Rome in what is believed to be a suicide. https://www.thelocal.it/20150401/woman-found-hanging-from-tree-in-rome Wed, 01 Apr 2015 12:58:18 +0200 woman-found-hanging-from-tree-in-rome Toddler crushed to death by Florence tree A two-year-old girl and her aunt died in Florence over the weekend after being hit by a falling tree branch, Italian media reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20140630/toddler-crushed-to-death-by-florence-tree Mon, 30 Jun 2014 11:01:00 +0200 toddler-crushed-to-death-by-florence-tree