But almost 40,000 people have signed a petition calling for the beloved 100ft conifer – growing on a hillside near the city of Trento in the northern region of Trentino-South Tyrol – to be spared.

Trentino is a peculiar corner of northern Italy. When lumped together with its northern, even-more-Germanic neighbour South Tyrol to form the region known as Trentino-Alto Adige, the pair ...

Europe is home to numerous autonomous regions, each with its own distinct identity and cultural heritage. While many people immediately think of Catalonia, the well-known Spanish region with a ...