Brussels, 21/12/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 21 December, the European Commission called on Italy to continue to implement Community measures for tackling and eradicating Xylella fastidiosa, a bacteria decimating olive trees in southern Italy.
Several prosecutors in the south of Italy have launched procedures against the scientists and politicians responsible for ordering the culling of thousands of olive trees in the region of Puglia and have called for a halt to the cull. According to...