Sicily
Fear of severe side effects upsets Sicily’s COVID vaccination plans
Sicily will start offering COVID-19 vaccines to people over 50 to speed up its inoculation programme which is being hampered by a…
First trip abroad for Italian PM Draghi will be Libya
talian Prime Minister Mario Draghi will visit Libya on Tuesday, according to Italian news agency Nova. The trip will mark the first…
300 parish churches in Sicily become vaccination centres
Covid-19 vaccinations started to be administered in the 300 parishes of Sicily. There are 5,867 citizens, aged 69 to 79, who have…
Scandal hits Sicilian authorities on COVID-19 data rigging allegations
3Sicily's regional health counsellor resigned on Tuesday after being placed under investigation suspected of sending rigged COVID-19 data to national authorities to…
Photo Story: Spring in Sicily
A general view of the village of Gangi, Sicily, Italy, on the eve of the first day of spring with sun. Photo:…
Flurry of seismic activity around Etna in Sicily
A seismic swarm of at least 16 tremors, with a magnitude between 1.1 and 2.8, was recorded on Etna from 5.34 to…
Italy bans a different AstraZeneca batch following two deaths in Sicily: reports
ROME (Reuters/ANSA) - Italian health authorities have ordered the withdrawal of a batch of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine following the deaths of two…
Etna latest eruptions covers nearby villages in ash
People look towards Mount Etna volcano while the date was sketched into the ashes on the central squrae in Zafferana Etnea near…
Malta’s seismic research centre registers 3.6 magnitude earthquake off Sicily
Malta’s seismic research centre has registered a 3.6 magnitude earthquake which occurred off Sicily on Saturday evening. The earthquake took place at…
Updated – 3.2 earthquake strikes northern Sicily
As 3.2 earthquake has been registered in the city of Nicosia close to Enna in Northern Sicily. The earthquake was registered at…
4.4 tremor strikes off Sicily, felt in Malta – Update
A 4.4 earthquake was registered in southern Sicily late Tuesday evening. The epicenter was in the sea in front of the Ragusano…
Pope decrees Italian judge murdered by Mafia can be beatified
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis decreed on Tuesday that Italian judge Rosario Livatino, who was killed by the Mafia in Sicily…