Sicily
180 migrants onboard Ocean Viking aid ship will disembark in Sicily
The 180 migrants on the Ocean Viking aid ship will arrive in Porto Empedocle on Monday, where they will be transferred onto…
Mt Etna viewing from Malta
Sicily remains one of the favourite attractions for Maltese going abroad. While waiting for the opening up of borders, Mount Etna seemed…
Sicily had no new coronavirus cases in past 24 hours
Italy recorded 119 new deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic on Saturday against 130 the day before, the Civil Protection Agency said, while…
The heart that rose from the ashes over Mt Etna
An ash heart rises from Etna, as a sign of encouragement for this beginning of phase 2. A very suggestive image of…
Sicily to subsidise holidays for both domestic and international tourists
The Guardian reports that Sicily’s regional government is offering to subsidise holidays on the island for both domestic and international visitors in…
Huge arms cache seized in Catania
Italian police on Friday uncovered an arsenal of weapons in two underground water tanks near the seafront in the Sicilian coastal city…
China shows interest in the port of Catania in Sicily
A delegation of Chinese investors has recently visited the Sicilian port of Catania to discuss the possibility of the port developing intermodal…
Medical cannabis to be given for free to specific types of patients Sicily
Sicilian Health Chief Ruggero Razza has signed a decree which states that the regional government will pay for medical-cannabis products for certain…
Unprecedented Italian police anti-mafia operation in Messina
Italian security forces on Wednesday arrested 94 people in the largest ever operation against the mafia clans in and around the Sicilian…
Minor earthquake in the Catania
An earthquake of magnitude 3.1 was recorded at 3:24 in Sicily, west of Catania. According to the findings of the National Institute…
5 dead in fireworks factory blast in Sicily, photos from scene of explosion
Five people have been killed in the blast in the Messina region of Sicily on Wednesday evening. Police said workers at the…
Sicily on storms red alert
The Italian civil protection department put eastern Sicily on red alert on Friday due violent storms that caused some rail services to…