The programme for this year's "Le Vie dei Tesori" Sicilian festival of cultural heritage is nearing completion, with eight weekends across September and October for rediscovering the beauty, culture and history...

 Blessed Rosario Livatino, a Catholic judge brutally killed by the mafia in 1990, was beatified Sunday in the Cathedral of Agrigento, Sicily. Pope Francis commended the...

 Italian fishing industry body Federpesca has condemned the actions of a Libyan Coastguard patrol that fired on Italian fishing vessels this week, with one Italian crewman injured. Italian naval vessels attended the scene to keep the Libyan...

 Sicilian Governor Nello Musumeci said Tuesday that the southern region has around 250,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on hold in fridges waiting to be used. He said people were reluctant to have this jab...

 Italian journalists have protested government surveillance of reporters’ phone calls during investigations into Libya-based migrant trafficking. Investigators in Trapani intercepted conversations held by journalists...

 Carabinieri police put a number of people under house arrest and Sicilian Health Chief Ruggero Razza has been placed under investigation over allegations the COVID-19 figures the region sent to the national authorities were...

 With the new order, March 15 to April 6 Italy will all be divided Red or orange areas, but still partially locked Easter weekend (April 3,4,5). The yellow areas – like Sicily – will go to the upper danger range from tomorrow, with...

 A 36-year-old Sicilian man who confessed to murdering a 25-year-old woman friend in March 2019 on Tuesday saw his 30 year jail term upheld on appeal. A Marsala court again gave Carmelo Bonetta the same prison term as the court of first...

  Italian police on Friday impounded 22 unsafe bridges on the A20 Messina to Palermo motorway near Messina. Four people have been cited for failing to carry out necessary maintenance work on structures liable to collapse. The overpasses have...

  A trial began in Sicily on Tuesday for 97 suspected Mafia members and white-collar professionals allegedly in cahoots with mobsters in what prosecutors contend was a scheme that fraudulently garnered millions of euros in...

 Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, has awed even seasoned volcanologists in recent days with spectacular spurts of lava lighting up the Sicilian sky each night. The...

 Some dramatic pictures from Sicily, where Mount Etna has erupted. Local authorities say it began to spew out lava and ash Tuesday. There's no word of any casualties or property damage, though Catania Airport has been temporarily closed due...

 Carabinieri police on Tuesday detained 22 people in a big operation targetting Sicily's Stidda mafia clans, sources said. The operation was linked to an investigation which...

 After the Open Arms ship brought 265 rescued migrants to Italy, the crew was isolated and placed in mandatory quarantine. The Spanish NGO vessel will remain in the harbor of Port Empedocle in the province of Agrigento,...