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, Sicily. The mandatory quarantine of the Open Arms crew was ordered by the...
Covid: in Sicily liver transplant from positive donor" />
Italy's first liver transplant from a COVID positive donor to a patient who formerly had the virus has been carried out in Sicily. The operation was performed at Palermo's ISMETT hospital. The liver was taken from the...
Anti-mafia police on Monday busted 12 drugs markets in the Sicilian city of Catania, arrested 80 people and placed 101 people under investigation. Carabinieri said they had "dismantled 12 major drugs markets rooted in...
and inviting her to visit" />
A small town in Sicily is overjoyed as one of their own, Dr. Jill Biden, is about to be First Lady of the United States. Following the news of her husband Joe Biden's...
'hailing mafia'" />
A Sicilian member of the League on Monday quit the nationalist opposition party after appearing to praise the mafia in a speech at the weekend. Lampedusa-born Angela Maraventano, a former League Senator, had been urged to...
Thom Yorke has married his girlfriend Dajana Roncione in Sicily. The Radiohead singer, 51, and Italian actress, 36, tied the knot on Saturday at the Valguarnera in Bagheria, reports Italian Vanity Fair. During the...
Corleone" />
The Sicilian town of Corleone, made famous by the fictional Mafia clan in "The Godfather," has ordered schools closed and a limited lockdown after a spate of...
coronavirus co-ordinator and nine other healthcare officials have been arrested" />
Sicily's coronavirus co-ordinator and nine other healthcare officials have been arrested suspected of taking bribes from equipment and services contracts, Italian police...
Sicily to subsidise post-Covid holidays as Italy considers reopening to tourists" />
Sicily’s regional government is offering to subsidise holidays on the island for both domestic and international visitors in an effort to kickstart tourism after the...
Virtual tours in Sicily's cultural areas. From Valley of the Temples to Selinunte, parks and museums" />
- Online platforms and smartphone apps are giving people at home on lockdown during the coronavirus emergency an exceptional possibility to visit many of Sicily's cultural...