A former anti-mafia champion, Antonello Montante, was sentenced to 14 years in jail on Friday for a string of offences including corruption. Montante, who has always denied the charges against him, was the national spokesman on legal issues for Italy's employers’ organization,...
The brother of a former mayor in Sicily was killed by gunshot wounds near Palermo on Wednesday. Antonino Di Liberto, 49, was murdered at Belmonte Mezzagno, about 20 km from the Sicilian capital. His body was found face...
Over 40 people were arrested in Palermo after investigators discovered hard-up victims were having their arms or legs broken in exchange for a small part of the pay-out from insurers, police said on Monday. Those in on the...
Italian police seized more than 6 tons (6.6 US tons) of hashish from a sailboat off the coast of Sicily, customs authorities announced on Saturday. The drugs were loaded inside a 12-meter (39-foot) Spanish-flagged pleasure...
According to reports in the Italian press over the weekend, the regional government of Sicily has set aside more than €10 million from its territorial development fund to finance both the 2021 Grande Partenza and the first...
The homes, which range from 40 to 150 square metres, may only come with a €1 price tag, but they will need a lot of work. In January past year, the Sardinian town of Ollolai announced that it was selling 200 homes for...
Up to 117 migrants might have died when a rubber dinghy capsized in the Mediterranean off Libya, survivors said. Flavio Di Giacomo, of the International Organisation for Migration, said three survivors were plucked to...
Etna volcano in Sicily remained highly active at the moment despite no lava being erupted at the moment, according to VolcanoDiscovery’s latest updates. There has been an estimated €100 million in damages so far...
Italian authorities arrested on early Tuesday morning one person and searched 25 homes looking for the alleged boss of a major Sicilian mafia clan who is hiding from them for more than two decades. Police searched the...
talian police have arrested 46 suspected mobsters in a largescale crackdown on the notorious Sicilian Mafia, Italian Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Tuesday. In addition, law enforcement was able to catch...