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Sicily, where billionaires get back to basics – by booking an entire city

Kaoru Nakajima’s lavish birthday party in Palermo follows Google’s annual summer ‘camps’ that seek to convey credibility and longevity

The Guardian - UK

Robin McKelvie: Taking a ride on Palermo’s rollercoaster of life

THE glorious Mediterranean is impossible not to fall hopelessly in love with. Everyone from the Carthaginians and the Phoenicians, to the Greeks and…

The National (Scotland)

Climate change may make Bordeaux red wines stronger and tastier

It’s harvest time again for most of Europe’s wine growing regions and grapes are being picked from the UK in the north to Sicily in the south. The grapes are then sorted and pressed to make the best juices possible. These juices will then be fermented in a choice of…

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What's happening on Lampedusa – and what Europe needs to do now to manage migration

Editor’s note: “This is an adapted version of an article originally published in Spanish on the 28th of September, 2023. It takes in an EU policy development that occurred subsequent to the publication of the first article.

The Conversation

Ruling Goddess, Russian Romance and Foi shine

Ruling Goddess, Russian Romance & Foi shined in exercise. Inner sand: 1200m: Devils Magic & Super Ruffian 1-21.5, 1,000/1-7.5, 600/40. Outer sand: 600m: Magnus 45.5. 1400m: Ruling Goddess 1-42, 1,200/1-26.5, 1,000/1-12.5, 600/44. Imperial Blue 1-44.5, 1,200/1-30, 1,000/1-15.5, 600/46. Russian Romance & Top Dancer 1-39.5, 1,200/1-26, 1,000/1-13, 600/45.5. Gate practice: 1200m:…

The Hindu

Notorious Sicilian mafia boss dubbed ‘last godfather’ dies in custody after 30 years on run

Matteo Denaro believed to have ordered dozens of murders and was even accused of kidnapping a 12-year-old

The Independent UK

Mafia boss dubbed ‘The last Godfather’ dies in Sicily hospital after 30 years on the run

A Sicilian mafia boss dubbed ‘the last Godfather’ by the Italian press has died in hospital at the age of 61.

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A rare Truman Capote story from the early 1950s is being published for the first time

This week, a Truman Capote story from early in his career will be published for the first time

The Independent UK

A flotilla of migrant boats from Tunisia overwhelms an Italian island and tests Meloni's policy

A flotilla of flimsy boats, crowded with migrants and launched from Tunisia is overwhelming a tiny Italian island south of Sicily

The Independent UK

Red fire ant colonies found in Italy and could spread across Europe, says study

Researchers identify 88 nests of destructive invasive non-native species near Syracuse in Sicily

The Guardian - UK

Azzurra: New Chelsea Italian will celebrate the food of Sicily and the Amalfi Coast

Restauratuer David Yeo has created a ‘boat-to-table’ experience

Evening Standard

Mount Etna volcanic eruption forces Sicily’s main airport to close

Around 200 flights to and from Sicily were disrupted after the eruption of Mount Etna forced nearby Catania airport to close.

Evening Standard

Mount Etna eruption leads to flight cancellations at Sicily’s Catania airport

Catania’s mayor has banned the use of motorcycles and bikes while many streets in the city remain covered by ash as a result of the erupting volcano

The Guardian - AU

10 short-haul holidays to book for autumn sunshine

Whether you want a luxe fly and flop break or a sun-soaked adventure, Rosalyn Wikeley has the autumn hotspots guaranteed to give you the vitamin D hit you’ve been craving

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Airport in Sicily closed as Mount Etna erupts

The 3,357m-tall volcano erupted on Sunday night

The Independent UK

Italy probes a migrant boat disaster that left 41 feared dead. Four survivors tell a harrowing tale

Prosecutors in Sicily are investigating the capsizing of a boat that left 41 migrants missing in the Mediterranean Sea

The Guardian - UK

Three underwater volcanoes discovered off Sicily

Researchers hail ‘very important discovery’ that sheds light on unexplored Italian seabed

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s a special stretch of coast because Mount Etna hovers over it like a spirit’: Antonio Denti’s best phone picture

The Reuters cameraman embraced the opportunity to capture life with his family in Sicily, where he grew up

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The Guardian - UK

Four Tunisians arrested for piracy over engine thefts from migrant boats

Men held in Sicily accused of intercepting vessels and demanding cash, phones and vital engines

Marie Claire

Kate Hudson Sums Up Family Vacation to Sicily in Two Words: “Happiness and Pasta”

The actress took us along as she explored the Italian island.

The Guardian - UK

Southern Europe and north Africa count heavy cost of wildfires

As extreme heat recedes, Italy, Greece, Portugal, Spain and Algeria reflect on lives lost, environmental damage and costs to livelihoods

The Conversation

Extreme weather events are exactly the time to talk about climate change – here's why

Record-breaking heatwaves are sweeping across the northern hemisphere, affecting large parts of southern Europe, the US and China. On July 24, Sicily recorded blistering temperatures of more than 47.5℃ and wildfires are currently tearing through Greece. The heatwaves come as record numbers of fires continue to burn across Canada.

The Independent UK

Thousands of Britons unable to fly into Sicily due to post-Brexit passport checks

As many as 50,000 British holidaymakers have been affected since Catania airport closed on 16 July

The Independent UK

More than 40 people killed as wildfires rage in nine Mediterranean countries in record heatwave

Thousands of firefighters tackle spreading flames as Rhodes placed under state of emergency

Al Jazeera

Fires kill three people in Sicily; Greece sees some wildfire respite

Wildfires raging across Greece for more than a week abate, while Italy counts three more deaths in devastating blaze.

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