Landslide in Niscemi in January tore away entire slope of town and carved 4km chasm
Firefighters in Sicily have rescued about 400 rare books from a library in Niscemi that hangs on the edge of a mudfl…
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Man in Sicily trained his dog to illegally dump rubbish, say police ⊖⊖
City of Catania calls ruse to avoid CCTV cameras installed to stop fly-tipping ‘as cunning as it is doubly wrong’
A man in Catania, Sicily, trained his dog to dump bags of rubbish by the roadside in a…
9 days ago
Mystery as three men are found shot dead in Sicily forest - as trio had no mafia connections ⊖⊖
The bodies were discovered in the island's east, an area long linked to mafia activity, prompting early speculation the killings could be tied to a Cosa Nostra feud.
19 days ago
Why western Sicily is Italy’s emerging arts hub ⊕
Art is helping to revitalise Sicily’s ghost towns and deserted urban spaces, with the earthquake-hit town of Gibellina becoming Italy’s first Capital of Contemporary Art
From the ostentatious baroque …
29 days ago
Fear in Sicily's Niscemi as massive landslide threatens to widen ⊖
Drone footage shows the after math of a landslide in Niscemi, Sicily that led to the evacuation of some 1.500 people.
31 days ago
‘Situation is dire’ for Sicily town teetering on cliff edge after landslide ○
1,500 people evacuated from Niscemi after battering by Cyclone Harry triggers 4km-long chasm in hillside
The mayor of a hilltop town on Sicily said “the situation is dire” after a powerful storm broug…
Watch: Huge landslide in Sicily after Storm Harry ⊕
More than 1,000 residents have been evacuated from their homes on the Italian island.
Hundreds of people evacuated in Sicily's Niscemi after landslide ⊖
No deaths or injuries have been reported following the landslide, which took place on Sunday.
36 days ago
‘We played to 8,000 Mexicans who knew every word’: how the Whitest Boy Alive conquered the world ⊕⊕
He lit up Europe with bands ranging from Peachfuzz to Kings of Convenience. But it was the Whitest Boy Alive that sent Erlend Øye stratospheric. As they return, the soft-singing, country-hopping sens…
42 days ago
‘Golden sands meld into the clear turquoise sea’: readers’ favourite beaches in Europe ⊕⊕
Our readers bask in the memory of great beach discoveries, from Latvia to Sicily
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Forty miles east of Palermo, the magnif…