Italy blocks US use of Sicily air base ⊖
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The Italian government didn't allow airplanes taking part in the Iran war to use the base, but Rome insists that doesn't mean the bases are closed to other U.S. uses.
Italy denies the US military use of its air bases to attack Iran ⊖⊖
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Italian press reports that the government has refuse to authorise US to land bombers at a base in Sicily
Italy risks Trump's wrath as US bombers are denied access to Sicily air base when pilots tried to land without army's permission ⊖⊖
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Italy has risked provoking Donald Trump's wrath after US bombers were denied access to its Sigonella air base in Sicily last week.
42 days ago
Benedetto Santapaola, notorious Italian mafia boss, dies in prison aged 87 ⊖⊖
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Cosa Nostra leader, who controlled most of eastern Sicily, dies while serving multiple life sentences for murder
Benedetto “Nitto” Santapaola, a Sicilian mafia boss and one of the most dangerous figur…
How a British man cleared his £10k debt - by buying an 87p house in Italy ⊖
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George Laing, 33, from London, purchased a house in Mussomeli, Sicily back in 2022 for just €1 (87p).
44 days ago
Sicily revokes century-old Mondello beach concession over mafia links ⊖
Regional authorities withdraw permit after citing risk of organised crime infiltration linked to a subcontractor
It is one of Europe’s most celebrated shorelines, framed by mountains and 19th-century …
46 days ago
Firefighters in Sicily rescue 400 rare books from library after landslide ○
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…
53 days ago
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…
55 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.
65 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 …