In this edition
No dispatches in today's edition.
Recent headlines from this bureau
- Etna's Ash Cloud Grounds Catania, Stranding Peak-Season Travelers
- Solar Eclipse Glasses Sell Out Across Italy, Sicily Scrambles
- Po River Drought Deepens, a Warning for Sicily's Water
- Roman shipwreck with 500 amphorae found off Sicily
- Spain's border checks on Italy hit Sicily's summer travel lanes
- Ancient Roman shipwreck found off Sicily, culture minister says
- Etna's ash grounds Catania arrivals as Sicily's summer chokes
- Spain's border checks on Italy deepen Schengen rift over Ceuta
Geography & climate
Hot Mediterranean, increasingly arid; Etna's volcanic weather.
The Mediterranean's largest island — Etna, the coasts, the interior, the smaller archipelagos.
Economy & culture
Agriculture, tourism, energy and refining, fishing, a large public sector.
Greek, Arab, Norman and Spanish layers; the Mafia and the anti-Mafia; the frontier of European migration.