Sicily's residents are bracing for the arrival of a cyclone later on Thursday, the second this week after a deadly storm hammered the Italian island, killing three people.
Italy's Civil Protection issued an "amber alert" for the island of Vulcano in Sicily's Aeolian archipelago on Saturday, on the back of significant changes in several volcanic parameters.
The Italian island region of Sicily will soon be placed under ‘yellow’ zone restrictions again, after the rate of coronavirus infections and hospitalisations soared in recent weeks.
The island regions of Sardinia and Sicily were expected to be placed under ‘yellow’ zone restrictions from Monday after new infections soared and they met the threshold for hospitalised Covid patients.
Regional authorities in Sicily recorded a temperature reading of 48.8 degrees Celsius (119.8 Fahrenheit) on Wednesday, amid an extreme heatwave dubbed "Lucifer".
There are hopes that southern Italy could experience an economic revival amid the pandemic, as up to 100,000 workers have moved south - many of them to return home.
Italian tourism is set for a major revival this summer, as industry experts say the country’s short and medium-term holiday rental market is experiencing a boom - mainly thanks to bookings from vaccinated Brits and Americans.
Up to 80 percent of people offered the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine In Sicily refuse it out of fears over its safety,
according to the southern Italian region's president Nello Musumeci.
Sicily's top health official resigned on Tuesday amid an investigation into whether regional coronavirus figures were manipulated to cover up rising infection rates and deaths.
Streams of lava and plumes of smoke and ash rose high above Mount Etna early on Friday morning as the volcano erupted for the 12th time in little under a month.
The company that runs ferries between Sicily and the Italian mainland has been placed under judicial administration due to mafia infiltration, police said on Wednesday.
A Sicilian holiday turned into a nightmare for a group of London teenagers who tested positive for coronavirus and have now spent almost four weeks in quarantine - with no end in sight.
An Italian court Thursday slapped down a decree issued by Sicily's regional governor Nello Musumeci ordering the closure of migrant centres on the island.
Sicily's right-leaning leader Nello Musumeci clashed with Italy's central government on Sunday when he ordered the island's migrant centres closed in a bid to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
Police in Sicily on Wednesday discovered human remains during a desperate search for a four-year-old boy who went missing over two weeks ago in suspicious circumstances.
He was last seen with his mother, whose body has been recovered in suspicious circumstances. Now a race in the fierce summer heat to find missing four-year old Gioele is gripping Italy.
Dozens of migrants escaped from quarantine in Sicily on Monday, just a day after nearly 200 others fled a separate holding facility as Italy prepared a navy ship to house arriving migrants.
The southern Italian island of Sicily depends on the tourism industry more than most parts of the country. It has taken bold steps to ensure visitors come back after the shutdown - but will it work?
Italy on Sunday authorised charity vessel Ocean Viking to transfer 180 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean to a ship in Sicily for quarantine, the ship's operator and the government said.
Anyone hoping to visit Sardinia, Sicily Puglia or Calabria this summer must remember to fill out a form stating where they'll stay and when they'll leave as part of efforts to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.
