In Caltanissetta, a rural Sicilian city, the calendar revolves around Easter. And with five months to go, the locals are gearing up for the traditional processions that draw tens of thousands to the ...

Although Italians are rabid fans of their national cuisine, many fear it is swamping their city centres, drowning out local ...

Nobody was trying to reach the lowest depths of the ocean or otherwise test the boundaries of human endurance. But what was supposed to be a routine pleasure cruise aboard a superyacht turned deadly ...

The discoveries came after the vessel went down this week in what some witnesses described as a waterspout, or a small tornado, during a violent downpour. No names were immediately released. By Emma ...

The remarkable ancient city of Gela lies on the southern coast of Sicily. Both an agricultural and industrial town, it bears witness to the island’s deep past. Founded around 689 BC on Sicilian ...

PORTICELLO, Sicily (AP) — Divers searching the wreck of a superyacht that sank off Sicily found the bodies of five passengers Wednesday, leaving one still missing as questions intensified about why ...

The summer sun, climbing toward warm noon, had started the heat waves dancing from the brown Tiber, from the seven ancient hills, from the great stone piazza before St. Peter’s, from the dusty brick ...