Sicily
Giro deal with Sicily to include start of 2021 race
Giro d'Italia organizers have announced a deal with the Sicilian region to hold three stages on the island next year and the Grand Tour's start in 2021.RCS Sport also announced the return of the Giro di Sicilia next month, a ...
Senate refuses to lift Salvini’s immunity in migrant case
Italy's Senate refused Wednesday to lift Interior Minister Matteo Salvini's immunity to face possible charges for refusing to allow migrants aboard an Italian coast guard ship to disembark at a Sicilian port.A judicial commission in Sicily triggered the vote when ...
Italian populists ask if minister deserves immunity
Italy's populist 5-Star Movement, which is part of the country's ruling coalition, is asking its supporters to vote online on whether the leader of its junior coalition partner should be prosecuted.The Senate's immunity panel votes this week to recommend if ...
Migrants disembark in Sicily as latest EU standoff ends
Europe's latest migrant standoff came to a conclusion Thursday as 47 migrants kept at sea for nearly two weeks while Italy pressured European countries to take them in finally disembarked from their rescue ship in Sicily.The Sea-Watch 3, operated by ...
Update: Migrants disembark from rescue ship in Sicily
The Latest on migrants in Europe (all times local):11:40 a.m.The 47 migrants kept at sea for nearly two weeks as Italy pressured European countries to take them in have begun disembarking from their rescue ship in Sicily.Europe's latest migrant standoff ...
Europe’s rights court denies request to disembark migrants
Europe's human rights court has denied a request by the German humanitarian group Sea Watch to disembark 47 migrants stuck on a rescue ship off Sicily.The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, however requested in its decision Tuesday ...
Italy to seek court ruling Dutch must deal with migrant boat
Italy has decided to ask the European human rights court to rule that the Netherlands must deal with a Dutch-flagged migrant rescue boat stranded off Sicily.The Italian premier's office said Monday night that on Tuesday it will ask the France-based ...
Italy sends socks, shoes, food to migrants stuck on boat
The Italian coast guard is bringing socks, shoes, bread and fruit to 47 migrants who have been stranded at sea for nine days aboard a German humanitarian group's rescue boat close to the Italian island of Sicily.Italy's hard-line interior minister, ...
UN, church officials press Italy to let migrants disembark
U.N. agencies dealing with refugees and children are pressing Italy to allow 47 migrants, rescued at sea a week ago, to disembark.Three U.N. agencies said in a joint statement Europe's "boat-by-boat" approach to migrants must be replaced by a system ...
German rescue ship allowed in Italian waters due to weather
Italy pressured the Netherlands on Friday to accept 47 migrants who have spent seven days at sea aboard a humanitarian rescue ship that has been allowed to enter Italian territorial waters due to bad weather conditions.The German aid group Sea-Watch ...
Quake from Mount Etna volcano jolts Sicily; 10 injured
A quake triggered by Italy's Mount Etna volcano has jolted eastern Sicily, slightly injuring 10 people and prompting frightened Italian villagers to flee their homes.Italy's Civil Protection officials said the quake, at 3:19 a.m. Wednesday, was part of a swarm ...
Sicilian airport reopens amid Mount Etna’s latest eruption
Italy's Catania airport is reopening after an ash cloud from Mount Etna's latest eruptions forced it to shut down.The airport on the Mediterranean island of Sicily says it's having a limited opening Tuesday, operating four flights an hour.More than 100 ...
Italian officials: Migrant rescuers mishandled medical waste
Italian prosecutors have ordered the seizure of a migrant rescue ship and accused the aid group Doctors Without Borders of illegally disposing of 24 metric tons (26.5 tons) of medical and contaminated waste accumulated during nearly 50 rescues.Prosecutors in Catania, ...
Italy brings together Libya rivals on conference sidelines
Italy's premier has hosted a meeting of Libya's rival leaders on the sidelines of a conference aiming to help its former colony crack down on Islamic militants and human trafficking.Witnesses say Premier Giuseppe Conte presided over a meeting and handshake ...
Leaders meet in Italy to find settlement on Libya
A gathering of leaders of Libya's quarrelling factions and of countries keen on stabilizing the North African nation in Sicily aims to find a political settlement that would bolster the fight against Islamic militants and stop illegal migrants crossing the ...
Update: Probe into claims US ship delayed migrant rescue
The Latest on migration into Europe (all times local):5:30 p.m.A Sicily prosecutor has opened a preliminary investigation into allegations a U.S. warship, the USNS Trenton, delayed rescuing migrants from a sinking dinghy from which some 76 people drowned in June.The ...
Rain-swollen river floods house in Sicily, 9 reported killed
Italian state radio says a rain-swollen river in the countryside near Palermo, Sicily, has flooded a home, killing nine people.Heavy rains lashed Sicily, a southern Italian island, on Saturday, several days after storms ravaged much of northern Italy. State radio ...
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