Sources: AFP via France 24
The Italian government authorizes a construction project for a bridge over the Strait of Messina to connect Sicily with mainland Italy. The project will be the longest suspension bridge in the world by the time of its completion in 2032 or 2033. 2025-08-6
Italian police arrest around 150 people across Sicily in the biggest anti-Mafia raid since 1984. 2025-02-11
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reports that nine migrants have died in the Mediterranean Sea while heading to Italy from North Africa, with five of the bodies found on the coast of Sicily and four of the bodies recovered by the non-governmental organization Sea-Eye. 2023-10-29
Two people are killed and nine others are injured after a powerful whirlwind hits Pantelleria, Sicily, Italy. 2021-09-10
Amid an unprecedented heat wave and ongoing wildfires, authorities on the island of Sicily report a record temperature of 48.8°C (119.8°F). If verified by the World Meteorological Organization, it would be the highest temperature ever recorded in both Italy and Europe. 2021-08-11
The Italian Medicines Agency bans a batch of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines as a precautionary measure following the death of three military officers in Sicily who had been vaccinated. 2021-03-11
An eruption at Mount Etna on the Italian island of Sicily injures at least ten people, including several in a BBC News crew. 2017-03-16
Acting on requests from neighboring Italy, Swiss authorities arrest 15 people sought as suspected members of the 'Ndrangheta organized crime syndicate, a Mafia-type organization centered in Calabria, Italy. 2016-03-8
In Italy, Laura Boldrini, member of the left-wing party Left Ecology Freedom, is elected President of the Chamber of Deputies. Pietro Grasso, a former anti-mafia magistrate and member of the centre-left Democratic Party, is elected President of the Senate. ([http:--www.repubblica.it-politica-2013-03-16-news-liveblogging_camera_senato_ii_giorno-54645681- "La Repubblica"])2013-03-16
Agents of the United States charge 127 alleged mafia members in the northeast of the country. 2011-01-20