Italy's Mount Etna erupts with ash, lava

CATANIA, Sicily, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Italy's Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, is spewing lava and ash in its first eruption of the year, vulcanologist said.

Italy Antitrust Body Asks Oil Firms For Sicily Price Information

Italy Antitrust Body Asks Oil Firms For Sicily Price Information

Truck Strike Spreads From Sicily to Rest of Italy

Truck roadblocks went up across Italy on Monday paralyzing main traffic arteries in a protest against high fuel costs. Organizers say it will continue until Friday.

Italian police seize 200 exotic birds

CATANIA, Italy, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Italian police arrested three men Friday in Sicily and charged them with smuggling endangered exotic birds to Malta.

“Surfing Sicily - Live Fearlessly” Movie Shoots for Cystic Fibrosis

Highly anticipated feature film targeted at raising awareness and funds for research to cure the genetic disorder cystic fibrosis.Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) February 02, 2012 “Surfing Sicily - Live Fearlessly,” the seriocomedy penned by Federico Badiali and Scott Joseph Foster, is the most recent effort by the entertainment community to raise money for research to cure cystic fibrosis, still called ...

Rescued aid workers make it to Sicily

SIGONELLA, Italy, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Two international aid workers rescued by Navy SEALs in Somalia arrived at the U.S. Naval Air Station Sigonella in Sicily Thursday, officials said.