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Mount Etna erupted with 11km-high column

February 21, 2022February 21, 2022Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Mount Etna erupted with 11km-high column

Mount Etna sent another plume of lava and ashy smoke into the Sicilian sky today. The sky above Catania was thick with smoke and the airport closed at lunchtime until further notice.

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Sambuca di sicilia

Airbnb looking for host on Sicily

January 20, 2022January 20, 2022Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Airbnb looking for host on Sicily

Airbnb are looking for a host to live rent-free in their 1-Euro house in Sambuca, Sicily. A digital nomad’s dream, the designer home is part of Airbnb’s support for rural communities.

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Covid Green Pass rules

Child stuck in Sicily as he turned 12 the day before flight

January 15, 2022January 15, 2022Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Child stuck in Sicily as he turned 12 the day before flight

Green Pass Rules: The boy’s father has shared custody of his son. The child turned 12 the day before he was due back with his mother in Milan.

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Sea Watch 3 charity vessel rescues migrant arrivals at sea 24 December. The ECHr has determined Italy was not responsible for Libyan coastguard action during 2017 migrant resuce, when SeaWatch rescued some, adn the Libyan coastguard others

Charity Vessel With 440 Migrants to Dock in Italy

December 31, 2021December 31, 2021Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Charity Vessel With 440 Migrants to Dock in Italy

CATANIA, Italy (Reuters) – The German charity vessel Sea Watch 3, carrying hundreds of migrants rescued at sea, will dock in the Italian port of Pozzallo, in Sicily. The charity group operating the ship made the announcement on Twitter on today.

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Migrants at Lampedusa 2021

Lampedusa: Record 35,000 arrivals on Italian island in 2021

December 29, 2021December 29, 2021Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Lampedusa: Record 35,000 arrivals on Italian island in 2021

The prefect of the Sicilian city of Agrigento announced a record 35,000 migrants landed on Lampedusa in 2021. That compares to nearly 20,000 in 2020. The island has reached its capacity limit, the prefect warned.

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Dogs search for bodies following Sicily blast

Death toll rises to seven confirmed following Sicily blast

December 13, 2021December 13, 2021Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Death toll rises to seven confirmed following Sicily blast

Rescuers on Sicily pulled four more bodies from the rubble of buildings which collapsed following an explosion on Saturday. The death toll has risen to seven confirmed following the Sicily blast.

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Explosion on Sicily

Three dead and six missing after explosion on Sicily

December 12, 2021December 12, 2021Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Three dead and six missing after explosion on Sicily

Three people died and six are missing after an explosion on Sicily caused multiple residential buildings to collapse on Sunday. Two women were recovered alive.

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Blood oranges from Sicily

Arance Rosso – Sicily’s Blood Oranges

October 13, 2021October 13, 2021Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Arance Rosso – Sicily’s Blood Oranges

In the microclimate around Mount Etna, Sicily, a special fruit grows. The red oranges, also known as Blood Oranges, are celebrated with a sagra as winter draws to a close.

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Lucifer heatwave sends temperatures soaring to new record

‘Lucifer’ heatwave scorches Sicily with 48.8º

August 12, 2021August 12, 2021Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on ‘Lucifer’ heatwave scorches Sicily with 48.8º

The province of Siracusa registered a temperature of 48.8°C on Wednesday. If confirmed it is a new record for Europe. Lucifer is to blame.

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Wildfires cause death of man as 7 Canadair planes deployed

Fatal night of wildfires

August 11, 2021August 11, 2021Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Fatal night of wildfires

An elderly man died in Calabria as wildfires caused his house to cave in. The night of the 10th/11th August was the worst so far for fires.

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General strike to disrupt transport on 29 May

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Final stage of the Cammino '44 route Memorial to Monte Sole massacre. Image credit: www.cammino44.it

Cammino ’44: new walking route links Nazi-Fascist massacre sites

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northern Italy sea trains start their 2026 services this weekend. By Kabelleger / David Gubler (http://www.bahnbilder.ch) - http://www.bahnbilder.ch/picture/8276, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17185297

Northern Italy’s sea trains return

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