In this edition
No dispatches in today's edition.
Recent headlines from this bureau
- Pope Leo Diagnosed With Lung Cancer After Surgery in Rome
- Bedbugs Ground Qantas Dreamliner at Rome's Fiumicino
- Two Waterspouts Strike Western Sicily, Injuring Dozens and Damaging Marsala
- Germany and Italy Seek an 'Emergency Brake' on New EU Laws
- Pope Leo to Undergo Lung Surgery, Vatican Says
- EU Presidency Proposes €140bn Cut to Budget in Push for Year-End Deal
- Tornadoes Strike Marsala, Injuring Dozens on Sicily's Western Coast
- Thieves Take 30,000 Bottles in Italy's Largest-Ever Wine Heist
Geography & climate
Hot Mediterranean, increasingly arid; Etna's volcanic weather.
The Mediterranean's largest island — Etna, the coasts, the interior, the smaller archipelagos.
Economy & culture
Agriculture, tourism, energy and refining, fishing, a large public sector.
Greek, Arab, Norman and Spanish layers; the Mafia and the anti-Mafia; the frontier of European migration.