Latest Sicily News

Mediterranean diet or not, eating seasonally can be good for you

Jun. 19, 2024 10:06 AM EDT

As peak summer approaches in Sicily, Anna Fiannaca prefers the peppers, eggplants and zucchini her brothers grow over the packaged food in the supermarket. The 89-year-old cooks everything from scratch and eats mostly vegetarian. But she attributes much of her continued good health...

Italy bars NGO migrant rescue flights from Sicilian airport, says they interfere with coast guard

May. 08, 2024 10:57 AM EDT

ROME (AP) — Italy’s aviation authority has barred humanitarian migrant rescue groups from using a Sicilian airport to launch search and rescue flights over the Mediterranean, in the government’s latest move to regulate their activities. An ordinance from ENAC’s western...