Messina Province

Roman amphorae seized from hiding place under the sea

Art police on Wednesday seized five Roman amphorae that traffickers had removed from an ancient shipwreck and hidden elsewhere under the sea off the Sicilian island of Filicudi.

Messina bridge 'start-up next year'

Work on building the world's longest suspension bridge across the Messina Straits will start next year, the CEO of the contracting company said Friday.

Bridge cash 'could make land quake-proof'

The amount of money earmarked for the government's Messina Bridge project would be enough to make the region it will be built from earthquake-proof, Calabria Governor Agazio Loiero said Wednesday.

Messina bridge project to employ 40,000

A total of 40,000 people will be employed in the proposed building of a bridge across the Messina Strait, linking Sicily to the mainland, Public Works Minister Altero Matteoli said on Friday.

Russian flagship sails to Messina

Russia's flagship cruiser Moskva set sail Friday for Messina to mark the anniversary of the Russian fleet's participation in an international aid effort after a devastating earthquake in the Sicilian city.

Salame keeps Italy top of European charts

A famed Sicilian salame dating back to Norman times has kept Italy top of the European quality-food charts.

Pricey sandwich outrages British Tourist

A British tourist on Wednesday complained to police after being presented with a 30-euro bill for three sandwiches at a bar in a Sicilian seaside village.

Sicily heaven on earth, Cucinotta says

Italian screen beauty Maria Grazia Cucinotta says her native Sicily, for all its faults, is heaven on Earth.

Landslide caused Messina tsunami

Earthquake previously though to have caused 1908 wave - An underwater landslide and not an earthquake, as previously thought, caused the tsunami which devastated the Sicilian city of Messina in 1908, according to a new study.