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.

Sicily's top tourist resort Taormina is to follow Venice's example and crack down on tatty tourists.

People caught walking bare-chested or littering historic sites with food wrappers and leftovers will be fined up to 500 euros, or nearly 700 dollars, the town council said Friday.

A movie that gives an Arab perspective on Islamic terrorism has won the main prize at one of Italy's top cinema festivals.