Messina
Facebook saves woman from sex slavery
A 23-year-old woman has been saved from a life of sexual slavery in Messina [Sicily] because she managed to raise the alarm on the social networking site, Facebook.
Read MoreMessina 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.
Read MoreBridge 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.
Read MoreMessina 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.
Read MoreRussian 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.
Read MoreSalame 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.
Read MoreSicily heaven on earth, Cucinotta says
Italian screen beauty Maria Grazia Cucinotta says her native Sicily, for all its faults, is heaven on Earth.
Read MoreLandslide 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.
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