Palermo
"Pink Hitler" poster causes offence
Advertising posters depicting Hitler in a pink uniform and wearing an armband with a red heart instead of a swastika have caused anger and outrage in Palermo.
Read MoreThe King's Taster: Sicily and her suspicious President
The rumours have been making the rounds for weeks now. Sicily's President is obsessed with assassination attempts, mistrusts everyone and fears plots behind every corner.
Read MoreIl Festino of Santa Rosalia in Palermo
One of Sicily's largest and most celebrated festivals, Il Festino of Santa Rosalia, takes place in Palermo on 15 July; if you happen to be in the bustling southern Italian city around that time, though, you may simply hear talk of "u fistinu," as it is known locally.
Read MorePalermo poppy plantation discovered
Police on Thursday discovered a poppy plantation outside Palermo with some 800 plants of the illegal opium-producing variety.
Read MoreRiina villa to go to Impastato Association
A Palermo villa that once belonged to Italy's bloodiest Mafia boss is to be re-assigned to a group carrying on the fight of an anti-Mafia hero.
Read MoreSnow in Palermo
Residents here in the Sicilian capital woke up to a surprise on Thursday with snow laying a light white blanket over a city where a week ago it was 20 degree C.
Read MoreOman and Sicily exchange horses and goats
The Sultan of Oman on Wednesday sent Sicilian regional President Raffaele Lombardo a thoroughbred stallion and two mares from his royal stables in return for the hospitality shown during his visit to the region this summer.
Read MoreLast sicilian cart painter may close shop
The last active painter of Sicily's famous, brightly-painted carts may be hanging up his brushes for good after a decision by the Palermo archdiocese to have him evicted from the shop he has been using for the past 25 years.
Read MorePolice called for Viagra man, 82
A wife had to call in the police to help her fend off the ''insistent' attentions of her 82-year-old Viagra-fuelled husband, a Sicilian daily reported Monday.
Read More'Respiro' actor arrested in drugs bust
Police on Sunday arrested an Italian actor who had leading roles in 2002 Cannes-winner Respiro and 2006 Oscar candidate The Golden Door on suspicion of drugs dealing.
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