The Latest Breaking News from Sicily

The 1,600 packages were estimated to be worth more than 400 million euros

Italian police have scooped up two tons of cocaine that was wrapped in protective plastic and bobbing in the sea off eastern Sicily

Almost 2 tonnes of cocaine with a market value of more than 400 million euros ($440 million) were found floating at sea off eastern Sicily, in what Italy's tax and customs police on Monday called a record seizure.

High pressure is forecast to be the dominant feature of Ireland’s weather from today. Met Eireann says thermometers could rise as high as 18C , making Ireland hotter than Sicily.

A project to build a bridge connecting the Italian mainland to the island of Sicily will cost as much as 14.6 billion euros ($16.14 billion), a Treasury document showed, a near-50% increase compared with previous government estimates.

Temperatures could rise as high as into the twenties next week, the Met Office said after this week's Storm Noa has brought traffic chaos and power cuts to parts of the UK

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Italy’s infrastructure minister is seeking to rally international interest in Italy’s latest attempt to build a bridge linking Sicily to the Italian mainland

An Italian-led consortium is likely to get the nod to build the ambitious Messina bridge, which will link Sicily and the mainland, Infrastructure Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said on Tuesday.

Fashion journalist died peacefully at his home in Sicily

On a cliff top in Sicily beside an ancient Greek amphitheatre, Grand Hotel Timeo, A Belmond Hotel sits overlooking the sparkling bay of Taormina. A place where the cobalt sea meets a halo of golden terracotta roofs and ruins, with Mount Etna’s haunting silhouette beyond, the immense natural beauty surrounding…