Sicily

For 17 days, two ships with 12,000 tons landed in the city, another 5,000 tons arrived through the Bosphorus. 168 chasa made an enquiry to the Regional Inspection for Environment and Waters. After that they issued three recommendations for storing and transporting the torn smelly bales.

Pope Francis denounced the mafia's "blasphemous" existence on Sept. 15 during a visit to Sicily to honour a priest murdered by the mob 25 years ago while trying to save youngsters in poor neighbourhoods from falling into their hands. 

More than any other Sicilian city, Syracuse reflects the ancient Hellenic history of the Mediterranean’s largest island. Located on the east coast, Syracuse developed from a Greek colony founded by Corinthians in the 7th century BCE.

Off the coast of Sicily, a strange monolith has been found on the seabed. Experts say the structure was built around 10,000 years ago. They believe it was built and not formed because it has three holes that could not have formed naturally.

People have always been intrigued by last words. Maybe they conveyed some hidden wisdom. Here is a list of the last words of 10 of ten famous people in world history.

1. Archimedes, mathematician

“Stand away, fellow, from my diagram!”

A Turkish university student who was an intern on a Turkish-flagged cargo ship off Italy has been in jail for 19 months after police raided the ship and seized tons of drugs last year, daily Sabah reported on Oct. 12.

I was looking at the box in my hand, thinking. Was it a kitsch souvenir, or a local handicraft, or a much loved toy for a kid born in Sicily? I could not decide. Then I suddenly realized what it was meant to be. It was a time capsule! 

The head of Hades, Greek God of the Underworld finally returned home to Sicily, Italy on Friday after almost three years of negotiations with the Paul Getty Museum in Malibu, U.S.

Hundreds of migrants attempting the perilous journey across the Mediterranean are feared to have drowned after their overcrowded fishing boat capsized off Libya, Italy's coastguard said Aug. 5.
 
The boat had run into difficulty some 15 nautical miles off Libya and sent out a distress call, picked up by the coastguard in Catania in Sicily.
 

Here’s one interesting way to rejuvenate certain abandoned regions of mainland Greece, mostly in rugged mountainous areas, or even remote islands: grant people an abandoned residence on the condition that it will be restored!
That’s what one town in Sicily, Gangi, is doing, and it’s apparently working.