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Despite Prohibition, a Thriving Wine Trade May Have Flourished in Islamic Sicily

February 22, 2021February 23, 2021 DUSTIN MANDUFFIE
alcohol, history, Islam, Italy, Sicily, wine

Chemical traces found in thousand-year-old wine containers have led researchers to believe the wine trade actually flourished in medieval Islamic Sicily.

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Health International 

From Covid-Free to Covid Town: Sicilian Town Meets the Virus

November 28, 2020November 30, 2020 CAIN BURDEAU
coronavirus, Sicily

In the space of three weeks, the mountain burg of Castelbuono in northern Sicily, a charming former Medieval fiefdom with a rich cultural history, went from zero Covid-19 cases to more than 100.

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Health International 

Italians Return to Life After Lockdown With Mixed Emotions

May 6, 2020May 6, 2020 CAIN BURDEAU
coronavirus, Italy, Sicily

On his first day back at his small florist shop in this medieval town in Sicily’s Madonie mountains, Nicola Failla waited hours for his first customer. Finally, just before closing his shop’s doors for lunch, he sold a bouquet of flowers.

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Criminal International 

Italy Arrests Dozens in Mafia Scam

January 15, 2020January 15, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Agriculture, European Union, farming, Fraud, Italy, mafia, Sicily

Italian police said on Wednesday they had dismantled a massive Mafia operation in Sicily that had been defrauding the European Union of millions of euros in funds destined to farmers.

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Environment International Latest Headlines 

Sicily on High Alert as Etna Erupts

December 27, 2018December 27, 2018 CAIN BURDEAU
Sicily, volcano

CASTELBUONO, Sicily (CN) — Etna, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, is threatening to cause a dangerous lava flow

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Criminal International 

Mafia Buried, Palermo Breathes Fresher Air

June 20, 2018June 20, 2018 CAIN BURDEAU
Italy, mafia, Sicily

The “City of the Mafia”? Yes and no. But in many ways, Palermo, a jewel of the Mediterranean, can say it’s no longer ruled by

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International 

Tourists Flee Wildfires in Sicily in Tense Evacuation by Sea

July 13, 2017July 14, 2017 ASSOCIATED PRESS
evacuation, Inter5, Italy, Sicily, tourism, wildfires

Tourists at a resort in Sicily faced wildfires that turned their day at the beach into an emergency evacuation by sea, with many fleeing the flames in just their bathing suits and flip flops.

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Environment International 

10 Injured by Eruption of Italy’s Mount Etna

March 16, 2017June 14, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Eruption, Sicily, volcano

Sicily’s Mount Etna volcano unleashed an explosion Thursday, hurling molten rocks and steam that rained down on tourists, journalists and a scientist who scrambled to escape the barrage. Ten people were reported injured.

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