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    • Monday, 6 February, 2023
      InterviewEU energy
      Enel chief defends strategy in crosshairs of Meloni government

      Head of Italian utility says shift to renewable energy is ‘clearly the way to go’

    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
      News in-depthItaly
      Messina Denaro’s arrest saps strength of the Sicilian mafia

      Capture of the last fugitive Cosa Nostra ‘godfather’ highlights the state’s progress against organised crime, experts say

    • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
      Italian economy
      Italy’s Meloni seeks to resurrect ‘mythical’ Sicily bridge project

      Contentious Messina span seen as investment catalyst but confronts local resistance

    • Monday, 16 January, 2023
      Cosa Nostra
      Italy’s most-wanted mafia boss Messina Denaro arrested in Sicily

      Gangster convicted of multiple murders caught at Palermo medical clinic after 30-year hunt

    • Monday, 9 January, 2023
      NK Lukoil OAO
      Russia’s Lukoil sells Italian refinery to Israeli-backed private equity fund

      GOI’s partnership with commodities trader Trafigura gazumps Crossbridge in deal that rescues Sicilian plant after EU sanctions hit

    • Monday, 12 December, 2022
      Residential
      Fantasy home: the eerie symbolism of The White Lotus’s Sicilian palazzos

      Decorated with renaissance art and the baroque possessions of impoverished nobility, Taormina’s Palazzo San Domenico is the stuff of Greek tragedies

    • Tuesday, 15 November, 2022
      Residential
      Interior designer Bryan O’Sullivan on how to add character to a bedroom

      Mix different eras and styles — it will make the room feel curated and instil a sense of timelessness

    • Wednesday, 10 August, 2022
      European prime property
      A €1 dream scheme sparks a wider homebuying trend in Sicily

      Selling abandoned houses at low cost helps draw buyers from northern Italy and abroad to the island’s south

    • Friday, 5 August, 2022
      HTSIHTSI’s 12 top picks from a year in travel
      Susanne Kapoor’s Sicilian retreat

      The villa on the island of Lipari is a refuge from the sun – and the spotlight

    • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
      European prime property
      Hot property: five homes for sale in Sicily

      From a characterful apartment in Palermo to a ‘damusso’ built with lava rock on the volcanic island of Pantelleria

    • Monday, 13 June, 2022
      Food & Drink
      A Sicilian food masterclass amid the lemon groves

      A week-long cooking retreat with culinary giant Michael Tusk and Italian nonna Dora Caltabiano is immersed in the flavours of the island

    • Sunday, 12 June, 2022
      Travelista
      Five small hotels with outsize style

      Little gems with fewer than 15 rooms in Belgium, Sicily, Mexico and beyond

    • Wednesday, 30 March, 2022
      HTSI
      A secret Sicilian safari

      The photographer, artist and author Michael Roberts’ new book, Island of Eternal Beauties, is a love letter to his adopted home

    • Friday, 27 August, 2021
      News in-depthItaly
      Arrest of ‘Van Gogh boss’ signals net is tightening around Italy’s Mafia fugitives

      Cross-border co-operation and tech advances have made life on the run more challenging for country’s most wanted criminals

    • Sunday, 25 July, 2021
      The Big Read
      What growing avocados in Sicily tells us about climate change and the future of food

      Changing temperatures across the globe are shifting the seasons and the crops that farmers can grow

    • Saturday, 12 June, 2021
      HTSI
      HTSI editor’s letter: Palermo reborn, eco-planting and perfect hostess style

      The Sicilian capital reclaims its cool, Cordelia de Castellane dishes up the perfect table and gardening gets aspirational

    • Saturday, 9 January, 2021
      Travel
      William Dalrymple on Sicily’s Islamic past

      From his base in an ancient villa built for an emir, the historian seeks out the legacy of the island’s Arab rulers

    • Saturday, 12 December, 2020
      Travel
      Travel discoveries of 2020

      William Dalrymple, Sophy Roberts, Pico Iyer and many more reveal their best finds in a turbulent year

    • Monday, 23 March, 2020
      Residential
      Five reasons to live in Sicily

      The island has good connections, is rich in history and boasts superb local produce

    • Friday, 31 January, 2020
      My Addresses
      My Addresses: chef Alfio Laudani on Catania

      The best places to find stuffed sardines, seafood linguine and ‘stigghiole’ in Sicily’s second city

    • Tuesday, 5 November, 2019
      HTSI
      Cult Shop: sublime hand-built bikes in Parma

      Italia Veloce – housed in a former garage – is beloved by “retro-velo” enthusiasts around the world

    • Friday, 26 July, 2019
      Europe holidays
      Postcard from . . . Sicily’s Vendicari Nature Reserve

      If, as Goethe wrote, Sicily is ‘the key to Italy’, then Vendicari encapsulates much of the island’s extraordinary history

    • Wednesday, 10 July, 2019
      News in-depthYouth unemployment
      Sicily’s young people struggle to find jobs and training

      Italian island suffers from eurozone’s highest rate of youth economic inactivity

    • Thursday, 4 July, 2019
      Italian politics
      Disillusioned Sicilians look to League’s Salvini for salvation

      Italy’s southerners feel left behind and have turned their backs on Five Star

    • Thursday, 26 July, 2018
      City InsiderPatrick Jenkins
      The 0.001 Per Cent Club head for Camp Google on Sicily

      Business elite to arrive at networking event launched by tech group

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