The Ministry of the Environment and Energy Safety gave the Official green light to the project of bridge On the ...

Fortunately, for every just-too-popular Amsterdam, Barcelona and Venice there are a hundred other attractive European cities ...

Italy's biggest union, the CGIL, said Wednesday that it has written to the European Commission asking it to withdraw approval ...

Laura Coffey went on a quest to find the real-life islands that inspired the wanderings of Homer’s epic hero, Odysseus ...

Intersection. Junction. Link. These words aptly describe Sicily’s crossroad role in the Mediterranean Sea. Given Sicily’s location, empires, cultures, and trade routes crisscrossed this strategically ...

At just over two miles, if fully completed, the Strait of Messina Bridge would become the largest suspension bridge in the world, beating out the Canakkale Bridge in Turkey, which is 6,667 feet long.

The tourist office provides maps for rewarding self-guided walks ... to take one of the many ferries shuttling across the Strait of Messina; the mainland has much appeal. Just 20 minutes north ...

The building's form responds to the local climate, with sheltered courtyards mitigating the strong Mediterranean sun and winds while offering views of the Strait of Messina and the city.

Today, the train-ferry crossing from Villa San Giovanni in Calabria – the “toe” of Italy’s “boot” – over to Messina, Sicily’s third-largest city, is the last of its kind in Europe.

ITALY is set to achieve a historic engineering ... the region by creating jobs and economic opportunities. But the Strait of Messina — linking the Ionian and Tyrrhenian Seas — poses ...

Marni Rose McFall is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. Her focus is on internet trends, U.S. politics and popular culture. She has covered fashion, culture, art and music extensively.