Seychelles Voted Top Environmentally Friendly Tourist Destination

The American Condé Nast Traveller Magazine has voted Seychelles as the most environmentally friendly destination in its Annual Readers’ Travel Awards 2009. Seychelles, which prides itself on environmental conservation takes the first place with an...

8-year-old Italian Boy Becomes the Youngest Person on Record to Swim the Strait of Messina

Italian national media reported on Monday that an eight-year-old Italian boy has become the youngest person on record to swim across the Strait of Messina between southern Italy’s Calabria and Sicily. It took Rosolino Cannio 58 minutes to cross...

Italy to Hold G8 Summit in Quake-hit L’Aquila

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has said that the Group of Eight summit would be moved from La Maddalena Island to earthquake-hit L’Aquila, Italian media reports. Speaking after the Cabinet approved the move at a government session, Berlusconi...

Italian Police Arrest Mafia Suspects

Italian police have arrested dozens of alleged mobsters during raids in Sicily. Police carried out arrest warrants Tuesday on suspects accused of extortion, drug trafficking and other crimes. One of the men targeted in Tuesday’s operation is Enzo...