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Etna's Voragine crater erupts again, Catania airport limits arrivals through August 17
Mount Etna's Voragine crater resumed intense explosive activity on August 16, the eighth consecutive day of eruption, pushing volcanic tremor to very high levels and forcing new restrictions at Catania airport through August 17.
- Aug 10
Etna eruption closes Catania airport through Friday, cancelling nearly 700 flights
Mount Etna's ongoing eruption has kept Catania's airport closed since August 8, cancelling nearly 700 flights and disrupting travel for tens of thousands of tourists at the height of Italy's summer holiday season.
- Jul 24
Gerardina Trovato cancels summer tour after throat cyst diagnosis, faces two urgent surgeries
The Italian singer-songwriter announced on Instagram that a cyst pressing on her vocal cords requires two operations, forcing her to suspend her 'Garantisco il ritorno' tour and undergo rehabilitation.
- Jul 11
Brother chases fishmonger sibling down Riposto seafront and kills him with a cleaver: arrested for murder
Giovanni Guarrera, 63, allegedly struck his 61-year-old brother multiple times with a work cleaver on the lungomare of Riposto, Sicily, after a dispute between the two fish vendors escalated on 11 July 2026.
- Jul 6
Mount Etna ash cloud shuts Catania airport, cancels over 150 flights including connections to Poland
A volcanic ash cloud from Mount Etna forced the closure of Catania–Fontanarossa Airport on Monday, cancelling over 150 flights and leaving thousands of tourists, including many from Poland, stranded on Sicily.
- Jul 6
Etna ash cloud grounds flights at Catania airport, Berlin connection cancelled
Ash emissions from Mount Etna forced the closure of airspace around Catania airport on Sunday, leading to cancellations, delays, and diversions. A flight to Berlin was among those scrapped.
- Jul 6
Etna ash cloud forces Catania airport to suspend arrivals, Romanian ministry warns travellers
A towering ash column from Mount Etna forced the closure of airspace south of the volcano on Sunday, suspending all incoming flights at Catania airport. Romania's foreign ministry issued a travel advisory for citizens in Sicily.
- Jul 3
Catania man attempts to strangle partner during video call, friends witness and call police; father had stabbed ex-wife in April
A 30-year-old man in Catania tried to strangle his girlfriend while she was on a video call with friends, who witnessed the attack and called police. The suspect's father had stabbed his ex-wife in the street just three months earlier.
