Topic: Sicily
Sicily has its own unique culture that cannot be found anywhere else in the world. It is of course quintessentially Italian; but over the years all of the island or parts of it have been ruled by the Greeks, the Romans, the Arabs and the Normans at some point of another. Consequently something of each culture has rubbed off on ...
Factories located close to polluted areas may be deemed responsible and made to carry out remedial measures, a European court ruled Tuesday. The court in Luxembourg ruled that national authorities have the right, if they have "plausible evidence" to presume "that there is a causal link between operators and the pollution found" close to its premises. The case was handed ...
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Experts say Italy faces new landslides in inhabited areas after the forced evacuation of thousands from two southern towns earlier this month. "Italy will always have landslides," geologist Leonello Serva told AFP. "What is not acceptable for a wealthy country is to have a landslide blocking a highway, hitting a bridge or a hospital." The density of populations in at-risk ...
