The Friesland-based skipper who saved 15 people from the luxury yacht which capsized in a storm near Sicily on Monday said he “didn’t think, but did what was necessary”. We found a life raft with 15 people on it, four of them badly injured, and a baby,” Börner told the broadcaster. The yacht, chartered by UK tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch, …
Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Top regions and cities Rome open image in gallery Thousands of people visit the Trevi Fountain every day Italy’s capital, …
Italy's right-wing ministers crack down on NGOs helping migrants entering by sea SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Italy's civil aviation agency says it's preventing aircraft that belong to migrant rescue organizations from operating out of several Mediterranean islands, including Sicily. Tens of thousands of migrants sail from North Africa every year, and as Willem Marx reports, these aircraft restrictions are just the …
Skiing Mount Etna, Europe's tallest and most active volcano Blueplace/Getty Images Mount Etna towers over much of eastern Sicily Most people don't think of snow in Sicily. Louis Supple Etna is especially popular among ski mountaineers Cobo learnt to ski in Etna's resorts as a child but now prefers ski mountaineering. He recommended we head to the Valle del Bove, …
Springtime nostalgia hits everyone differently. Growing up in Mississippi — a state whose food is influenced heavily by neighboring Louisiana — we’d often have crawfish boils in the spring, just like most people do in the Pelican State. The thing about seafood boils, though no one really ever talks about it, is that it’s really difficult to get a lot …
