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A proposal to classify Italy’s planned Strait of Messina Bridge under NATO defense spending commitments has drawn objections from the US. The long-discussed bridge, which would connect the mainland to the island of Sicily, which was recently granted final approval by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing coalition government, is already a cont...

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The long-debated plan to build a bridge over the Strait of Messina has reached a pivotal moment—but numerous uncertainties remain. As of early August 2025, Italy’s CIFESS inter-ministerial committee granted approval for the definitive project, which comes with a price tag of 13.5 billion euros. The structure, designed as a single-span suspended bri...

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Myths, legends, and stories define the landscape of the Strait of Messina. The most literary stretch of sea, celebrated by poets and writers, perpetuates the ritual of traditional fishing in the Strait, recently included in the Slow Food Presidia. Here, where the Ionian and Tyrrhenian seas meet, Calabria and Sicily attempt to embrace, watched over...

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Sicilians have been waiting for a bridge between the island and the Italian mainland for years, sick of using ferries to cross the Strait. But, now, one man has found a novel new way of making the crossing: on foot. Yes, really. Estonian slackline athlete Jaan Roose made history on Wednesday (10 July) as the first person to walk across Italy’s Stra...

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In the marvelous setting of Sicily, particularly in the historic and enchanting city of Messina, which boasts an extraordinary cultural and gastronomic heritage, you can find a bakery laboratory unlike any other, offering much more than simple baked goods. Panyllo is a place where tradition meets innovation, where recipes handed down for generation...

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An important archaeological discovery in Sicily, where in Tripi (Messina), a village of just over 700 inhabitants nestled between the Nebrodi and Peloritani mountains: in fact, theagora of ancient Abakainon, an ancient city mentioned by Diodorus Siculus that was located in the area where Trippi now stands, has been found. These are remains of an im...

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I have an admitted bias towards my hometown of Messina, and though I have since left it, I still feel like its champion out in the world. Often overlooked for other, grander Sicilian cities like Palermo or Syracusa, Messina barely registers on travelers’ radars. Any friend who has been to Messina in the past typically tells me that they were only p...

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Italian contractor WeBuild has argued in the Italian Parliament that a bridge across the Strait of Messina is a strategic project that is ready to be built, will be an economic boost and can overcome the considerable seismic risks of the area. The road and rail bridge connecting the island of Sicily with mainland Italy at Calabria would be 3.6km...

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Messina has the smarmy air of the city by the sea historically open to hospitality and a romantic and melancholic Belle Èpoque air bequeathed by the post-seismic reconstruction (the devastating earthquake of 1908 razed millennia of history to the ground).  While tourists usually aspire to other, more storied Sicilian destinations, it's indeed a pri...

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