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Mount Etna eruption leads to flight cancellations at Sicily’s Catania airport

Catania’s mayor has banned the use of motorcycles and bikes while many streets in the city remain covered by ash as a result of the erupting volcano

The Guardian - AU

Mount Etna volcanic eruption forces Sicily’s main airport to close

Dozens of flights due to arrive at or depart from Catania have been diverted, delayed or cancelled

The Independent UK

Thousands of Britons unable to fly into Sicily due to post-Brexit passport checks

As many as 50,000 British holidaymakers have been affected since Catania airport closed on 16 July

The Independent UK

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Thousands of Britons unable to fly into Sicily due to post-Brexit passport checks

As many as 50,000 British holidaymakers have been affected since Catania airport closed on 16 July

The Independent UK

EasyJet launches two new summer routes from Scottish airport

EASYJET has launched two new routes from Scotland ...

The National (Scotland)

What are my passenger rights after Italy’s Mount Etna volcano eruption?

With volcanic activity causing travel chaos, it pays to know your rights if a flight is cancelled

The Independent UK

Europe's most active volcano erupts and flights cancelled as ash spewed onto airport

Europe's most active volcano, Mount Etna erupted on Sunday, raining ash down on Catania, eastern Sicily's largest city, and forcing a suspension of flights at the city's airport

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Flights grounded as Mount Etna coats Catania in thick layer of ash

Monitors on Europe’s most active volcano have been showing increased tremors in recent days

The Independent UK

Mount Etna eruption grounds flights at Sicily’s Catania airport

Flights resume at 9am on Monday with delays expected

Evening Standard

Mount Etna eruption halts flights to Sicily's Catania airport

Flights serving the eastern Sicilian city of Catania were halted on Sunday after an eruption from nearby Mount Etna spewed volcanic ash onto its runways, airport authorities said.

Reuters

CCTV shows moment brazen thieves use stolen digger to steal entire cash machine

The gang of thieves use heavy construction machinery to tear the cash machine from the wall of a post office in Valverde near Catania in Sicily before they load it into the back of a white van

Daily Mirror

More than 1,000 Migrants Brought Ashore in Italy after Multiple Rescues

More than 1,000 migrants were brought ashore to southern Italy on Saturday after coastguards launched major rescue operations for three boats struggling in rough seas off Calabria. One coastguard vessel brought 584 people to the city of Reggio Calabria, while another escorted a packed fishing boat carrying 487 migrants into…

Asharq Al-Awsat

10 amazing travel photos to inspire you for holidays including Thailand and Italy

Beautiful photos of travel destinations including Venice, Machu Picchu, Prague and Krabi have been revealed and they're going to make you want to book a holiday immediately

Daily Mirror

Italy’s migration policy is in breach of international law, say legal experts

Standoff over rescue ship in Catania is first test of migration policy under Giorgia Meloni

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Evening Standard

Migrants stuck on rescue ship in Sicily call for help

Hundreds of migrants who have been blocked from disembarking the rescue ship Geo Barents launched a protest on Monday. Holding giant cardboard signs out the ship's portholes, they chanted "Help Us." The Norway-flagged Geo Barents, carrying 572 migrants, arrived in Catania on Sunday afternoon. Authorities inspected migrants aboard the ship…

Reuters

Charity group challenges Italy over migrant stand-off

A German charity operating a migrant rescue ship said on Monday it would go to court to try to overturn efforts by Italy's new right-wing government to prevent some of the people it had saved from the sea coming to land.

Reuters

German official: migrants should be able to disembark ship off Italian coast

Germany is in talks with Rome about the fate of rescued migrants who were stranded on a German-flagged charity vessel off the Italian coast and wants them to be given permission to disembark, a spokesperson said on Monday.

Evening Standard

New right-wing Italian government refuses to let migrants rescued from Mediterranean to disembark

Italy ordered the Humanity 1 to vacate the port of Catania

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Under Giorgia Meloni, Italy is refusing safe port to 4 ships that rescue migrants

The weeks-old government is allowing only migrants identified as vulnerable to disembark. Humanitarian groups, activists and two lawmakers protested the selection process as illegal and inhumane.

The Guardian - UK

Italy stops dozens of asylum seekers on NGO ship from coming ashore

Children and the sick were allowed off when boat run by German organisation SOS Humanity docked in Sicily

Reuters

German-flagged charity vessel refuses to leave Italian port

A German-flagged charity vessel refused to leave the Sicilian port of Catania on Sunday, after Italian authorities said not all the migrants it was carrying could disembark, the NGO responsible for the vessel said.

Al Jazeera

Italy lets minors, sick off migrant rescue boat but spurns others

Italy allows entry to Humanity 1, but refuses to respond to requests for safe port from three other rescue ships.

Manchester Evening News

EasyJet flight to Manchester makes emergency diversion to France due to passenger needing 'urgent medical assistance'

Paramedics met the aircraft after its emergency landing on Sunday afternoon

Reuters

Italy's right eyes landslide in 5-Star's Sicilian strongholds

Like many Sicilians, Agatino Zappala, who runs a delicatessen in the city of Catania, voted for the 5-Star Movement at Italy's last national election in 2018 but will switch his allegiance to the right at this month's vote.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Arabia Launches 20 New Flight Routes to Europe

Saudi Arabia launched 20 new routes linking the Kingdom to new cities in Europe through Wizz Air, Europe's fastest-growing airline. The airline will introduce new destinations from Bucharest, Budapest, Catania, Larnaca, Milan, Naples, Rome, Tirana, Varna, Venice, and Vienna to Riyadh, Jeddah, and Dammam. The General Authority of Civil Aviation…

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