Reggio di Calabria Province

Riace migrant project provides hope

A tiny seaside town in southern Italy is bucking the usual trend of hostility towards foreign newcomers and has welcomed dozens of immigrants with open arms.

New CIA chief speaks Calabrian dialect

The man United States President-elect Barack Obama has chosen to head the Central Intelligence Agency speaks the Calabrian Siderno dialect perfectly, the cousin of Leon Panetta told ANSA on Tuesday.

Scilla, Calabria

Under a pale silver moon, the sea is a glossy sheet of molten obsidian. But flickering in the distance, the lights of Sicily dance on the crest of tiny breeze-stirred wavelets.

Loggerhead turtles hatch in Calabria

The first Italian nests of the endangered Loggerhead sea turtle have begun to hatch along the coast of Calabria, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Italy said Monday.