A gay man who shrugged off three mafia plots to kill him is poised to become Sicily’s first homosexual governor in elections that show the center left advancing at the expense of former Italian prime ...

A gay man who shrugged off three mafia plots to kill him is poised to become Sicily's first homosexual governor in elections that show the centre left advancing at the expense of Silvio Berlusconi's ...

Rosario Crocetta, of the left-leaning Italian Partito Democratico, became the first openly gay governor of Sicily following his election last Sunday. Crocetta was the first openly gay mayor in Italy ...

PALERMO, Italy — Of the last two men to sit in Sicily's palatial governor's office, one is up on criminal charges and the other is doing hard time. Enter their successor, Rosario Crocetta — the ...

'I will demonstrate that this region can be the most liberal in Europe. Certainly I will be exposed to opposition from the old political system, to layers of powerful mafia patronage, but I am ready ...

ROME (Reuters) – Openly gay, devoutly Catholic, left-wing and an enemy of the mafia, Rosario Crocetta broke the mould when he was elected governor of deeply conservative Sicily last month. The island ...

Rosario Crocetta suspended himself as president of Sicily for allegedly failing to challenge a pro-mafia comment made during a wiretapped phone call. Photo: Marcello Paternostro/AFP Rosario Crocetta ...

(ANSA) - Palermo, July 16 - Hours after suspending himself as Sicily governor Thursday over a wiretap in which he allegedly failed to challenge a pro-Mafia comment, a tearful Rosario Crocetta told ...

(ANSA) - Palermo, July 16 - Sicilian Governor Rosario Crocetta told ANSA on Thursday that he was suspending himself from the position after a wiretap recording showed that he stayed silent when a ...

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