Clooney protest over Italy project
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George Clooney has joined a protest to stop construction of parking lots and a promenade in the northern Italian lakeside town where he owns a villa because he fears his presence is turning the quiet town into a tourist attraction.
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ROME -- Saying it had been blindsided by the decision of the J. Paul Getty Museum to end talks over disputed antiquities, Italy lashed out yesterday at the Los Angeles institution and reiterated demands for the return of artworks.
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The BBC's Tamsin Smith says the row in Brussels over comments by Italy's candidate for EU commissioner has affronted Italians.
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MILLIONS of workers across Italy were today due to take part in a general strike against the economic policies of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
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Actors Al Pacino, Kate Winslet and Johnny Depp have attended the Venice Film Festival amid complaints that Hollywood films dominate the event.
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Inizia con la defezione a sorpresa di George Clooney, l&#39;avventura romana di &#39;Ocean&#39;s Twelve&#39;. La pesante assenza dell&#39;attore - dovuta ai dolori all&#39;ernia del disco - aggiunta a quella annunciata di Andy Garcia
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The leading showbiz lights of the anti-globalisation movement descended on Venice this weekend, amid complaints that the world's oldest film festival has sold out to the Hollywood glamour industry.
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VICENZA, Italy  - Thousands of Italians gathered under heavy police guard on Saturday to protest against the expansion of a U.S. military base that has aroused strong opposition and divided the center-left government.
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Banners and flags are seen during a demonstration in Vicenza. Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Vicenza, Italy, to protest the planned expansion of a US military base here, a divisive ...Comment
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Officials in northern Italy are uniting in opposition to Air France-KLM's bid for ailing Alitalia SpA, which would make Rome the nation's only hub at the expense of Milan.
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Italians have reacted angrily to government proposals to bring in a tax on mobile phone text messages.
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Italy ground to a halt as millions of workers observed a general strike in protest against the economic policies of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi&#39;s centre-right government.
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Actor George Clooney reacts angrily to presenter's doubts over a US TV benefit for tsunami victims.
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Thousands of Italians are expected to join a protest march against the planned expansion of a US army base.
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Tens of thousands of people marched through the northeastern Italian city of Vicenza under heavy police guard on Saturday to protest a planned U.S. military base expansion.
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Stars including George Clooney and Meryl Streep urge the actors' union to start talks in a bid to avert a strike.
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Italy&#39;s small Muslim community took part in demonstrations around the country on Saturday to add its voice to a chorus of calls for the release of two Italian female aid workers abducted in Iraq last week.