Italian screenwriter Ugo Pirro, who earned an Oscar nomination for penning Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion, has died in Rome at 87. The Salerno-born scribe also was nominated for an Oscar for writing Garden of the Finzi-Continis.Pirro won...
Italian Justice Minister Clemente Mastella has resigned after his wife, Sandra Lonardo, was accused of extortion.The New York Times said Lonardo, a politician in the Campania region, was placed under house arrest as part of an investigation into...
An Italian court quashed an arrest warrant for a former Uruguayan navy intelligence officer accused of torture and killing in South America.Nestor Jorge Fernandez Troccoli, now an Italian citizen, was arrested Christmas Eve on a Uruguayan warrant...
A new law in Italy requires producers of virgin and extra-virgin olive oil to include labels indicating where the olives were picked and pressed.The purpose is to guarantee authenticity and quality, a report from Rome said.The consumer group...
An Italian activist and artist faces charges after dumping 500,000 small red plastic balls down Rome's Spanish Steps.Graziano Cecchini and volunteer helpers tipped over barrels releasing the balls early Wednesday, angering city officials, the ANSA...
Pope Benedict XVI canceled a Rome university speech following a sit-in protest by students who claimed he's hostile to science.Following the well-known events of recent days, it seems opportune to delay the event, the Vatican said in a statement...
Italian police said they arrested dozens of people involved in an alleged Nigerian drug- and human-trafficking ring.The operation is accused of forcing hundreds of women into sex slavery, ANSA said Tuesday. Organized crime investigators said 51...
Kazakhstan's oil company KazMunaiGaz, after nine hours of negotiating, will get a 16.87 percent stake in a Kazakh oil project led by Italian energy giant Eni.Terms weren't disclosed for the oil concern's getting the same slice as six other...
An Italian appeals court in Rome took action Thursday to enforce drug laws that prohibit civilians from growing marijuana plants for any purpose.An October lower-court case brought drug possession laws into question when a man was found not guilty...
A consumer rights group says the typical Italian household may spend at least $1,400 more in 2008 to cover essentials such as food, utilities and fuel.And unless the government steps in, the group Codacons says many families will find themselves on...
An estimated 1,200 legal immigrants are expected to be expelled from Italy under a new public security law.The decree approved Friday enables local authorities in Italy to expel legal immigrants, even those from European Union countries, if they are...
The Italian cabinet has approved negotiations aimed at Air France-KLM acquiring the government's controlling stake in struggling Alitalia.Word of Friday's decision increased the price of Alitalia's stock by more than 7 percent for the day, reported...
