Prodi wins backing, aims to stay on
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Italy's center-left leaders have agreed to back Romano Prodi's bid to stay on as prime minister, boosting his chances of ending a crisis that risks plunging the country into political paralysis.Comment
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi finally won Senate approval Friday for a bill linked to the 2008 budget after telling members of his fractious coalition to sort out their loyalties, ANSA news agency reported.
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Romano Prodi looks set to win a Senate confidence vote on Wednesday to stay as Italy's prime minister after rallying fractious allies behind him to end a political crisis triggered by his resignation a week ago.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi on Wednesday survived a close vote of confidence in the Senate, ending a weeklong political crisis after his resignation.
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Mr Prodi still has a tough job to keep his coalition together Italian PM Romano Prodi has easily won a confidence vote in the lower house, keeping his centre-left coalition in power after a week-long crisis.Comment
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Italian Premier Romano Prodi expressed his country's support Saturday for Lebanon's pro-Western Prime Minister Fuad Saniora, who has been pressured to resign by hundreds of thousands of Hizbullah supporters ...Comment
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ROME - Italy's president asked Romano Prodi on Saturday to stay on as prime minister and face a confidence vote to test his majority in parliament.Prodi resigned on Wednesday ...Comment
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Italy's Romano Prodi is scrambling for  support ahead of a vote of confidence this week which he must  win to stay on as prime minister.
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An erstwhile ally of Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi on Monday dealt his coalition government a potentially fatal blow when he withdrew support, but the premier resisted calls to quit despite losing his Senate majority.
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Italy's president gave Romano Prodi another shot Saturday, asking him to remain as premier and face a confidence vote in parliament, while Prodi supporters courted outside senators in a frantic effort to end ...Comment
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Italy's president has asked Romano ProdiA to stay on as prime minister and face a new vote of confidence in parliament, rejecting his resignation announced earlier in the week.Comment
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Italian center-left Prime Minister Romano Prodi won the confidence vote in Senate on Wednesday evening.Comment
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi will brave a confidence vote in the Senate on Thursday despite expectations that he will lose and be forced to resign.
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Italy's president asked Romano Prodi on  Saturday to stay on as prime minister and face a confidence  vote to test his majority in parliament, the president's office  said.
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Italy's president gave Romano Prodi another shot Saturday, asking him to stay on and face a confidence vote in parliament, while leaders in the center-left majority courted outside senators in a frantic effort ...Comment
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Romano Prodi, given a second chance to prove that he can govern Italy, scrambled for support on Sunday ahead of a vote of confidence this week that he must win to stay on as prime minister.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi rallied support on Wednesday for two confidence votes that will determine the survival of his centre-left government after the defection of an ally erased his Senate majority.