Italian president gauges support for Prodi
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Italy's president met party leaders on Friday to see whether Romano Prodi can stay on as prime minister and guarantee a stable centre-left government to end the country's political crisis.
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Italy's president will decide on Saturday who should now lead Italy's government after the shock resignation of Prime Minister Romano Prodi.
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Italian Premier Romano Prodi delivers his address at the Senate, in Rome, Wednesday, Feb.Comment
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ROME - Italy's president will decide on Saturday who should now lead the government, leaving acting Prime Minister Romano Prodi in suspense over whether he will be asked to return to power or ...Comment
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Italy's Romano Prodi was expected to win the backing of the upper house on Wednesday to remain as prime minister, but an opinion poll suggested that his grip on power would remain weak.
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Italy's PM, Romano Prodi, visits Afghanistan for talks with President Karzai and an inspection of Italian troops.
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Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi Thursday expressed his confidence that Italy would become more competitive and revitalize its current sluggish economy.
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ROME -- Italy's president asked Romano Prodi on Saturday to stay on as premier and put his center-left government to a new vote of confidence in Parliament, seeking a swift end to the political crisis prompted by the cabinet's resignation days ago.
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ROME, Italy -- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi met here Friday with the interim president of Iraq, Ghazi Al-Yawar, amid mounting public pressure on his government and intense diplomatic efforts to free two women aid worker hostages.
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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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Italy's Prime Minister Romano Prodi will call a confidence in the lower house of parliament to test support for his administration after an ally deserted his centre-left coalition, a party leader said on Tuesday.
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Italian President Giorgio Napolitano asked Romano Prodi on Saturday to stay on as prime minister but return to parliament to face a vote of confidence.
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Prodi aides say consultations will begin shortly among politicians. They aren't ruling out the country's president asking Mr.Comment
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Romano Prodi's political future hung in the balance Saturday as Italy waited to learn whether President Giorgio Napolitano will invite him to stay on as prime minister.
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ITALY'S president held crisis talks overnight to see if Romano Prodi, who resigned after only nine months in power after losing a Senate vote, has enough support to be reappointed as prime minister or must be ...Comment
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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 asked Romano Prodi on Saturday to stay on and face a confidence vote in parliament, as leaders in the center-left majority courted outside senators in a frantic effort to ensure the ...Comment