Berlusconi offers Prodi support
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Silvio Berlusconi says his coalition will support Romano Prodi's government in a coming vote on Afghanistan.
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The Italian president began talks with political leaders Thursday to discuss forming a new government after the resignation of Premier Romano Prodi's nine-month-old administration.Comment
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi defends his foreign policy ahead of a confidence vote in parliament.
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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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President Giorgio Napolitano backs the formation of an interim government after the fall of Romano Prodi's administration.
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Italian Premier Romano Prodi looks on as he handles documents during a meeting with Iran's senior nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani in Rome's Palazzo Chigi premier office, Wednesday Feb.Comment
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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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Silvio Berlusconi and his allies moved their battle to regain power in Italy on to new ground after the resignation of prime minister Romano Prodi and the collapse of his centre-left government
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Italy's president held crisis talks with political leaders on Thursday to see if Romano Prodi could still head a government or must be replaced after resigning as prime minister after only nine months in power.Comment
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Ã stata la sua ultima conferenza stampa da presidente della Commisione Europea. Romano Prodi ha incontrato lunedÃ¬ i giornalisti per un breve riepilogo dei suoi cinque anni a Bruxelles e per lanciare la sua sfida, tutta italiana, a Silvio Berlusconi.
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The Christian Science Monitor - The resignation of Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi underscores the difficulty in Europe of governments trying to support US foreign policy on terror while at the same time pleasing their own publics.
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The Italian president consulted with political leaders Friday in talks on the formation of a new government following the resignation of Premier Romano Prodi's nine-month-old Cabinet.Comment
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ROME: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi joined opposition leaders to urge a united front following the Baghdad abduction of two female aid workers.
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Romano Prodi, Italy's prime minister, on Monday sought to calm growing unrest in trade unions and on the left wing of his ruling coalition over plans for budget cuts and pension reform.
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Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's prime minister, last week suggested reforms to the way the EU calculates population, a figure that determines how much power a country wields in Brussels.
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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.
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Luca Bruno -- AP Photo Italian Premier Romano Prodi gestures as he delivers a speech during a meeting in Milan, Italy, in this Monday, Nov.Comment