Italy head to dissolve parliament and call elections
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Italy's president was due to dissolve parliament on Wednesday ahead of snap elections, likely in mid-April, that could mark a return to power of media magnate Silvio Berlusconi.
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Italy's government is to hold an emergency meeting to find a solution to the rubbish crisis in Naples.
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said yesterday he would demand early general elections if he failed to clinch a deal with his fractious coalition partners to cut income taxes at the start of next year.
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Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev dissolves parliament and calls elections for August.
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President Viktor Yushchenko urged parliament Wednesday to stop meeting and officially dissolve itself so that early elections can be held in September.
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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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Italy's opposition leader Silvio Berlusconi demands elections, jeopardising efforts to form an interim government.
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Polish parliament Speaker Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz said Tuesday he would seek a vote to dissolve parliament May 5 leading to general elections June 19.
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Italy's president will decide on Saturday whether Romano Prodi deserves another chance to lead the nation as prime minister after a Senate rebellion forced his shock resignation.
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In the latest shakeup in Italy's government, the prime minister is ousted after a heated foreign policy debate
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The government of Gibraltar called a general election Friday and dissolved the British colony's parliament, officials said.
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Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio has announced he is dissolving parliament and calling snap elections for 20 February next. Prime minister Pedro Santana Lopes&#39;s and the ruling Social Democrat party are well behind the opposition Socialists.
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Riven by deep policy divisions and personal rivalries, Italy's centre left is in tatters after the collapse of Romano Prodi's government and faces a likely drubbing if a snap election is called.
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With spumante and melodrama spilling out among legislators, Prime Minister Roman Prodi submits his resignation
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi has handed in his resignation after his fragile centre left coalition lost a crucial parliament vote.Comment
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Elezioni legislative anticipate il 30 settembre
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Italy's Romano Prodi is to address MPs on Tuesday as the departure of an ally threatens his ruling coalition.