Italian PM faces coalition crisis
BBC: Italy’s Romano Prodi calls a special cabinet session after his fragile coalition loses a key foreign policy vote. … leggi tutto (read all)
Italy holds priestly ‘world cup’
BBC: The first international football cup for Catholic priests and seminarians opens in Italy on Saturday. … leggi tutto (read all)
Italy’s Prodi quits after foreign policy defeat
Reuters: ROME – Prime Minister Romano Prodi resigned on Wednesday, just nine months after winning the closest election in Italy’s modern history, when his centre-left […]
Prodi resigns after foreign policy defeat
Financial Times: Fears were revived that Italy was returning to the days of short-lived governments and paralysis in policymaking after Romano Prodi resigned as Italian […]
Hines the only change as Scots target second win
Scotsman: NATHAN Hines' expected return to the Scotland pack is the only change to the side which defeated Wales as the coaches strive to build […]
Italian Premier Romano Prodi resigns
Yahoo News: AP – Premier Romano Prodi resigned Wednesday after an embarrassing loss in the Senate on foreign policy, including Italy's military mission in Afghanistan. […]
Prodi resigns as prime minister in Italy
International Herald Tribune: After an embarrassing loss in the Senate on foreign policy, aides to Romano Prodi said consultations would begin shortly among political leaders […]
Vatican hosts soccer tournament for clergymen
Houston Chronicle: Soccer has not been a pious spectacle of late in Italy, with riots and scandals marring a game that is practically a religion […]
Italian president accepts Prodi's resignation
Yahoo News: Reuters – Italy's president accepted Prime Minister Romano Prodi's resignation on Wednesday following the government's defeat in a Senate vote on foreign policy. […]