Karzai pleads with Italy on mission
USA Today: President Hamid Karzai urged Italy Thursday not to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan, after the Italian government resigned … … leggi tutto (read […]
Left backs Prodi in scramble for allies
Financial Times: Italy’s centre-left parties have rallied behind Romano Prodi, the caretaker prime minister who abruptly resigned on Wednesday, and said he should lead a […]
Italy’s bond, stock markets hold their nerve after resignation
Marketwatch: LONDON — Italy’s been through this before. … leggi tutto (read all)
Superstitious customers curse 13-ball airline logo
Guardian: Brussels Airlines workers are adding a 14th ball to the logo on the tail and sides of an Airbus 319 in response to complaints […]
Italy’s fractured government faces uncertainty
USA Today: One of Romano Prodi’s allies wants to shut down U.S. bases in Italy and dissolve NATO. Another calls Lebanon’s militant Islamic … … […]
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)
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 […]
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)
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. […]
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. […]