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NEWS ABOUT: Romano Prodi

Romano Prodi stories: 12 news summaries

Italian PM Fair Game in Trial Involving US Rendition

Berlusconi can be called to testify on secret matters in kidnap trial, judge rules

May 14, 08 3:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi can be called to testify in the upcoming trial of US and Italian spies, an Italian judge ruled today. A CIA-led group is accused of kidnapping a suspected terrorist off the streets of Milan and torturing him for four years under the US' "extraordinary... More »

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rendition • terrorism • Italy • Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr • Romano Prodi • Silvio Berlusconi

ANALYSIS

 Why Italy's 
 Obama Lost 

Veltroni’s personality wasn't enough to overcome frustration with left

Apr 16, 08 4:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Italian politician who aggressively modeled his campaign on Barack Obama’s fell to once-and-future prime minister Silvio Berlusconi this week—and the shallowness of Walter Veltroni’s message is to blame, Dominic Standish argues in Spiked. He appropriated the slogan “Yes we can” and even re-named his party... More »

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Barack Obama • Italy • personality • Romano Prodi • Silvio Berlusconi • Walter Veltroni

Here Comes Another Helping of Berlusconi

Conservative mogul set to lead Italy again after rival concedes vote

Apr 14, 08 2:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Conservative media mogul Silvio Berlusconi looks set to reclaim the Italian premiership, the AP reports, after center-left rival Walter Veltroni conceded defeat this evening. Berlusconi's coalition is expected to win control of both houses of Italy's legislature. More »

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Italy • Romano Prodi • Silvio Berlusconi • Walter Veltroni

Path Clear for Berlusconi in Italy

Election set for April 13-14; third term as PM likely for media titan

Feb 6, 08 12:39 PM CST
(Newser) - Italians will elect a new parliament April 13-14, and if polls are correct, Der Spiegel reports that Silvio Berlusconi will return to office only 20 months after his last defeat. Immediately after today's announced poll date, PM Romano Prodi announced he won't stand, ceding leadership of the center-left to Rome... More »

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Italy • Romano Prodi • Silvio Berlusconi • Walter Veltroni • Italian elections

Italy Ready
for Snap Poll
After Talks Fail

Polls suggest Berlusconi will win
third term as PM

Feb 5, 08 10:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Italy will turn to a snap election in April to form a new government after 4 days of negotiations led by the speaker of the Senate failed to form an interim coalition. Parliament will be dissolved, and polls suggest that Silvio Berlusconi will win a third term as prime minister,... More »

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Italy • Giorgio Napolitano • Romano Prodi • Silvio Berlusconi • Franco Marini • Walter Veltroni • Italian elections

Italy Headed
for Caretaker Government

Elder statesman will form interim coalition before elections

Jan 31, 08 10:33 AM CST
(Newser) - Italy's president has asked Senate speaker Franco Marini to form an interim government in a last-ditch effort to reform election laws ahead of a snap poll, reports the BBC. Marini was invited to head a temporary administration to change Italy's crippling voting system, which privileges small parties and has led... More »

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Italy • Giorgio Napolitano • Romano Prodi • Silvio Berlusconi • Franco Marini • interim government • caretaker government

Berlusconi Eyes 3rd Term as
Prime Minister

Italy's richest man
may be back in office
in months

Jan 25, 08 9:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Italy's president will begin crisis talks tonight with top politicians after last night's resignation of PM Romano Prodi. While a technocrat will probably take the helm of the country for a few months, Silvio Berlusconi is waiting in the wings, and the richest man in Italy has his sights set... More »

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Italy • Giorgio Napolitano • Romano Prodi • Silvio Berlusconi • electoral reform

Italian PM Prodi Resigns

He loses confidence vote in the Senate

Jan 24, 08 3:27 PM CST
(Newser) - The fat lady has sung for Italian PM Romano Prodi. After losing a confidence vote in the Senate, Prodi resigned today, the BBC reports. President Giorgio Napolitano now has to make the decision of calling a snap election or appointing a caretaker government. Former PM Berlusconi's center-right coalition would be... More »

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Italy • Romano Prodi • Silvio Berlusconi

Prodi's Choice: Resign Today
or Lose Tonight

Italian PM may bail ahead of evening no-confidence vote

Jan 24, 08 6:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Italy's PM Romano Prodi may resign today rather than face defeat in a confidence vote scheduled for late this evening. After this week's defection of a small coalition party deprived Prodi of his one-seat Senate majority, his government looks set to fall. A handful of left-wing senators have also said... More »

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Italy • Romano Prodi • Clemente Mastella • Silvio Berlusconi

Italian Govt.
on Brink
of Collapse

PM faces no-confidence vote after allies withdraw support

Jan 22, 08 10:48 AM CST
(Newser) - The Italian government looks set to collapse after a key ally unexpectedly withdrew his support from Romano Prodi's coalition yesterday. The PM will face a no-confidence vote tomorrow, and if he loses, the president will have to decide whether to give Prodi another mandate or dissolve parliament and call early... More »

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Italy • Giorgio Napolitano • corruption • Romano Prodi • Clemente Mastella • interim government

Berlusconi Makes One Last Push for Power

Ex-PM forms new party to prepare for electoral showdown

Nov 20, 07 12:27 PM CST
(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi, the richest man in Italy and the longest-serving postwar PM, is pushing for one more shot at the top by founding a new political party, reports the Independent. In a surprise move, Berlusconi is dissolving Forza Italia, the party he built from scratch, and trying to unite the... More »

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Italy • Romano Prodi • Silvio Berlusconi

Fraud Probe Pushes Italian PM to Brink

Ministers turn on each other amid campaign corruption charges

Oct 23, 07 6:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Italy's government neared meltdown last night as charges of fraud and embezzlement picked up steam. Prime Minister Romano Prodi and his justice minister are under investigation for diverting funds from the European Union to their own political party in order to shore up support during an election, reports the Guardian.... More »

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fraud • Italy • Romano Prodi • Clemente Mastella

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