ITALY: Italian prime minister Romano Prodi, facing close votes in parliament on troops in Afghanistan and economic reforms, said he would risk a new election two months into the job if his tiny ...

Prodi’s advisers went to considerable lengths to stress the importance of his ‘state of the Union’ speech in Bruges on Monday (12 November). Keen to secure maximum coverage, they circulated its key ...

The confirmation followed a meeting of fellow commissioners which resulted in an anodyne statement expressing “regret” at the “à la carte” application of the rules that let France and Germany off the ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Italy news every morning. Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's prime minister, accused Romano Prodi, his challenger, last night of being the front ...

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Former Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi in July 2007. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Former Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi was name U.N. Special Envoy for the Sahel ...