Prodi dials up trouble over Telecom Italia restructuring
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Italy's new leftist government under Romano Prodi was shaken in the first test of its industrial policy involving telecommunications giant Telecom Italia.
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The director and anchor of the main news program at Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's Mediaset TV empire has been forced to step down, prompting fears of growing political pressure.
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Silvio Berlusconi's collapse at a political rally alarmed Italy's centre-right opposition and fueled speculation on Monday that the former prime minister may be set to bow out of frontline politics.
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Italy's president holds crisis talks with political leaders on Thursday to see if Romano Prodi, who has resigned as prime minister after nine months in power, can still head a government.
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Prime Minister Romano Prodi faced a confidence vote in parliament on Friday over his efforts to push through an unpopular budget he described as bitter medicine that Italy has to swallow to get its finances in order.
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Italian Senate speaker Franco Marini, given the onerous task of building a team capable of carrying out electoral reforms and avoiding immediate polls, resumed crisis talks Friday with political leaders.
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European Commission President Romano Prodi, who returns to lead Italy&#39;s opposition next week as his term ends, criticized Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi&#39;s handling of the economy and said his tax-cut plan is too expensive.
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Italy's president will hold crisis talks with political leaders on Friday to see whether he can avoid calling snap elections after a no confidence vote forced Prime Minister Romano Prodi's government to resign.
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As economic woes mount, Italians want to make it more difficult for members of small coalitions to topple a government.
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Italy's president consulted with minor  parties on Saturday in an effort to resolve a political crisis,  with politicians divided between favoring snap elections or an  interim government to enact reforms.
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Italian President Giorgio Napolitano embarked on frenzied negotiations for a new government Thursday after the shock resignation of Prime Minister Romano Prodi.
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Prime Minister Romano Prodi faced a  confidence vote in parliament on Friday over his efforts to  push through an unpopular budget he described as bitter  medicine that Italy has to swallow to get its finances in  order.
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Italy's president held crisis talks on Thursday to see if Romano Prodi, who resigned after only nine months in power after losing a Senate vote, has enough support to be reappointed as prime minister or must be replaced.
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Silvio Berlusconi and his allies moved their battle to regain power in Italy on to new ground after the resignation of prime minister Romano Prodi and the collapse of his centre-left government
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He was addressing a conference in Rome about a proposed reform of Italy's constitution, one of the main pieces of legislation the government of Silvio Berlusconi, prime minister, wants to pass before the ...
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A plan to split ItalyÂs largest phone company into separate mobile and fixed-line units has led to a political slugfest.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi went into crisis talks over the future of his government Wednesday after it failed to secure a parliamentary vote of support for its foreign policy.