
Euro ministers urge troubled Slovenia to act
European finance ministers on Monday urged Slovenia to move swiftly in addressing the problems in its banking sector and get its public finances under ...

OECD urges Italy to keep austerity as Rome balks
Italy must continue to bring down its public debt, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Thursday, even as the country's new ...

Italy's new government wins 1st confidence vote
Italy's new government easily passed its first confirmation vote Monday in Parliament after Premier Enrico Letta made concessions to his uneasy ...

Italian policemen shot near new gov't swearing-in
In the very moments Italy's new coalition government was being sworn in, ending months of political paralysis in a country hoping to revive a bleak ...

Italy forms new government after 2-month stalemate
Center-left leader Enrico Letta forged a new Italian government Saturday in a coalition with former Premier Silvio Berlusconi's conservatives, an ...

Italy premier-designate short of securing support
Italy's premier-designate, Enrico Letta, said candidly Thursday he is still short of securing support for a ruling coalition after Silvio Berlusconi's ...

Enrico Letta appointed Italian premier-designate
Italy's president appointed Enrico Letta as premier-designate Wednesday, asking him to form a coalition government representing Italy's main parties ...

Italian president seeks end to political paralysis
President Giorgio Napolitano opened his unprecedented second term with around-the-clock consultations Tuesday aimed at finding a candidate to form a ...

Napolitano re-elected Italy's president
Italy's Parliament on Saturday re-elected Giorgio Napolitano to an unprecedented second term as president, after party leaders persuaded the ...

Italy parliament fails again to tap president
Italy's polarized Parliament failed in a second day of balloting Friday to elect a president, as the high-profile candidacy of ex-Premier Romano Prodi ...
Italian govt speeds state payments to vendors
The Italian government has approved a decree to pay 40 billion euros ($52 billion) owed by government entities to private businesses over the next 12 ...
Italy pardons US Air Force officer in CIA case
Italy's president on Friday pardoned a U.S. Air Force colonel convicted in absentia by Italian courts in the CIA-conducted abduction of an Egyptian ...
Indian agency files murder case against 2 Italians
An Indian investigative agency has filed a murder case against two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen last year, news reports ...

Italy's 10 'sages' try to help form government
Ten "wise men" will try to do what Italy's bickering politicians haven't been able to accomplish since inconclusive elections in late February — ...

Italy's center-left leader fails to form govt
Italy remained in political gridlock Thursday after the center-left leader announced he had failed to form a government. Pier Luigi Bersani, who has ...
Italy foreign minister quits over India case
Italy's foreign minister resigned Tuesday to protest his government's decision to send two marines back to India to face trial in the deaths of two ...

Italy's Bersani tapped to form new government
Italy's center-left leader, Pier Luigi Bersani, was given the tough task Friday to form a new and viable government, which is badly needed to steer ...

Former 200m record holder Mennea dies at 60
Pietro Mennea, an Olympic sprint champion from Italy who held the world record in the 200 meters for 17 years, died Thursday. He was 60. The Italian ...

Debt-laden Italy struggles to find stable govt
Trying to break through weeks of political gridlock, Italy's president began sounding out parliamentary leaders Wednesday to see if they can form a ...