Italy's center-left leader Romano Prodi said Wednesday he doesn't fear a reversal of parliamentary election results, insisting his narrow victory is safe despite Premier Silvio Berlusconi's demand for ...

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 ...

A ghost from the past has returned to haunt Romano Prodi, president-designate of the European Commission, who is to be called before a hearing to answer questions on a spiritualist seance in which he ...

Romano Prodi, the former Italian prime minister chosen by European Union leaders to replace Jacques Santer as head of the European Commission following its resignation last month, set out his ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The suspicious death of a former Russian agent in London was enmeshed in alleged dirty tricks in Italian ...

Italtrend has won contracts worth a total of €15 million from the European Commission since 1999, the year Prodi became its president. The procurement and technical assistance company is based in ...

The coalition of Italy’s incoming prime minister was already showing signs of fraying Sunday, with the head of a tiny party saying he would stay out of the government. It could be a Herculean task for ...

Romano Prodi has resigned as Italy's prime minister, leaving the path open for Silvio Berlusconi to return to power. Mr Prodi was forced out, after just 20 months in power, when he lost a vote of ...