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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his Cabinet held an unprecedented meeting with opposition leaders yesterday as the drama of two young Italian women taken hostage in Iraq gripped the nation.
Mr. Berlusconi called in the leaders of the opposition center- left, including his sworn enemies, the former communist Democratic Left party and the unreconstructed Communist Refoundation, for an emergency session at Palazzo Chigi, the prime minister's office, in the first such meeting in postwar Italy.
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Palazzo Chigi . Rome, Italy . ROME -- The White House/Offi...
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On the Web To learn more about the U.S.-European summit, visit http://tinyurl.com/3vwqog
Bush itinerary
... Berlusconi, at the premier's office, Palazzo Chigi. * June 13: Meets with Pope Benedict XVI at ...
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... key to the prime minister's residence in Palazzo Chigi. These individuals swear allegiance to Prodi...
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Bush itinerary
* June 9: Departs Washington for Kranj, Slovenia.
... Berlusconi, at the premier's office, Palazzo Chigi. * June 13: Meets with Pope Benedict XVI at ...
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... and legislative center of the city, the Palazzo Pubblico, and surrounded by private palaces and sh... dramatically, the facade of the Palazzo Chigi-Saracini traces the curve in the Via di Citt[grave...
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Nicolo Pollari, the head of Italy's embattled SISMI military intelligence agency, was fighting for his job yesterday after failing to convince magistrates that he was not involved in the CIA kidnapping of Egyptian imam Abu Omar in Milan, reports said.
Two investigating magistrates, Judge Ferdinando Pomarici and Judge Armando Spataro, subjected the Italian spymaster to a four- hour interrogation at the Palace of Justice in Milan on Saturday.
... the kidnapping, according to sources at Palazzo Chigi, the prime minister's office. Among those Mr...
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ROME - Look around the kitchen of Filippo La Mantia's hip restaurant in downtown Rome and you'll see oranges, fresh basil, olive oil. But no garlic.
I will never use garlic!" declares the Sicilian chef as he demonstrates how to make a flavorful pasta dish - octopus linguine with orange juice and almond pesto - without the ingredient he hates.
...During his five-year stint, Palazzo Chigi, the premier's palace, was rigorously garlic...
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ROME - Look around the kitchen of Filippo La Mantia's hip restaurant in downtown Rome and you'll see oranges, fresh basil, olive oil. But no garlic.
I will never use garlic!" declares the Sicilian chef as he demonstrates how to make a flavorful pasta dish - octopus linguine with orange juice and almond pesto - without the ingredient he hates.
...During his five-year stint, Palazzo Chigi, the premier's palace, was rigorously garlic...
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Prime Minister Romano Prodi resigned yesterday after radical, anti-American senators demanding Italy withdraw troops from Afghanistan failed to support the center-left government, setting off an unexpected political crisis.
Mr. Prodi, a former Christian Democrat and former president of the European Commission, looked grim as he formally quit during an audience with President Giorgio Napolitano hours after the government was defeated by two votes on its Afghanistan policy in the upper house, where any chance for a majority would be razor thin.
... party last night gathered outside the Palazzo Chigi, Mr. Prodi's office, chanting, "Prodi go hom...