Romano Prodi

PASSINGS: Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Walt Dropo, Eugene V. Wolfenstein

2010-12-20 00:00:00

Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa Italian economist, architect of euro Italian economist Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, 70, one of the intellectual architects of the euro and a member of the European Central Bank's first executive board, died Saturday night after...

11 Bloody Days, No End in Sight

2006-07-23 00:00:00

The current fighting in Lebanon began July 12, and at least 360 Lebanese and 36 Israelis have died. Here is a recap of major events so far: July 12 Fighters with Hezbollah, the Shiite Islamic militia that controls much of south Lebanon, cross the...

Can the civilized world civilize Russia?

2008-08-27 00:00:00

Today's question: Russia is in the G-8 but not the World Trade Organization. Should membership in those bodies be contingent on Russia's behavior? Or is bringing Russia into those bodies the way to improve Moscow's behavior? Previously, Meier and Moynihan...

Italians raise a stink over mounting trash

2008-01-08 00:00:00

The smell, said Carmela Di Nardo, undulates sickeningly, a cross between rotten eggs, burned skin and dead animals. You try not to breathe very deeply. You keep your children inside. "It smells worse than sewage," Di Nardo said. "This is shameful." Here...

Italian fare like a warm embrace

2004-04-25 00:00:00

I developed a little trick in my conversational Italian class a few years ago. Insecure in my command of vocabulary, I found I could deflect difficult conversation by changing the subject to Italian food and restaurants. Prosciutto, risotto, minestrone &#...

Ex dirigentes de la UE piden sanciones contra Israel por los asentamientos

2010-12-10 00:00:00

Fallece el ex ministro italiano Padoa-Schioppa, uno de los padres del euro

2010-12-19 00:00:00

Federación Anárquica Informal reivindica los paquetes bombas contra embajadas

2010-12-23 00:00:00

Hallan una bomba en la embajada de Grecia en Roma tras los ataques del jueves

2010-12-27 00:00:00

In Europe, joy over outcome, recognition of work ahead

2008-11-05 12:41:00

In Poland, in Italy, in Serbia, in France, the victory of Barack Obama was an all-night obsession. Morning across the Atlantic brought some giddy relief and sober reckoning about the problems that these countries and America face in the global economy....

Kibaki dialoga con la oposición

2008-01-30 00:00:00

El Papa parte hacia Estados Unidos

2008-04-15 00:00:00

CLIFFHANGER: Center-left leader Romano Prodi declares victory, but the right was holding on to a slim lead for the Senate.

2006-04-11 00:58:34

Prodi wins in Italy The Union center-left coaliton Leader Romano Prodi speaks to journalists during a press conference at his party headquarters in Rome on April 11.

2006-04-11 00:00:00

Belgium Foreign Minister Louis Michel, left, Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt, EC President Romano Prodi, U.S. Ambassador to the EU Richard Morningstar and EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana observe a moment of silence in Brussels.

2001-09-14 15:08:26