Prodi

En sus apuntes autobiograficos, editados en el 2016, el mismo Prodi recordaba el origen campesino de su familia y el hecho de que su padre fue el primero que, gracias a grandes sacrificios, pudo estudiar y llegar a ser ingeniero en la region Emilia de la primera postguerra.

Berlusconi's camp immediately rejected Prodi, one of the media tycoon's oldest political enemies, saying his election was likely to prevent any government being formed and could lead to new polls, possibly as soon as late June or early July.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon held talks here Monday and Tuesday with senior French officials, headed by President Francois Hollande, and they discussed Prodi's appointment and also a French UN Security Council resolution being presented on Mali.

"For Greece, the problem is completely over," Prodi, who was also Italian prime minister, said in an interview for Bloomberg in Shanghai.

Sudan official news agency (SUNA) said that Prodi congratulated Bashir on his recent decision to lift press pre-publication censorship.

Mr Prodi inaugurated the firm's Strategic Partnership Group Meeting at the St Regis Hotel in the Italian capital.

-- Crisis talks end Tuesday between Italy's president and key political leaders who are attempting to resolve the political problem that Prime Minister Romano Prodi's resignation last week created.

Italy is facing the prospect of an early election or the formation of an interim government after the resignation of prime minister Romano Prodi.

Summary: Italian Premier Romano Prodi expressed his belief Friday that the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) troops stationed in South Lebanon were "not subject to any danger." "As time goes by, UNIFIL is proving its important role in persevering stability," Prodi told the French weekly Le Figaro.

Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi Tuesday denounced Hamas terrorists for breaking a ceasefire with Israel, but Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said the truce violation was an exceptional act.