Italy

Garavini wins Italian parliament seat, home to remain Berlin

Berlin  -  Centre-left candidate Laura Garavini, 41, claimed success Wednesday in her campaign for a parliamentary seat in Rome and said the German capital Berlin would continue to be her home base

Merkel congratulates Berlusconi in telephone call

Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel telephoned Italy's premier-designate, Silvio Berlusconi, on Tuesday to congratulate him on his general-election success, her office said in Berlin.

Berlusconi to announce new cabinet "by end of the week"

Italy ElectionsRome - Italy prime minister-elect Silvio Berlusconi was focusi

Veltroni supporter in Germany welcomes two-party outcome

ItalyBerlin - Laura Garavini, 41, a Berlin-based Italian who campaigned among Italians abroad for a seat in

EU commissioner Frattini to be made Italy foreign minister

Rome - The European Union's top justice commissioner, Franco Frattini, is to become foreign minister in the next Italian government, prime minister-elect Silvio Berlusconi said Tuesday.

Hemingway's Venice bar offers Americans "special" discount

Venice, Italy  - Farewell to Arms and hello to alms: Author Ernest Hemingway's favourite watering-hole in Venice is offering "poor" US patrons an extended "Happy Hour".

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