Rome  -  Rome's mayoral race is to be decided in a run-off, first-round voting results Wednesday showed as a swing to the right was registered in polls held in two of the country's regions in line

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

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.

Rome - Italy prime minister-elect Silvio Berlusconi was focusi

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

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.