Rome  -  Italian prime minister-elect Silvio Berlusconi said Wednesday he will not publicly name the members of his cabinet, until he is formally asked to form a government by the country's head-of

Rome  -  Italian prime minister-elect Silvio Berlusconi began talks Wednesday with his main allies to discuss the composition of his cabinet.

Madrid  -  Madrid regional Prime Minister Esperanza Aguirre, one of the leading politicians in Spain's conservative opposition, Wednesday joined the governing Socialists in hitting back at Italian

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.