<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Romano Prodi: News &amp; Videos about Romano Prodi - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Romano_Prodi</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Romano Prodi from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:12:28 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Romano Prodi: News &amp; Videos about Romano Prodi - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Romano_Prodi</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Romano Prodi from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Rightist Elected as Rome Mayor</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1735815,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1735815,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Gianni Alemanno's surprising victory over Francesco Rutelli brings about the first rightist mayor since World War II</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Reports: Berlusconi warns of Alitalia job cuts</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/04/23/alitalia.loan/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/04/23/alitalia.loan/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Italian prime minister-elect Silvio Berlusconi believes Italian investors are ready to bid  for ailing airline Alitalia -- but also warned that workers for the national airline faced job cuts, agencies report local media as saying.</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Alitalia gets emergency loan from government</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/04/22/alitalia.loan/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/04/22/alitalia.loan/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Troubled Italian airline Alitalia got an emergency short term loan of 300 million euros ($478 million) from the Italian government Tuesday, a government official told CNN.</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Italian billionaire Berlusconi 'wins' election</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/14/italy.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/14/italy.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Billionaire conservative former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is on track to become Italy's next leader after his center-left rival Walter Veltroni Monday conceded general election defeat.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Berlusconi Rides Again</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1730840,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1730840,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A third election as prime minister vindicates the often controversial Italian politician, but this time, there's little euphoria among his supporters</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Berlusconi seeks power as Italy votes</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/13/italy.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/13/italy.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Italians began voting Sunday in snap general elections that could bring the return of a familiar face in Italian politics: former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.</description><pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Showman Berlusconi woos back voters</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/11/italy.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/11/italy.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Italians will go to the polls Sunday and Monday for general elections that could bring the return of a familiar face in Italian politics: former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>No govt., no deal for Alitalia buyout</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/03/17/alitalia.bid/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/03/17/alitalia.bid/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The board of Alitalia has agreed to a buyout by Air France-KLM, a deal that still needs the approval of the Italian government. 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Cabinet</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/04/12/italy.elections/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/04/12/italy.elections/index.html</guid><description>Italian opposition leader Romano Prodi has said he is on the brink of choosing his new government, shrugging off Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's refusal to concede defeat.</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2006 07:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Berlusconi refuses to concede</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/04/11/italy.elections/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/04/11/italy.elections/index.html</guid><description>Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has refused to concede in the country's elections, despite official results showing opposition leader Romano Prodi's center-left coalition taking control of both houses of Parliament.</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Apr 2006 08:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Italy: Prodi 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TV</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/04/17/8374391/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/04/17/8374391/index.htm</guid><description>One evening this winter the Italian talk-show host Enrico Mentana played a clip for his guest, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, in which Oscar-winning actor Roberto Benigni mocked Berlusconi's fiv... </description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2006 15:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>EU weighs crucial Turkey talks</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/10/06/eu.turkey.talks0700/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/10/06/eu.turkey.talks0700/index.html</guid><description>The European Commission is expected to recommend that Turkey start accession talks with the European Union after 40 years of stop-go negotiations.</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2004 11:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>EU commission backs Turkey 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president</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/29/eu.president/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/29/eu.president/index.html</guid><description>European Union leaders have unanimously nominated Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Manuel Durao Barroso as next European Commission president.</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2004 12:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Portugal PM tapped to lead EU</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/27/eu.president/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/27/eu.president/index.html</guid><description>Portugal's prime minister will be officially proposed as the next European Commission president following a painstaking search for a replacement for the outgoing Romano Prodi, it has been announced.</description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2004 14:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Deal elusive on EU constitution</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/17/eu.summit/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/17/eu.summit/index.html</guid><description>European Union leaders are facing a new round of difficult talks to strike a deal on a historic constitution, six months after a first attempt collapsed amid acrimony.</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2004 08:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The battle for Europe's top job</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/17/eu.president/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/17/eu.president/index.html</guid><description>At a summit that begins this week, European leaders have to agree not only on a new constitution but also on a new President of the European Commission -- the EU's executive arm.</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2004 05:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>EU legislature chief stepping 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