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.

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".

Rome - Silvio Berlusconi triumphed Monday for a third time in Italian elections - h