ROME, June 4 (UPI) -- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Thursday charges he used government planes for private trips show his opponents have no ideas to put forward.

ROME, July 9 (UPI) -- An Italian lawmaker said he was sorry after comedians performing at a Rome rally he sponsored provoked ire by attacking the pope and political figures.

PARIS, March 18 (UPI) -- Union officials and politicians Monday denounced Air France KLM's bargain basement offer to take over Italian airline Alitalia.

ROME, March 1 (UPI) -- A U.S. State Department official says Washington would refuse an Italian request to extradite CIA operatives in the abduction of terror suspects.

ROME, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Charges against 26 U.S. spy agency personnel and six Italian intelligence officers involved in an alleged kidnapping have split the Italian government.

ROME, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Italian politicians launched attacks Saturday on Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi after a close ally of his was convicted of Mafia involvement.