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• Italy Government Could Be Agreed Saturday: Sources Friday, 26 Apr 2013 | 9:31 AM ET

  

  Italian prime minister-designate Enrico Letta could announce a new government on Saturday and go before parliament to spell out its program early next week, political sources said on Friday.

• UPDATE 1-Italy's six-month borrowing costs fall to record low Friday, 26 Apr 2013 | 6:25 AM ET

  MILAN, April 26- Italy's six-month debt costs fell to a record low at an auction on Friday as investors expected prime minister-designate Enrico Letta to bring together rival parties and quickly form a government.

• EURO GOVT-Italian yields rise on renewed political uncertainty Friday, 26 Apr 2013 | 4:11 AM ET

  LONDON, April 26- Italian bond yields rose on Friday with investors wary that talks to form a government could be derailed by major differences between the country's centre-left and centre-right political groupings.

• GLOBAL MARKETS-Shares, oil dip but head for best week since Nov Friday, 26 Apr 2013 | 3:40 AM ET

  LONDON, April 26- European shares and oil prices dipped on Friday at the end of what looked set to be their best week since November, while the dollar eased on caution ahead of first quarter growth data from the world's biggest economy.

• UPDATE 2-Differences with centre-right delay Italy's Letta Thursday, 25 Apr 2013 | 2:43 PM ET

  ROME, April 25- Italy's prime minister-designate Enrico Letta started "encouraging" talks on Thursday for a new government to end two months of political deadlock, but said significant differences with the centre-right would take more time to iron out.

• UPDATE 1-Letta sees improving chances of forming Italy government Thursday, 25 Apr 2013 | 9:01 AM ET

  ROME, April 25- Prime Minister-designate Enrico Letta saw "improving" chances of success as he began negotiations on Thursday to form a new government and end a nearly two-month-old stalemate in the euro zone's third-largest economy.

• Has the Status Quo Returned to Italy?  Thursday, 25 Apr 2013 | 1:40 AM ET

  

  David Lea, senior analyst at Control Risks, tells CNBC in the long game Beppe Grillo may be empowered as the only opposition in Italy but in the short-term he is out in the cold.

• COLUMN-Market euphoria misreads the signals from Brussels and Rome: Kaletsky Thursday, 25 Apr 2013 | 12:32 AM ET

  A classic case was the slump on Wall Street after last November's election in the United States. This week's market action in Europe may offer an even clearer example of market confusion about two fascinating but byzantine political entities- the Italian government and the European Central Bank.

• ANALYSIS-Italy crisis close to an end but problems not over Wednesday, 24 Apr 2013 | 11:35 AM ET

  ROME, April 24- Months of paralysing political deadlock seem close to an end in Italy with a new government possible by early next week, but there are many questions over how long the stability can last.

• Italy's President Invites Letta to Form Government Wednesday, 24 Apr 2013 | 7:03 AM ET

  

  President Giorgio Napolitano has given Enrico Letta, deputy head of the center-left Democratic Party (PD), a mandate to try to form a new government, according to news wires on Wednesday.

• UPDATE 1-Italy president set to announce choice for prime minister Wednesday, 24 Apr 2013 | 4:40 AM ET

  *Democratic Party fractured after factional infighting. ROME, April 24- Italian President Giorgio Napolitano was set to name a new premier on Wednesday with Enrico Letta, deputy head of the centre-left Democratic Party, and veteran politician Giuliano Amato seen as front runners to head a grand coalition.

• Rally in Italy's debt to continue if new govt revives reforms Wednesday, 24 Apr 2013 | 12:52 AM ET

  MILAN, April 24- A rally that has pushed Italy's long-term borrowing costs to their lowest since late 2010 is seen continuing if the newly-designated prime minister can form a government and revive the reform agenda put on hold at the end of 2012..

• Italy president set to announce choice for prime minister Tuesday, 23 Apr 2013 | 6:05 PM ET

  ROME, April 24- Italy's president Giorgio Napolitano is set to announce on Wednesday his choice of prime minister to form a new government and pull the euro zone's third largest economy out of a two-month political rut.

• UPDATE 5-Italy president ends talks, seen naming PM Wednesday Tuesday, 23 Apr 2013 | 5:12 PM ET

  ROME, April 23- President Giorgio Napolitano completed a rapid round of talks with Italy's parties and is expected to name a new prime minister on Wednesday, ending a stalemate since February's inconclusive election.

• Italy's Napolitano Could Name New PM Today Tuesday, 23 Apr 2013 | 11:51 AM ET

  

  Italy's president held urgent talks on Tuesday aimed at naming a prime minister to head a coalition government and end two months of post-election stalemate.

• UPDATE 4-Italy's Napolitano speeds search for new government Tuesday, 23 Apr 2013 | 11:35 AM ET

  ROME, April 23- Italy's president held urgent talks on Tuesday aimed at naming a prime minister to head a coalition government backed by the rival parties on the centre-left and centre-right and end two months of post-election stalemate.

• UPDATE 3-Italy's Napolitano accelerates search for new government Tuesday, 23 Apr 2013 | 10:10 AM ET

  ROME, April 23- Italy's president held urgent talks aimed at naming a prime minister on Tuesday after two months of post-election stalemate, with the young centre-left mayor of Florence Matteo Renzi emerging as a late candidate for the job.

• UPDATE 2-Italian president begins talks on new coalition Tuesday, 23 Apr 2013 | 7:12 AM ET

  ROME, April 23- Italy's president launched urgent talks that could lead to the naming of a prime minister on Tuesday after two months of post-election stalemate that has weighed on a stagnant economy and alarmed Rome's partners in the euro zone.

• Hopes rise for new Italy government after Napolitano re-elected Monday, 22 Apr 2013 | 1:42 PM ET

  *Beppe Grillo's 5- Star Movement denounces Napolitano re-election. ROME, April 22- Italy's newly re-elected president Giorgio Napolitano will push forward on Monday with efforts to form a new government and end two months of stalemate that blocked economic reform and created growing unease among Rome's international partners.

• ANALYSIS-Italy deadlock close to an end but problems not over Monday, 22 Apr 2013 | 11:54 AM ET

  *Broad based government could come within a week. ROME, April 22- Months of paralysing political deadlock seem close to an end in Italy with a new government possible within the week, but there are still questions over whether the stability can last.