International Business News - Government http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi's new government has easily won a vote of confidence in the lower house of parliament. The result of the vote Wednesday was never in doubt because Berlusconi's conservatives have solid majorities in both houses of parliament. The Senate holds its vote of confidence on the government Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/46180-italy-berlusconi.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080514/berlusconi-wins-confidence-vote-in-italy.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080514/berlusconi-wins-confidence-vote-in-italy.htm Wed, 14 May 2008 07:18:15 EDT Prime Minister Vladimir Putin wasted no time in naming his new Cabinet on Monday, bringing in loyalists from the Kremlin in what was seen as an effort to shift the center of power to his new place of work. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/45628-russia-government.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080512/putin-names-cabinet-bringing-loyalists-from-kremlin.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080512/putin-names-cabinet-bringing-loyalists-from-kremlin.htm Mon, 12 May 2008 14:59:26 EDT Premier Silvio Berlusconi was sworn in as premier Thursday, heading up an Italian government for the third time after his conservatives' swept elections last month. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080508/new-berlusconi-government-sworn-in.htm Thu, 08 May 2008 18:21:38 EDT Conservative leader Silvio Berlusconi formed Italy's 62nd postwar government on Wednesday for his third stint as premier. The 71-year-old media mogul already served as premier for five years, a record in Italy's postwar history of revolving-door governments. There have been 61 governments since the end of World War II, and some premiers have been forced to quit after only months in power. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/44675-italy-government.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080507/berlusconi-forms-new-italian-government-in-3rd-stint-as-pm.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080507/berlusconi-forms-new-italian-government-in-3rd-stint-as-pm.htm Wed, 07 May 2008 18:26:17 EDT The government would give emergency loans to 1 million troubled borrowers under a new housing assistance plan developed by a federal bank regulator. Sheila Bair, the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., wants the government to make loans to borrowers with mortgages they can't afford, particularly those buyers who had high levels of debt when they originally took out their home loans. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080430/fdic-housing-plan-aims-to-help-1-million-borrowers.htm Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:40:57 EDT Americans with mortgages exceeding the value of their homes face long odds of getting help under an expanded Bush administration program aimed at helping distressed borrowers. With home prices decli... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080409/mortgage-assistance-plan-impact-doubted.htm Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:41:26 EDT A government report says federal employees wasted millions of taxpayer dollars by charging fees for Internet dating, tailor-made suits, lingerie and lavish dinners on government credit cards. The As... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080408/gao-millions-wasted-on-govt-cards.htm Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:30:51 EDT The economy is listing. So it must be time to bail. While there is little enthusiasm for government bailouts in general, voters are increasingly demanding immediate government relief as the economy ebbs. The Fed-engineered bailout of investment banker Bear Stearns and other assistance to financial institutions has further raised expectations. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080327/more-government-bailouts-may-way.htm Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:03:05 EDT Belgium's political parties announced Tuesday they had reached a deal to form a new national government, ending a nine-month political stalemate that had threatened to split the country along linguistic lines. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080318/belgium-forms-govt-after-9-month-crisis.htm Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:25:27 EDT Political parties say they have reached a deal to form a new national government, ending a nine-month political stalemate that raised concern over the country's unity. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080318/belgian-politicians-agree-to-new-govt.htm Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:01:09 EDT Macedonia's embattled conservative government said it reached a deal with opposition parties late Friday that will allow it to remain in power until a NATO summit next month. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080314/macedonia-govt-staves-off-collapse.htm Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:01:37 EDT The caretaker government on Monday urged the president to call early parliamentary elections in May after the Cabinet collapsed because of an impasse over how Kosovo's independence affects Serbia's pursuit of EU membership. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/33416-serbia-government.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080310/serbia-govt-calls-for-early-elections.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080310/serbia-govt-calls-for-early-elections.htm Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:21:21 EDT Serbia's government collapsed Saturday over an impasse between the nationalist prime minister and the pro-Western president on how Kosovo's independence affects the Balkan country's pursuit of EU membership. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/33196-serbia-government.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080308/serbias-government-collapses.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080308/serbias-government-collapses.htm Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:51:10 EST Serbia's president says he will call early elections after the prime minister announced the collapse of his government. Boris Tadic said in a statement Saturday that the elections are a "democratic way to overcome the political crisis." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080308/serbia-president-to-call-early-elections.htm Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:15:18 EST Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica has dissolved the government and called for new elections. Kostunica accuses pro-Western ministers of failing to support his efforts to preserve Kosovo as part of Serbia. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080308/pm-dissolves-serbias-government.htm Sat, 08 Mar 2008 10:17:48 EST Afghanistan's Defense Ministry on Thursday denied an assertion by the top U.S. intelligence official that only 30 percent of the country is under the control of President Hamid Karzai's government. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080228/govt-insists-it-controls-afghanistan.htm Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:51:32 EST Nearly two years after an embarrassing flap in which veterans' personal information was put at risk of identity theft, federal agencies are still not doing all they can to prevent further lapses, investigators have found. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080222/report-identity-theft-efforts-lacking.htm Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:05:26 EST Kenya's government said on Thursday it agreed in principle to creating a prime minister's post demanded by the opposition, a possible breakthrough in a political crisis some worry could explode into violence again. Local and international pressure has grown for a deal to end the standoff over President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election on December 27. The opposition has threatened to resume street protests next week if its demands are not met. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080221/kenya-government-prim-minister-conflict.htm Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:11:32 EST