Silvio Berlusconi

Ruby testifies in trial of Berlusconi aides

2 days ago

Prosecutors in Berlusconi's separate trial on charges of paying for sex with a minor and trying to cover it up say her testimony is unreliable and are relying on her sworn statements.

Milan prosecutor demands 6 years for Berlusconi

6 days ago

Prosecutor Ilda Boccassini told the court that the young women invited to the former premier's parties ''were part of a system of prostitution organized for the pleasure of Silvio Berlusconi.

Pro-Berlusconi rally in Italy draws cheers, jeers

8 days ago

Political supporters of ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi are rallying in a northern Italian city to protest the media mogul's recent conviction by a Milan appeals court for tax fraud.

Berlusconi to lead Italy protest over conviction

10 days ago

Silvio Berlusconi will lead his political party in a rally to protest his tax fraud conviction, which carries a prison sentence and a ban from public office.

Italy court upholds Berlusconi tax fraud verdict

11 days ago

In October, a court convicted Berlusconi in a scheme that involved inflating the price his Mediaset media empire paid for TV rights to U.S. movies and pocketing the difference.

Court: Berlusconi trials stay in Milan

13 days ago

Berlusconi was re-elected to Parliament in February elections, but has no ministerial role in the new cross-party government that allies his center-right with the center-left Democratic Party.

Court delays Berlusconi's sex-for-hire trial

67 days ago

Both courts have asked for court-appointed doctors to certify his condition, enraging lawmakers in Berlusconi's center-right coalition, who marched on the Milan courthouse earlier this week.

Berlusconi lawyers seek to delay sex-for-hire case

69 days ago

Prosecutors in Silvio Berlusconi's sensational sex-for-hire trial have requested court-appointed doctors certify that the former premier's medical condition is severe enough to postpone a hearing.

Silvio Berlusconi remains hospitalized in Italy

70 days ago

Berlusconi's center-right coalition finished second, although the center-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani has ruled out joining forces in a sort of grand coalition.

Berlusconi treated for eye inflammation in Italy

72 days ago

Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was being treated in a Milan hospital for eye inflammation that prevented him from attending his sex-for-hire trial.

Berlusconi convicted in wiretap case

73 days ago

A Milan court has convicted former Premier Silvio Berlusconi for the illegal publication of transcripts of wiretapped conversations in a newspaper owned by his media empire.

Parties may struggle to form government in Italy

81 days ago

Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian premier whose center-right coalition did better than expected, is a key player since his coalition is now the second-biggest bloc in the upper chamber.

Italy's Berlusconi: ignore the 'crazy' markets

82 days ago

Berlusconi says having another election soon won't solve problems, and called on fellow leaders to ''make some sacrifices," an apparent call for a coalition government.

Stocks drop sharply on budget fears, concern over Italy

82 days ago

Italy's state broadcaster pointed Monday to a stronger showing by Berlusconi and his allies in the upper house.

News Summary: Stocks drop on Italian worries

82 days ago

Those gains and a strong showing by former premier Silvio Berlusconi suggested that Italy could be headed for political disarray, undermining the country's efforts to reform its economy and...

Berlusconi skips final rally due to eye problem

86 days ago

Italian media quoted his personal doctor, Alberto Zangrillo, as saying Berlusconi was advised to skip the rally, because he has a posterior vitreous detachment in an eye.

Big name Italy elex produce surprise frontrunner

88 days ago

Born in 1951 - 15 years to the day after Berlusconi - Bersani grew up in Emilia Romagna, the affluent north-central region at the heart of Italy's so-called "red belt."

Polls show Berlusconi gaining in national election

100 days ago

The last political polls to be published before Italy's national elections suggest that ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi is gaining ground on the center-left candidate.

Berlusconi brother slammed for soccer player slur

101 days ago

Last month, Balotelli's new teammates at Berlusconi's squad walked off the field during a friendly after racist chants were directed at midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng, who is from Ghana.

Berlusconi brother uses racist term for Balotelli

102 days ago

Ex-premier Berlusconi on Monday denied his recent purchase of Balotelli from Manchester City was designed to boost popularity with voters in national elections later this month.

Berlusconi: if I win, Italians get home tax back

105 days ago

Berlusconi abolished the tax when last elected premier in 2008, but Monti, who replaced him in 2011 as Italy sunk into the Eurozone debt crisis, revived it to help fill state coffers.

Mussolini granddaughter runs for Italy Parliament

109 days ago

Berlusconi on Sunday provoked outrage when, attending a Holocaust commemoration, he said Benito Mussolini did much good despite the crackdown on Italy's Jews.

EU official's remarks stir Italian political storm

109 days ago

Ollie Rehn told the European Parliament on Tuesday that then-Premier Berlusconi did not "respect commitments" to get Italy's fiscal house in order as Italian borrowing costs rose to dangerous...

Lombardy stars as kingmaker in national elections

110 days ago

Polls show that the center-right coalition led by Silvio Berlusconi and the center-left forces backing Democratic Party leader Pier Luigi Bersani's bid for premier are neck-and-neck in Lombardy.

Probe sought over Berlusconi's praise of Mussolini

111 days ago

Gianfranco Mascia, who has led an anti-Berlusconi movement for decades, says he filed the complaint Monday with Rome courthouse officials, citing a 1952 law that forbids actions defending fascism.

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