Three-time premier Silvio Berlusconi's endless legal woes have deepened considerably after a Milan appeals court confirmed his conviction for tax fraud - and raised the possibility that he will be forced to leave parliament.
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The business on...Francesco Guarguaglini, Former chairman, Finmeccanica
Saturday 03 December 2011
Former chairman?
Yes, he's resigned his post at the Italian defence and aerospace group amid corruption allegations that saw his board strip him of most of his powers. They went to Giuseppi Orsi, who replaced Mr Guarguaglini in April as chief executive ofFinmeccanica, and with whom he has since clashed.
The technocrats take over in Rome
Thursday 17 November 2011
Italy will today embark on a controversial 18-month gamble to turn around its finances and rescue the euro by handing over control to an administration of entirely unelected technocrats with strong links to Brussels and international finance.
Matio Monti gets to work with a cabinet of the unelected
Thursday 17 November 2011
Italy will embark on a controversial 18-month gamble today to improve its finances and rescue the euro by handing control to an administration of unelected technocrats with strong links to Brussels and international finance.
Mario Monti agrees to form new Italian government
Sunday 13 November 2011
Economist Mario Monti tonight agreed to try to form a new government as Italy tries to avoid financial disaster.
Berlusconi will 'absolutely not' seek new term
Friday 08 July 2011
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said he would not run again when his term expires in 2013 and nominated Justice Minister Angelino Alfano as his successor to lead the centre right into the next election.
Marco Travaglio: ‘Mr No’ of Italian journalism
Friday 24 June 2011
Berlusconi held the media responsible when acknowledging his defeat in last month’s local elections.
Berlusconi wins confidence vote
Wednesday 22 June 2011
Silvio Berlusconi overcame coalition infighting to win a vote of confidence yesterday, his first parliamentary test since suffering two stinging electoral losses.
Voters batter Berlusconi again in law referendums
Tuesday 14 June 2011
Silvio Berlusconi's already battered government last night saw voters take an axe to much of the key legislation it has introduced since the 74-year-old tycoon returned to power three years ago.
Berlusconi to run for office again
Saturday 14 May 2011
Lending weight to fears that Silvio Berlusconi will only leave politics horizontally, the Justice Minister Angelino Alfano has announced that the 74-year-old tycoon-premier will run for office again in 2013.
Berlusconi's senators try to bring fascism back to Italian politics
Friday 08 April 2011
A group of Italian senators is pressing for a decades-old ban on Benito Mussolini's Fascist party to be lifted in a move that has provoked fierce condemnation from political opponents and Jewish leaders.
Riots in Rome as Berlusconi wins confidence vote
Wednesday 15 December 2010
Riot police clashed with protesters last night in Rome's worst violence for years after Italy's tainted Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi narrowly won a confidence vote that saved his government from collapse.
Peter Popham: Sad fact is that Italians cannot conceive of life without him
Wednesday 15 December 2010
What sort of grip does the old man hold over his country? The outside world wrote Silvio Berlusconi off years ago, The Economist leading the charge with its "Unfit to govern" cover, the US embassy in Rome (we now know thanks to WikiLeaks) following up with its verdict of "feckless, vain and ineffective". But yesterday, the 74-year-old billionaire was basking in another improbable parliamentary victory.
Berlusconi's fate could hang by a single vote
Monday 13 December 2010
Premier hopes late surge will beat vital no-confidence motion
Resignation blow for Berlusconi
Monday 22 November 2010
One of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's best-known ministers said she will resign after confidence votes next month that could trigger elections.
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