Italy's anti-establishment party leader Luigi Di Maio on Wednesday gave far-right leader Matteo Salvini until the "end of the week" to dump coalition ally Silvio Berlusconi and strike a deal in the latest round of Italian government talks. Earlier, Italian President Sergio Mattarella tasked Senate speaker Maria ...

Italy's President Sergio Mattarella has asked the Senate president, a supporter of ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi, to explore possible alliances to create a governing majority in Parliament more than a month after Italy's inconclusive elections. As leader of the Senate, Maria Elisabetta Casellati holds the ...

The March 4 vote saw the anti-establishment Five Star Movement emerge as the largest single party, while a rightist alliance, including the League, Brothers of Italy and Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia group won the biggest bloc of seats. The leaders of the three rightist parties - the League's Matteo Salvini, ...

The leader of Five Star Movement has challenged the anti-migrant party League to dump ally Silvio Berlusconi and join forces in a populist government instead. The Italian president has begun talks to patch together a new government after the elections on March 4 produced a hung parliament. Luigi Di ...

In 1994, Silvio Berlusconi rose to power as the symbol of a sentiment of change and progress that made him one of the most successful – though controversial – politicians in Italy's modern history. For over 20 years he ruled Italian politics, forming three government and bringing the country together.

Silvio Berlusconi faces new trial over accusations he paid aspiring showgirls to lie. It follows a trial in which the former prime minister was acquitted over claims he paid an underage Moroccan teenager for sex. 20:07, UK, Monday 26 March 2018. Silvio Berlusconi. Image: Silvio Berlusconi faces yet another trial. Italy's former ...

And in return for its support for Fico, the center-right coalition led by Lega (the biggest party in the alliance), former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia and Fratelli d'Italia (and the smaller Noi con L'Italia) got their choice of Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati - a member of Forza Italia and confidante ...

Mr Salvini aspires to be Prime Minister and thereby the most powerful far-right leader in Europe, but he has to deal with resistance from both his own allies - Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia - and with Luigi Di Maio, leader of the populist 5 Star Movement (M5S), the most voted-for individual party with 32 per ...

(CNN) -- Here's a look at the life of billionaire and former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Personal:Birth date: September 29, 1936. Birth place: Milan, Italy. Father: Luigi Berlusconi, bank clerk. Mother: Rosella (Bossi) Berlusconi, homemaker. Marriages: Veronica Lario, (1990-2012, divorced); Carla ...

(CNN) -- Here's a look at the life of billionaire and former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Personal:Birth date: September 29, 1936. Birth place: Milan, Italy. Father: Luigi Berlusconi, bank clerk. Mother: Rosella (Bossi) Berlusconi, homemaker. Marriages: Veronica Lario, (1990-2012, divorced); Carla ...

A scene from Paolo Sorrentino's film about Silvio Berlusconi, Loro. Image: Universal Pictures International Italy/YouTube. Jessica Phelan. news.italy@thelocal.com jessicalphelan. 12 March 2018. 17:26 CET+01:00. The trailer is finally here for Paolo Sorrentino's biopic of Silvio Berlusconi, a man who the ...

Italy's inconclusive election result means the country is in for weeks of frenetic backroom negotiations and haggling as parties seek to form a government. With the anti-establishment Five Star Movement winning 32pc of the vote, the centre-Right coalition 36pc of the vote and the badly bruised centre-Left ...

Ahead of Sunday's Italian election, Silvio Berlusconi was widely tipped to reassume his long-held role as the country's most powerful man. Polls correctly predicted the 5Star Movement would be the largest single party but also forecast the center-right coalition including Berlusconi's Forza Italia would win ...

In the final week of Italy's election campaign, Silvio Berlusconi scoffed at one of the country's best known political interviewers when he dared question the wisdom of the four-time prime minister's big-spending economic agenda. Enrico Mentana wanted to know how the octogenarian businessman intended ...

ITALY is likely to face a hung parliament after a surge in support for right-wing parties in the country caused fresh uncertainty in one of the EU's largest economies. But what about Italy's place in Europe? Could it be affected by the vote? Here's the lowdown. Silvio Berlusconi is back in frontline politics.

Topless Femen protester flashed Silvio Berlusconi at polling station as disgraced former Italian PM is poised for unlikely comeback. The bare-chested ... A TOPLESS FEMEN protester launched herself in front of former PM Silvio Berlusconi as he voted in the Italian elections today. The disgraced "Bunga ...

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A topless activist has confronted former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi at a polling station during the national election. As Mr Berlusconi prepared to hand in his ballot, the Femen protester jumped on a table and displayed writing on her torso, reading "Berlusconi, you've expired". Mr Berlusconi, 81 ...

Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's right-wing coalition was leading the Italian election late Sunday, exit polls indicated, but appeared unlikely to reach a majority in Parliament, suggesting weeks of drawn-out negotiations to find a broader coalition amid growing populist anger over migration and the ...

Italians also go to the polls this weekend in what is one of the most unpredictable elections in decades. It's seen the extraordinary re-emergence of former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, who can't yet stand for public office due to a tax fraud conviction, but is playing the role of kingmaker - leading his old ...

(CNN) As political resurrections go, that of Silvio Berlusconi, who once described himself as the "Jesus Christ of politics," has been close to miraculous. As his 80th birthday approached, the Italian multi-billionaire and former prime minister was recovering from a major heart operation and facing seven years ...

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MILAN—Silvio Berlusconi had been talking for nearly two hours straight—a series of long, rambling tangents—when an associate walked onto the stage and placed a piece of paper on the lectern. He'd just gotten a big round of applause for one of his classic lines—“We governed for nine years and we ...

Silvio Berlusconi, the billionaire media mogul who dominated Italian politics for nearly two decades, has stepped back into the ring at the age of 81, defying those who dared to believe he had thrown in the towel. Despite sex scandals, serial gaffes and legal woes, the flamboyant tycoon has made an ...

Silvio Berlusconi speaks on the set of the broadcast "Porta a Porta", a programme of Italian channel Rai 1, on January 11th, 2018. ... Silvio Berlusconi, the billionaire media mogul who dominated Italian politics for nearly two decades, has stepped back into the ring at the age of 81, defying those who dared ...

Accusations about Silvio Berlusconi's historic ties to a close associate of the Sicilian mafia are being revived by his main political rival as Italy heads into the final stretch of campaigning before the general election on 4 March. Alessandro di Battista, a top official in the Five Star Movement, asked followers on ...

A widespread mistrust of politicians has helped to transform Five Star into Italy's most popular party, threatening to deny Silvio Berlusconi's right-wing coalition the 40 per cent of the popular vote it needs for a parliamentary majority. Such an outcome would leave Italy staring at political paralysis on Monday ...