Italian High Court approves Berlusconi’s prison sentence
Three-times Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi faces jail ‘in his house’. Italy’s Supreme Court has upheld a prison sentence given to former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for tax...
View ArticleWhy Berlusconi’s daughter may become Italy’s next PM
Marina Berlusconi, daughter of former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi Although he has vowed to fight on, Silvio Berlusconi’s conviction for tax fraud has fuelled speculation that his eldest daughter...
View ArticleStrong chance Italy’s Berlusconi will request pardon – lawyer
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi who is set to appeal his sentence. Silvio Berlusconi is likely to request an official pardon for a tax fraud conviction, his lawyer said on Wednesday,...
View ArticleItaly seizes ‘mother ship’ smuggling Syrian refugees
This is the ship seized Thursday by Italian police as it smuggled Syrian immigrants into Europe Italian authorities have seized a “mother ship” used to traffic illegal migrants across the Mediterranean...
View ArticleEx-CIA chief seeks Italy pardon for Egypt rendition
Robert Seldon Lady said his actions had been “vetted by very high officials” A former CIA station chief has asked the Italian president for a pardon after being convicted in absentia of kidnapping an...
View ArticleItaly to hold state funeral for more than 300 shipwreck migrants
Coffins holding the bodies some of the more than 300 mostly Ethiopian and Somali immigrants who drowned while trying to cross into Italy to seek asylum. Italy is to hold a state funeral for the...
View ArticleItaly and Spain vow to ensure 2014 budgets in line with EU law
Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Chairman of euro zone finance ministers Italy and Spain promised on Friday they would take additional steps to ensure their 2014 budgets were in line with EU law, after the...
View ArticleItalian MP ‘blacks up’ in Parliament in anti-immigration tirade
Italy’s first and only black minister Cecile Kyenge who has faced racist remarks on a daily basis Right-wing politicians in Italy plumbed to new depths in their denigration of the country’s first black...
View ArticleTop Vatican accountant on charges of money laundering
Monsignor Nunzio Scarano charged with laundering millions through the Vatican bank. Monsignor Nunzio Scarano, a former top Vatican accountant now on trial for an alleged plot to smuggle 20 million...
View ArticleItalian court confirms Berlusconi ban from public office
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi who has been banned from standing for high office for two years. Italy’s Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a two-year ban from public office against former...
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