Silvio Berlusconi News

Brussels, June 17 - European Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn on Monday said Italy had to stick to EU rules against having a budget-to-GDP ratio above 3% after former premier Silvio Berlusconi said Rome should defy them.

Rome, June 17 - The unprecedented left-right alliance supporting Premier Enrico Letta's government continued to be hit by turmoil over taxes on Monday, feeding speculation the administration could be short-lived.

JUNE 17: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is greeted by Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron at the official arrival of the G8 leaders at the G8 venue of Lough Erne on June 17, 2013 in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland.

Silvio Berlusconi has lashed out at the EU's austerity measures and urged the Italian government to break the European Fiscal Compact Treaty.

Milan, June 17 - A Milan civil appeals court on Monday ordered Paolo Berlusconi, the younger brother of ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi, and a company called Societa' Europea Golf , to pay more than 11 million euros compensation in a corruption case stemming from the 1990's.

British spies intercepted the calls and monitored the computers of foreign politicians and officials during two summit meetings in 2009, it was reported last night.

Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush and Silvio Berlusconi in Rome in 2005.

One of the dumbest things a country can do in a recession is raise taxes. Yet, after pronouncing the end of austerity, Italy's "grand coalition" government, led by Enrico Letta, is going to hike the VAT.

Roman children should be taught about LGBT equality, he added. In the June 10 election, Marino trounced the right-wing incumbent, Gianni Alemanno, winning 42% of the vote to Alemanno's 30%.

Milan, June 14 - Imane Fadil, a Moroccan model who participated in the supposed bunga-bunga sex parties hosted by ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi in 2010, is suing for two million euros three defendants on trial for allegedly procuring prostitutes for the parties, her lawyer said on Friday at a hearing of the case.

Italy's "grand coalition" under Prime Minister Enrico Letta was the big winner in local elections which saw the battered centre-left take victory in Rome and other major cities, according to an Italian politics expert.

ROME: Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi plotted to have Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi assassinated by the secret services, Italy's Il Fatto Quotidiano daily said Thursday, sparking a heated denial from the magnate's spokesman.

In the end, even the wife of Italian big media and other big business tycoon/politician Silvio Berlusconi became sick of her criminal husband and divorced him .

A deeper-than-expected recession is hurting Italy's public finances but it can still keep the budget deficit below 3 percent of output without more fiscal tightening, Economy Minister Fabrizio Saccomanni said on Thursday.

A source close to Italy's defence and security appartus told newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano that Berlusconi put the request to the Italian secret service, asking "can you gun down Gaddafi?" According to the newspaper, Berlusconi wanted to prevent embarrassing revelations about his relations with Gaddafi emerging in the event of a trial against the ... (more)

Rome, June 12 - Rome's newly elected mayor rode his bicycle up the city's historic Capitoline Hill to begin his new job there Wednesday.

Delegates at a retail conference in Rome jeered Italian Industry Minister Flavio Zanonato on Wednesday after he said he was unsure if the government would be able to fulfil its aim of cancelling a planned sales tax increase.

The euro zone sovereign debt crisis is largely over and bond yields in the region are close to levels that are justified by national economic conditions, the deputy governor of Italy's central bank said on Tuesday.

Italy's battered centre-left won the election for mayor of Rome on Monday and appeared set to do well in other cities, giving a lift to Prime Minister Enrico Letta as he strives to control an uneasy coalition with traditional rivals on the right.

Rome Mayor Gianni Alemanno has quickly conceded defeat in the city's election, acknowledging a big win by center-left challenger Ignazio Marino.