Berlusconi Vote

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  Right-Wing Alliance Set To Win Majority In Italy, Exit Polls Suggest

  A right-wing alliance led by Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy party looks set to win a majority in the next parliament, exit polls said on Sunday after voting ended in an Italian national election.

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  Italian Local Polls Crucial For Silvio Berlusconi and Prime Minister Matteo Renzi

  Italians voted today in regional elections seen as a key measure of the fading fortunes of ex-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and an important test for centre-left PM Matteo Renzi.

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  Italian PM Matteo Renzi Faces Test in Regional Elections

  Italians are set to vote on Sunday in regional elections seen as an important test for Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and for the fading Forza Italia party of Silvio Berlusconi.

• New Italy PM Matteo Renzi wins confidence vote, vows 'radical change'

  Prime Minister Matteo Renzi called for a "radical and immediate change" in recession-hit Italy as he outlined his new government's reform agenda before winning a crucial confidence vote in the Senate early on Tuesday.

• Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta wins confidence votes, vows reforms

  Italy's Prime Minister Enrico Letta won a confidence vote in the Senate on Wednesday, confirming his government's majority after promising sweeping reforms.

• Silvio Berlusconi faces expulsion from parliament for tax fraud

  The Italian Senate opened its debate on expelling Silvio Berlusconi on Wednesday, ahead of an evening vote that is expected to see the veteran centre-right leader stripped of his seat in parliament over a tax fraud conviction.

• Silvio Berlusconi wavers ahead of confidence vote on Italy budget

  Italy's centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi said on Tuesday his party was still undecided on whether to withdraw its support for Prime Minister Enrico Letta's government.

• Silvio Berlusconi requests trial review ahead of Senate expulsion

  Italy's Silvio Berlusconi on Monday requested a review of his tax fraud trial head of a vote this week that will likely force him from parliament.

• Vote looms to expel Silvio Berlusconi from Italy's parliament

  Italy's Silvio Berlusconi is in for a tumultuous week that will likely see him booted out of parliament and shift into opposition to a government where he is still formally a coalition partner.

• Silvio Berlusconi defeated, decides to back Italy government

  Silvio Berlusconi acknowledged defeat Wednesday and announced he would support the government of Premier Enrico Letta in a confidence vote, a stunning about-face after defections in his party robbed him of the backing he needed to bring down the government.

• Italy centre-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani to resign

  Voting for a new Italian president headed towards a fifth round Saturday, after the political deadlock claimed another victim, with centre-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani saying he will step down.

• Porn star, actress get votes in Italy presidential election

  As Italian lawmakers failed to agree on a choice for the country's next president on Thursday, some cast prank ballots for porn star Rocco Siffredi and actress Sophia Loren.

• Scenarios for Italy crisis, uncertainty could drag on

  Italy's political crisis, already a month old, could drag on for at least several more weeks and is now inextricably tied up with the vote for a successor to President Giorgio Napolitano, the man in charge of finding a solution.

• Italy at impasse after vote, rattling markets

  Italy was at an impasse on Tuesday after an election seen as crucial for the eurozone failed to produce a clear winner and provided a shock debut for a populist anti-austerity party, rattling world markets.

• Split vote throws Italy into political gridlock

  Italy headed for gridlock and financial markets tumbled on Tuesday with a stalemate in parliament between right and left after critical elections in which the real winner might be a new protest party calling for a referendum on the euro.