Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi

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  Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi Sentenced to 3 years for Bribing Italian Senator

  A court in Naples on Wednesday sentenced former Italian premier and media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi to three years in prison for bribing a senator as part of a plot to destabilise a 2006-08 centre-left government.

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  Italy Tries Anew to Elect President Amid Political Wrangling

  Italian Premier Matteo Renzi's candidate in this week's presidential election could cost him backing for his reform agenda.

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  Italian General Strike Protests Matteo Renzi's Reforms

  Italy began an eight hour general strike Friday at the call of two large unions to protest the rapid pace of economic and social reform introduced by Premier Matteo Renzi.

• Italian Court Acquits Former Premier Silvio Berlusconi in Sex Case

  An Italian appeals court on Friday acquitted former Premier Silvio Berlusconi in a sex-for-hire case, reversing a lower court conviction that had carried a seven-year prison sentence and a lifetime ban on holding political office.

• Silvio Berlusconi Touts Eldest Daughter as Perfect Leader

  Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi says his eldest daughter would be a perfect leader but adds that he hopes she won't go into politics.

• Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi hospitalized with inflamed knee

  Italy's Corriere della Sera daily reported on Friday, that 77-year-old Silvio Berlusconi was under observation at San Raffaele hospital in Milan, where he was treated last year for an eye inflammation.

• Italian court insists former PM Silvio Berlusconi devised tax fraud

  Italy's Supreme Court has defended its decision earlier this month to uphold the tax fraud conviction of Silvio Berlusconi, saying the evidence was clear that the former premier devised a tax fraud scheme for the acquisition of film rights for his media empire.

• Silvio Berlusconi conviction leaves Italian government hanging

  A ruling by Italy's supreme court upholding a tax fraud conviction against former premier and centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi has left the fate of the country's fragile ruling coalition resting in the balance.

• Silvio Berlusconi convicted in sex-for-hire trial, sentenced to seven years

  A Milan court on Monday convicted former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi of paying for sex with an underage prostitute during infamous "bunga bunga" parties at his villa and then using his influence to try to cover it up.

• Verdict in Silvio Berlusconi's sex trial expected today

  An Italian court is expected to deliver its verdict today on whether former premier Silvio Berlusconi paid for sex with an underage prostitute and abused his official powers.

• Silvio Berlusconi plotted to have Moammer Gaddafi assassinated: report

  Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi plotted to have Libyan dictator Moammer Gaddafi assassinated by the secret services, Italy's Il Fatto Quotidiano daily said on Thursday, sparking a heated denial from the magnate's spokesman.

• Dancer says showgirls dressed as Obama, nuns at Berlusconi's 'bunga bunga' party

  The Moroccan woman at the centre of a sex scandal involving former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi testified Friday in court for the first time, describing how a young woman attending one of Berlusconi's "bunga bunga" parties dressed up like a nun, danced provocatively and stripped down to her underwear for the premier.

• If I win, Italians get home tax back: Berlusconi

  Media mogul Silvio Berlusconi is promising Italians if they vote him back into office that he will not only abolish an unpopular tax on primary residences, but he'll refund property taxes Premier Mario Monti's government made them pay in 2012.

• Silvio Berlusconi sex trial verdict due after February vote

  Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi will not face a verdict in a trial where he is charged with paying for sex with a juvenile prostitute until after elections next month, according to a decision by judges that could help his political comeback.

• Court denies former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi's bid to halt sex trial

  A Milan court on Monday rejected a bid by former Premier Silvio Berlusconi to halt his sex-for-hire trial because of Italy's general election campaign, a ruling that means a verdict could come before the February vote.