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Silvio Berlusconi pictured in September 2022

Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi dies aged 86

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, the billionaire businessman who created Italy's largest media company before transforming the political landscape, has died.

World • 12 Jun 23

Silvio Berlusconi is only seen in public on rare occasions, and appears physically diminished (file image)

'I'll make it', says Berlusconi from hospital bed

Italian former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has vowed to survive another stint in hospital, as the 86-year-old showed signs of improvement after he received treatment for leukaemia and a lung infection.

World • 07 Apr 23

The 86-year-old was taken to hospital in Milan yesterday

Berlusconi in hospital with leukaemia, lung infection

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has been suffering from chronic blood cancer for some time and is in intensive care for a lung infection, according to his doctors.

Europe • 06 Apr 23

Silvio Berlusconi, a four-times prime minister, had major heart surgery in 2016 (file image)

Italy's Berlusconi to spend night in intensive care

Silvio Berlusconi, who was Italian prime minister four times, was being treated in intensive care in a cardiac unit at Milan's San Raffaele Hospital after suffering breathing problems.

World • 05 Apr 23

Silvio Berlusconi contracted Covid-19 last year

Former Italian PM Berlusconi seriously ill, court told

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is seriously ill and his trial on charges of bribing witnesses should be temporarily suspended, a Milan prosecutor has said.

World • 19 May 21

Silvio Berlusconi and two of his children tested positive for Covid-19

Berlusconi hospitalised after positive virus test

Italy's former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, who recently tested positive for the novel coronavirus, has been admitted to hospital.

Coronavirus • 04 Sep 20

Volodymyr Zelensky's only previous political role was playing the president on television

From Reagan to Zelensky, stars who went into politics

Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelensky, whom exit polls showed winning today's presidential election in Ukraine, follows several celebrities - from US actor Ronald Reagan to Liberian footballer George Weah - who nabbed top political jobs in their countries.

World • 21 Apr 19

Model Imane Fadil testified at the 2012 trial of Silvio Berlusconi

Italy investigates death of 'bunga bunga' model

Italian magistrates have opened an investigation into possible murder after the death of a Moroccan model who was a regular guest at former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's "bunga bunga" parties.

Europe • 15 Mar 19

Silvio Berlusconi is due to go on trial on 4 February in the city of Bari

Berlusconi faces new trial over prostitution case

Silvio Berlusconi has been sent for trial for allegedly bribing a businessman to lie over accusations he had supplied the former Italian prime minister with prostitutes a decade ago.

Europe • 16 Nov 18

The 'Berlusconi versus Italy' case will be heard by 17 judges

Berlusconi takes fight against election ban to court

Lawyers for Silvio Berlusconi have argued at the European Court of Human Rights against his ban from holding public office, hoping for a green light that will allow him to run for Italian prime minister at national elections early next year.

Silvio Berlusconi • 22 Nov 17

Berlusconi completes sale of AC Milan

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi finalised the sale of football club AC Milan to a Chinese-led consortium.

Business • 13 Apr 17

The club, which posted a loss of €93.5m last year, needs new capital to fund its business and compete with top European clubs

Berlusconi close to selling AC Milan to Chinese

Italian tycoon and former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is close to selling soccer club AC Milan to a Chinese consortium in a deal that could see the Serie A team listed in China.

Business • 05 Jul 16

Clerks at a polling station in Naples earlier today

Italy's Five Star takes lead in Rome election

Italy's anti-establishment Five Star movement took a large lead in the first round of voting for the mayor of Rome, according to exit polls published this evening, in a possible blow to Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.

News • 05 Jun 16

Silvio Berlusconi welcomes Vladimir Putin to Rome in 2012

Berlusconi linked with Russian government role

Disgraced former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has reportedly claimed Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to give him Russian citizenship and make him economy minister.

News • 23 Jul 15

Silvio Berlusconi (R) arrives at the Catholic hospice 'Sacra Famiglia'

Berlusconi begins community service

Italy's three-time former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi this morning arrived at a hospice for Alzheimer's patients near Milan to begin his year of community service following a conviction for tax fraud.

News • 09 May 14

Silvio Berlusconi wanted to attend the European Popular Party conference in Dublin on 6-7 March

Berlusconi denied permit to come to Dublin

A Milan court has rejected a request by former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, whose passport was confiscated after his conviction for tax fraud, to leave Italy to attend a conference in Ireland.

News • 04 Mar 14

Silvio Berlusconi said Mr Alfano's decision to form a new bloc had 'caused him a lot of pain' prompting members of his audience to yell 'traitors'

Berlusconi says his party has split from coalition

Silvio Berlusconi has said that his centre-right party had split from Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta's ruling coalition.

News • 16 Nov 13

Silvio Berlusconi said his children felt like Jewish families under Hitler's regime

Berlusconi causes outrage over persecution remarks

Silvio Berlusconi caused outrage in Italy's Jewish community after he said he and his children felt persecuted like Jews in Nazi Germany because of hounding by leftist magistrates.

News • 06 Nov 13

The protest comes as Prime Minister Enrico Letta is trying to hold together his shaky left-right coalition government and struggling to lead Italy out of its worst post-war recession

Thousands rally over austerity in Rome

Scuffles broke out in Rome as tens of thousands of people marched through Italy's capital to protest against unemployment and government cuts.

News • 20 Oct 13

A cross-party committee has voted to expel former PM Silvio Berlusconi from the Italian Senate

Committee votes to expel Berlusconi from Senate

A cross-party Italian Senate committee has voted to recommend that centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi be expelled from the Senate following his conviction for tax fraud in August.

News • 04 Oct 13

Enrico Letta said Italy risked being left without a stable government if his administration fell

Italian prime minister wins confidence vote

Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta has won a confidence vote in parliament, after Silvio Berlusconi backtracked on threats to bring down the government.

News • 02 Oct 13

Latest Italian political crisis again centres on Silvio Berlusconi

Italian government holding resolution talks

Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta's government teetered on the verge of collapse after allies of former leader Silvio Berlusconi, led by Deputy Premier Angelino Alfano, said they planned to quit the cabinet.

News • 30 Sep 13

Tensions in the coalition have grown since Silvio Berlusconi was convicted for tax fraud last month

Berlusconi pulls ministers from coalition govt

Italian centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi has pulled his ministers out of the ruling coalition, effectively bringing down the government of Prime Minister Enrico Letta and leaving Europe's third-largest economy in chaos.

News • 28 Sep 13

Prosecutors had asked for a six-year jail term for Silvio Berlusconi

Berlusconi sentenced to seven years in jail

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has been found guilty of abuse of office and sentenced to seven years in prison, pending an appeal.

News • 24 Jun 13

Silvio Berlusconi said the ruling would have no effect on his support for Prime Minister Enrico Letta's government

Court rejects Berlusconi challenge to conviction

Italy's constitutional court this evening rejected an attempt by Silvio Berlusconi to block a tax fraud conviction from October.

News • 19 Jun 13