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Court denies Berlusconi 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 for Italy's general election campaign, a ...
Italy's 3-year borrowing rate lowest since 2010
Italy has easily raised €3.5 billion ($4.64 billion) in the sale of 3-year bonds, paying the lowest interest rates for such debt since March 2010, as ...
Italy's borrowing costs drop sharply in debt sale
Financial markets appear to be shrugging off worries over a bitter election campaign in Italy, with the government paying the lowest rate in three ...
Berlusconi rips magistrates over divorce deal
Former Premier Silvio Berlusconi has infuriated Italy's legal establishment by blasting a group of female magistrates as "feminist" and "communist" ...
Olympic fencing champ Vezzali joins Monti's ticket
Six-time Olympic fencing champion Valentina Vezzali has announced she is running on Italian Premier Mario Monti's ticket in the national elections ...
Berlusconi teams up with Northern League
Former Premier Silvio Berlusconi announced a deal Monday with the Northern League — his fractious coalition partner in three governments — to jointly ...
Nobel scientist Rita Levi-Montalcini dies in Rome
Rita Levi-Montalcini, a biologist who conducted underground research in defiance of Fascist persecution and went on to win a Nobel Prize for helping ...
Berlusconi criticizes Monti's campaign about-face
Ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi sharply criticized the decision by Mario Monti to run in Italy's general elections and vowed Saturday to launch a ...
Italy's Monti: I'm heading new electoral coalition
Italian Premier Mario Monti announced Friday he is heading a new campaign coalition made of up centrists, business leaders and pro-Vatican forces who ...
Italy's confused election gets another twist
Italy's confused election campaign took another twist Friday with the country's respected national anti-Mafia prosecutor joining ranks with the ...
Italy again sees higher borrowing costs at auction
Italy's borrowing costs have risen for the second day in a row in a pair of bond auctions that also failed to raise as much money as expected.
Italy's borrowing costs rise ahead of elections
Italy's borrowing costs rose slightly Thursday in an auction of six-month bonds held in the wake of Premier Mario Monti's resignation and uncertainty ...
Pope to Italians: Remember 'values' in election
Pope Benedict XVI's Christmas message to Italians is being read as a near-endorsement of another term for Premier Mario Monti. Pro-Vatican centrists ...
Markets steady amid Xmas exodus, US budget doubts
Financial markets were largely steady in holiday-thinned trading Monday though concerns remain over the progress of U.S. budget discussions and the ...
Monti says he is open to leading next government
After keeping Italians, and the rest of Europe, in suspense for weeks, caretaker Premier Mario Monti on Sunday ruled out campaigning in February ...
Will he or won't he? Italy awaits Monti's decision
Italy's president dissolved parliament Saturday, setting the stage for general elections in February and leaving only one lingering question from ...
Monti resigns as Italy heads to elections
Mario Monti handed in his resignation to Italy's president in Rome on Friday, bringing to a close his "difficult but fascinating" 13-month technical ...
Ferrari President says he will remain in charge
Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo plans to remain in charge of the Italian Formula One team even if he decides to run for a seat in the Italian ...
Fiat announces $1.3 BN investment for new SUVs
Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne will invest €1 billion ($1.32 billion) in the auto company's southern Italian factory to produce two SUV new models for ...
Party in disarray, Berlusconi wants vote delay
Silvio Berlusconi and fellow leaders of his splintering conservative party on Tuesday pressed for a delay in Italy's national elections, now widely ...
Court fines woman in Berlusconi 'bunga bunga' case
A Milan court fined a Moroccan woman at the center of Silvio Berlusconi's sex-for-hire scandal €500 ($650) on Monday for failing to appear as a ...
Italy decries India's delay over jailed marines
Italy is expressing "deep disappointment" over the delay by India's supreme court in the case of two Italian marines detained since February for the ...