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Comic's protest movement shakes up Italy election
The burly man with a shock of silver curls and a scruffy beard gesticulates wildly on Milan's Piazza del Duomo, unleashing a sprawling diatribe ...
Big name Italy elex produce surprise frontrunner
If opinion polls are right, he's the man headed to win Italy's elections this month. No, not Silvio Berlusconi, the flamboyant media mogul chased out ...
How many votes is a photo op with the pope worth?
How much weight does an endorsement from a lame-duck pope carry in the upcoming election? No, not that election — the one to pick the next leader of ...
UK royals condemn plans to publish Kate pictures
An Italian magazine that published topless photos of Prince William's wife last year is reportedly printing new pictures of the pregnant duchess on ...
Polls show Berlusconi gaining in national election
The last political polls to be published before Italy's national elections suggest that ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi is gaining ground on the ...
Berlusconi brother slammed for soccer player slur
Last week it was Silvio Berlusconi who got into hot water for praising Benito Mussolini. This week it's the former premier's younger brother who has ...
Berlusconi: if I win, Italians get home tax back
Media mogul Silvio Berlusconi on Sunday promised Italians that if they vote him back into office, he will abolish an unpopular tax on primary ...
Lombardy stars as kingmaker in national elections
One region looms large over Italy's upcoming election: Lombardy. The nation's industrial powerhouse and home to its financial capital, Milan, the ...
Berlusconi defends Mussolini for backing Hitler
Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi praised Benito Mussolini for "having done good" despite the Fascist dictator's anti-Jewish laws, immediately ...
Holocaust victims mourned at Auschwitz and beyond
Holocaust survivors, politicians, religious leaders and others marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Sunday with solemn prayers and the ...
Monti won't say who he prefers as coalition ally
Outgoing Premier Mario Monti is refusing to reveal who he would like to be his coalition partner should he be in a position to help form a government ...
Berlusconi sex-for-hire verdict after Italy vote
Judges hearing ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi's sex-for-hire trial on Monday pushed back the verdict and the sentencing in the case until after Italy's ...
Berlusconi: I won't be premier if my party wins
Silvio Berlusconi insisted on Sunday he won't be premier again if his conservative party, now trailing in opinion polls, wins Italian elections next ...
Court refuses to halt Berlusconi fraud appeal
A Milan court has refused to halt ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi's fraud appeal until after national elections. The court ruled that the hearings, which ...
Berlusconi's wiretap trial postponed in Italy
An Italian court accepted a request from former Premier Silvio Berlusconi's defense team and agreed to postpone his wiretap leaks trial until after ...
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 ...
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" ...
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 ...
Criminal probe expected after racist soccer chants
A public prosecutor is set to open a criminal inquiry after an exhibition match between AC Milan and lower division club Pro Patria was abandoned ...
Italy's Monti sharpens political tone to win votes
Italian Premier Mario Monti on Thursday criticized his predecessor Silvio Berlusconi for demonstrating "a certain volatility in judgment" and urged ...
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'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 ...