Berlusconi fights to the end to keep Senate seat
By NICOLE WINFIELD Italian Senator Silvio Berlusconi prepares to speak at a press conference in Rome, Monday, Nov. 25, 2013. Berlusconi claimed Monday that new affidavits from 12 witnesses and…
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Italian justice minister survives confidence vote
Italian Premier Enrico Letta, right, and Justice Minister Annamaria Cancellieri wait ahead of a confidence vote at the Italian Lower Chamber of Parliament, in Rome, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013. Italy’s…
ITALY FORMS NEW GOVERNMENT AFTER 2-MONTH STALEMATE
By FRANCES D’EMILIO In this picture taken Thursday, April 25, 2013, Italian premier-designate Enrico Letta meets the journalists at the lower chamber in Rome, at the end of a day…
ITALIAN PROTEST PARTY: PEOPLE FED UP WITH POLITICS
Comic-turned political agitator and leader of the anti-establishment 5 Star Movement Beppe Grillo arrives for a press conference in Rome, Sunday, April 21, 2013. Italy’s Parliament on Saturday re-elected Giorgio…
NAPOLITANO RE-ELECTED ITALY’S PRESIDENT
NAPOLITANO RE-ELECTED ITALY’S PRESIDENT FILE – In this Feb. 28, 2013 file photo Italian President Giorgio Napolitano arrives for a meeting with German President Joachim Gauck at Bellevue Palace in…
ITALIAN LAWMAKERS FAIL TO ELECT NEW PRESIDENT
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Italian caretaker Premier Mario Monti cast his vote for a new president whose first job will be to seek the formation of a new government after inconclusive…
WOMAN IN BERLUSCONI SEX TRIAL DENOUNCES TACTICS
By NICOLE WINFIELD and LUCA BRUNO Karima el-Mahroug, also known as Ruby, a Moroccan woman at the center of ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi’s sex-for-hire trial, wipes away a tear as she…