Silvio Berlusconi

Italy’s longest-serving postwar premier turned media power into enduring influence

Silvio Berlusconi, Italian Leader Mired in Scandal, Dies at 86

Berlusconi was hospitalized in Milan on Friday just three weeks after being released from a previous treatment.

Former Italy PM Berlusconi has leukaemia and lung infection

The 86-year-old, whose media empire has made him a billionaire, was rushed to the intensive care unit of Milan's San Raffaele hospital on Wednesday, heightening concerns over his increasingly fragile health.

Italy court acquits former PM Silvio Berlusconi in bribery case

Berlusconi was charged with allegedly paying Italian singer Mariano Apicella 157,000 euros ($162,000) to lie in a previous trial where he was accused of paying to have sex with a 17-year-old Moroccan nightclub dancer.

Omicron news roundup: All the important developments about the Covid variant you must know  

The third wave led by the Omicron variant seems to be ebbing in some countries, while it is driving harshest measures in some others, in this roundup of events from across the world.

Along comes Italy, to spoil Europe's market calm

Center-right leader Silvio Berlusconi pulled his ministers out of the cabinet on Saturday, effectively bringing down the government of Prime Minister Enrico Letta and leaving the eurozone`s third-largest economy in chaos.

Can Italy's Berlusconi pull off one last escape?

On Thursday, the courts finally caught up with Berlusconi, handing down a verdict which shook the uneasy coalition in which his centre-right rules with the centre-left.

Italian ex-PM Silvio Berlusconi's business empire

The former prime minister has kept control of his media empire, laying himself open to accusations of a conflict between his political and business interests and leaving him vulnerable to numerous corruption investigations into him and his companies

'Shocked' by sexist poster ads in India: Ford executive

Ford Motor Co was "shocked" by a series of Indian poster advertisements that included one showing women tied up in the trunk of a Ford driven by ex-Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi

Global cues negative, stay cautious: Udayan

The Budget is done and dusted, and 48 hours later we‘re back to tackling global markets, which don't look too great, says Udayan Mukherjee, Managing Editor, CNBC-TV18.

Election result may condemn Italy to weak, short govt

Italy's electoral earthquake seems to have condemned the country to the thing it needs least - a short-term government and new elections in as little as six months or a year.

Markets brace for crucial Italy election test

Investors are awaiting the outcome a wide open Italian election that could trigger a sell-off in stocks and bonds and renew concerns about the euro if the polls bring an unstable government.

Euro looks weak ahead of polls in Italy: StanChart

Minutes from Federal Reserve's meeting on Wednesday indicate that a number of senior officials remain concerned about the central bank's bond buying program. Sarah Hewin of Standard Chartered says that the quantitative easing (QE) by the central bank will continue at the current pace until the year ends.

Berlusconi slams 'feminist' judges for divorce settlement

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi slammed a panel of three "feminist and communist" female judges for ruling that he owed his estranged wife 200,000 euros per day as part of a divorce settlement.

Berlusconi to pay 36m euros a year divorce settlement

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has agreed to pay his estranged wife Veronica Lario 100,000 euros a day as part of a divorce settlement, the daily Corriere della Sera said on Friday.

Berlusconi party girl says masqueraded as Obama

One of the young women who attended Silvio Berlusconi's "bunga bunga" parties told a court on Friday that she dressed up as a burlesque version of US President Barack Obama to entertain the former Italian prime minister.

Italy's Monti seeks Chinese investment; reforms working

Prime Minister Mario Monti urged China on Saturday to step up investment in Italy and tried to reassure Beijing that the euro zone debt crisis was close to resolution and tough economic reforms passed by his government were working.

5 things Indian investor needs to watch carefully in 2012

Supporters of the India growth story would like to treat the year 2011 as a bad dream. And not without a good reason!

Seven things that would have been better unsaid

Seven things that would have been better unsaid...

Europe's New Deal: Some winners, one loser

Napoleon dreamed of it, de Gaulle fought for it, but Nicolas Sarkozy may have achieved it — a Europe of Nations with France in the cockpit and Britain on the sidelines.

Berlusconi resigns, crowds in Rome celebrate

Silvio Berlusconi resigned on Saturday to make way for an emergency government Italians hope will save them from financial ruin as thousands of jeering protesters shouted "clown, clown" and toasted the end of a scandal-plagued era.

Italy braces for new govt, IMF warns Asia on euro fallout

Italy's parliament was set to approve austerity measures on Saturday, triggering the formation of an emergency government to replace that of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, and meeting European Union demands to avert a euro zone meltdown.

Lagarde: Political clarity needed in Italian crisis

The head of the International Monetary Fund called on Thursday for political clarity in efforts to tackle the debt crisis that has gripped Italy, saying uncertainty around who would succeed Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was fuelling market volatility.

Showman Berlusconi finally sunk by markets

Silvio Berlusconi dominated Italy for 17 years with a unique mix of political talent and brazen behavior but in the end it was market pressure from abroad that brought him down.

Italy's Berlusconi wins key vote but loses majority

A key vote in Italy's Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday indicated Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has lost his parliamentary majority, piling further pressure on him to resign.