The new coalition government in Italy is off to such a rocky start, it's hard to say there ever was a honeymoon.People want more jobs. Instead, the price for a coalition by former Prime Minister Mario Silvio Berlusconi was a rollback in property taxe

Silvio Berlusconi's legal woes continue, as a key witness in a sex-for-money trial against him told a court that dancers dressed as nuns and President Barack Obama at the former Italian premier's notorious "bunga bunga" trials. Karima El Mahroug, be

Coalition government suspends the introduction of an unpopular housing tax in a big concession to Silvio Berlusconi’s centre-right party

ON MAY 14th Silvio Berlusconi had his latest uneasy encounter with the law when he was questioned by prosecutors in Rome. They wanted to know if the former prime minister had been blackmailed by a businessman who supplied women for parties in Rome (b

Italian prosecutor wraps up case in Silvio Berlusconi sex trial, after ministers in former PM’s party protested against verdict in another case

Prosecutors have called for Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s former prime minister, to face another trial, on charges of bribing a senator

NAPLES, Italy, May 9 (Reuters) - Prosecutors on Thursday called for former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to face another trial, on charges of bribing a senator, deepening the legal troubles of a...

ROME, May 9 (Reuters) - Italy's governing coalition will notfall because of a decision by an appeals court to uphold afour-year jail term against Silvio Berlusconi for tax fraud, aminister close to the centre-right leader said on Thursday.

ROME, May 9 (Reuters) - Italy's governing coalition will not fall because of a decision by an appeals court to uphold a four-year jail term against Silvio Berlusconi for tax fraud, a minister close to the centre-right leader said on Thursday.

MILAN, May 8 (Reuters) - A Milan appeals court upheld a four-year sentence for tax fraud against former prime minister and centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi on Wednesday, adding to the...

An appeals court judge upheld the conviction of Silvio Berlusconi for tax fraud related to the former Italian premier's media business in the early 2000s, but he is unlikely to serve prison time.

MILAN (AP) — An appeals court has upheld the tax fraud conviction against ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi and sentenced him to four years in prison. But the former Italian leader could appeal this verdict to a higher court, the Court of Cassation.

ROME, May 6 (Reuters) - Italy's top appeals court on Mondayrejected a request by former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi tomove two trials he faces out of Milan where, he has maintained,he cannot get a fair trial.

ROME, April 30 (Reuters) - Italy must re-negotiate the public finance commitments it has given to European partners, centre-right leader and former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Tuesday.

By Frances D'EmilioROME -- A coalition of Silvio Berlusconi's forces and center-left rivals forged a new Italian government Saturday, an unusual alliance that broke a two-month deadlock following inconclusive elections in the recession-mired country.

Moments ago, Italy's Enrico Letta announced that after several days of negotiations he has enough support to form a government which will see Letta as Prime Minister, while one of Silvio Berlusconi's closest allies, Angelino Alfano, of Berlusconi's P

Pier Luigi Bersani, leader of the Democrats, and Silvio Berlusconi, the centre-right leader, are due to meet again to pursue talks over a joint candidate

Last month, Ford made headlines for an allegedly unapproved ad featuring Silvio Berlusconi with a trunk full of gagged, hog tied, and crying women. And now McDonald's is fielding a PR failure for an unapproved ad that went public. The ad, found as a

ROME, April 5 (Reuters) - Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, buoyed by new opinion polls showing a lead for his centre-right coalition, said on Friday Italy must return to the polls quickly...

ROME, April 4 (Reuters) - One of the "wise men" charged withfinding a way out of Italy's political crisis apologised onThursday after he made offensive remarks about centre-rightleader Silvio Berlusconi during a prank phone call organised bya radio s

ROME, April 2 (Reuters) - Italian centre-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani restated his refusal to form a grand coalition with the centre-right bloc led by Silvio Berlusconi, saying on Tuesday that a...

With Beppe Grillo and unwilling to form a coalition government, and with Prime former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi making demands that Bersani will not go along with, Italian President Giorgio Napolitano Considers Options.One of those options inc

ROME, March 29 (Reuters) - Italy's centre-left Democratic Party (PD) on Friday rejected a coalition proposed by former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi as the way out of a deep political crisis,...

ROME, March 29 (Reuters) - The junior partner in Italy's centre-left alliance ruled out a coalition with Silvio Berlusconi's People of Freedom (PDL) party following talks on Friday to try to form a...

ROME, March 29 (Reuters) - Italy's centre-left Democratic Party on Friday rebuffed former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's offer of a coalition deal to end political deadlock since an election last...

ROME, March 29 (Reuters) - Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Friday he was ready to support a coalition government with centre-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani but rejected...

With the announcement that the attempts by the Democrats to form a government have been derailed by what the Economist characterizes as two clowns, former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Beppe Grillo, the situation in Italy gets more dangerous.

ROME, March 28 (Reuters) - The junior partner in Italy's centre-left alliance will not join a government that includes former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi or his People of Freedom (PDL) party, an...

Shares in the Italian broadcaster owned by former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi may appear cheap, but they come with political risk attached

The creatives from JWT India responsible for making and then leaking a headline-inducing Ford Figo ad — in which controversy-laden Silvio Berlusconi flashes a "V" for victory in a car with tied, gagged, and crying women are trapped in the trunk

NEW YORK, March 27 (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co was"shocked" by a series of Indian poster advertisements thatincluded one showing women tied up in the trunk of a Ford drivenby ex-Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, its chiefmarketing executive sai

MILAN (Reuters) - Shares in Italian broadcaster Mediaset , controlled by former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, were higher in early trade on Wedesday as traders cited management comments of a...

JWT India sacks employees over controversial adverts, including one showing former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi with a group of bound women in a car boot.

Mediaset, Italy's largest private broadcaster owned by the family of former Premier Silvio Berlusconi, has posted its first net loss since going public in 1996.

MUMBAI, March 26 (Reuters) - An Indian unit of advertising group WPP has sacked employees over a series of ads, including one showing women tied up in the trunk of a Ford driven by ex-Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

MUMBAI, March 26 (Reuters) - An Indian unit of advertisinggroup WPP has sacked employees over a series of ads,including one showing women tied up in the trunk of a Ford driven by ex-Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

MUMBAI, March 26 (Reuters) - A series of car ads, including one showing women bound and gagged in the trunk of a Ford driven by former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, has prompted Internet...

MUMBAI, March 26 (Reuters) - A series of car ads, includingone showing women bound and gagged in the trunk of a Ford drivenby former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, has promptedInternet outrage in India and prompted an apology from FordIndi

MUMBAI, March 26 (Reuters) - A series of car ads, including one showing women bound and gagged in the trunk of a Ford driven by former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, has prompted Internet outrage in India and prompted an apology from Ford

Last week, Ford experienced an unexpected PR disaster when creatives at JWT India — the Ford Figo's agency of record — released an unauthorized ad on the internet that shows Silvio Berlusconi tying up and gagging scantily clad women in th

The Indian unit of Ford Motor Co. has apologized for advertisements that were chastised as tasteless and demeaning, including one that depicted former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in a car with a trio of bound and gagged women in the tru

ROME, March 25 (Reuters) - Silvio Berlusconi repeated a demand on Monday to be included in any new Italian government, but there was no sign his center-left rival would renege on a promise not to...

The Indian unit of Ford apologises for an advert showing former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi with a group of bound women in the trunk of a car.

ROME, March 25 (Reuters) - Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi repeated on Monday that centre-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani must go into coalition with his centre-right group or Italy...

MILAN, March 23 (Reuters) - An Italian court agreed onSaturday to Silvio Berlusconi's request to adjourn his appealagainst a tax fraud conviction for one month, as Italy'spoliticians seek to end a political crisis and form agovernment.

Ford and its ad agency issued apologies for a tasteless Ford Figo ad — in which former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi is shown with a bunch of gagged and crying women in the trunk of his car — that was never meant to see the light of day. I

The strangest and most inappropriately off-message ad for Ford has officially been made. JWT India created a series of disturbing ads for the Ford Figo, one of which shows former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi  flashing a peace sign fr

Who saved Italy? This column argues that the crisis began with Silvio Berlusconi and ended with Mario Monti. Evidence suggests that restoring a sense of credibility to Italian policymaking was difficult to earn but may be very easy to lose (as the re

ROME, March 15 (Reuters) - Silvio Berlusconi's lawyers areseeking to have trials where he is charged with tax fraud andhaving sex with a minor moved to the city of Brescia from Milan,where they...

MILAN, March 9 (Reuters) - Milan court doctors ruled onSaturday that Silvio Berlusconi was able to attend a tax fraudappeal, rejecting the former prime minister complaint that aneye condition prevented him leaving hospital.