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Berlusconi ordered to pay nearly $4 million in divorce settlement
An Italian court has ordered Silvio Berlusconi to pay his second wife three million euros ($3.95 million) a month alimony as part of a legal separation settlement opening the way for their divorce, media reports said Friday. Veronica Lario filed for divorce in 2009 after revelations that Berlusconi, notorious for…
Star witness to testify in Berlusconi underage prostitute trial next month
The star witness in Silvio Berlusconi’s trial for paying for sex with an underage prostitute is to testify next month, lawyers said on Monday, as legal woes threaten his faltering re-election campaign. Moroccan-born pole-dancer Karima El-Mahroug — better known by her professional nickname of “Ruby the Heart Stealer” — is…
Italy’s Berlusconi announces fresh run for PM
Silvio Berlusconi on Saturday ended weeks of speculation by announcing he would run again for the job of prime minister, which he was forced out of last year. “I am running to win,” the leader of the right-wing populist People of Freedom (PDL) party told journalists in Milanello, near the…
Berlusconi ‘declares war’ on Italian PM
Italian ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi’s warning that his party could withdraw its support for the government was seen by the press Sunday as a declaration of war against Prime Minister Mario Monti and a bid to show he still carries political weight. However analysts saw it as an empty threat made…
Italy’s Berlusconi sentenced to four years for tax fraud
ITALY’S former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has been sentenced to four years in prison for tax fraud connected to his Mediaset television channels. He was also banned from holding public office for three years, a Milan court said last night. Berlusconi was accused of having artificially inflated the price of…
Berlusconi denies ‘Bunga Bunga’ sex charges in Milan
Italy’s former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi denied at his trial on Friday that he hosted raunchy parties, had sex with a 17-year-old prostitute and abused his powers by pressuring police. Berlusconi is accused of paying for sex with Moroccan exotic dancer Karima El-Mahroug, better known by her stage name as…
Royals sue as topless Kate pics spread to Italy
The royal family embarked on a legal battle Monday to try to stop the spread of topless photos of Prince William’s wife Catherine, as an Italian magazine splashed the pictures across a special 38-page edition. “The queen is nude!” read the front-page headline of Chi magazine which reproduced the photos…
Berlusconi got me pregnant: German starlet ‘Queen Bee’
A German starlet known as “Queen Bee” for her organising role at Silvio Berlusconi’s raunchy parties said in an interview on Friday that she is pregnant by the former Italian prime minister. Asked by investigative daily Il Fatto Quotidiano about the rumour that Berlusconi could be the father of her…
Germany outraged by Italian newspaper’s ‘Fourth Reich’ headline
Paper owned by Silvio Berlusconi’s brother insults Angela Merkel German politicians have reacted furiously to this front page in the Italian daily Il Giornale with its headline “Fourth Reich” above a picture of Chancellor Angela Merkel raising her hand in a vaguely fascist salute. The paper is owned by the…
Berlusconi hints at comeback in German interview
Italy’s former leader Silvio Berlusconi Monday gave a strong hint that he would return to politics, declaring he would “never leave his party in the lurch” as rumours swirled of an imminent comeback. In an interview in Germany’s mass circulation daily Bild, Berlusconi said he was “often and persistently” asked…
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