Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is accused of “involvement in underage prostitution” and “abuse of office”. Photograph: Reuters

In yet another Milan court hearing involving former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, state pr(...)

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An Italian court upheld a conviction against former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi for tax fraud today. Photograph: Max Rossi/Files/Reuters.

A Milan appeals court today upheld the conviction of former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi for tax fraud in a film-rights case involv(...)

Rating agency Moody’s believes Italy may still eventually need to seek a bailout.

Rating agency Moody’s believes Italy may still eventually need to seek a bailout despite forming a new government and avoiding immediate crisis(...)

A Carabiniere police officer lies on the ground after being shot outside the Chigi premier’s office in Rome yesterday. Photograph: Elisabetta Villa/Getty Images

If Italy’s new prime minister, Enrico Letta, had even the slightest doubt about the difficult task awaiting him, they were dispelled by a drama(...)

Italian prime minister-designate and deputy leader of the centre-left Democratic Party (PD) Enrico Letta arrives to speak with reporters at the Quirinale Palace. Photograph: Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters

Italy’s two month long political stalemate appears to have finally ended following the announcement this evening that Democratic Party (PD) No (...)

Enrico Letta said he accepted the job knowing it was an enormous responsibility and that Italy’s political class had “lost all credibility”. Photograph: Gregorio Borgia/AP

Italy’s two-month-long government crisis may finally be coming to an end following the nomination yesterday of E(...)

Popolo della Liberta party deputy Alessandra Mussolini wears a T-shirt with a slogan that translates as “The Devil wears Prodi” as Italy’s parliament voted for the president of the republic . Photograph: Franco Origlia/Getty Images

Italy’s protracted political stalemate took a dramatic turn on Saturday when a bitterly divided Democratic Party (PD) had to h(...)

 Members of the Italian parliament in Rome vote yesterday for a successor to Giorgio Napolitano. Photograph:  Franco Origlia/Getty Images

Italy took a major step towards resolving the political stalemate that has blocked political life since the February general election when it r(...)

The lower house of the parliament is seen during the presidential election yesterday. Photograph: Tony Gentile/Reuters

Impossible though it may seem, Italy’s political landscape was looking even more confused last nigh(...)

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