Tag: Silvio Berlusconi tax fraud

• Tuesday, May 15th 2018 - 07:26 UTC

  Berlusconi is back: ban from holding public office lifted by Italian court

  

  An Italian tribunal has lifted a ban on veteran centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi from holding public office, meaning he could run to be prime minister in the next national election.

• Tuesday, November 7th 2017 - 09:47 UTC

  Sicily's regional elections open the way for a Berlusconi comeback

  

  Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi looks set for another political comeback after a coalition he backed won Sicily's regional elections. The result adds momentum to the newly formed centre-right alliance.

• Monday, May 19th 2014 - 08:57 UTC

  Berlusconi claims he was forced out of office by a 'plot', according to Geithner's book

  

  Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says he was forced out of office as a result of a “plot” by European Union officials. Berlusconi made the remarks last week following the publication of a book authored by former US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.

• Wednesday, August 14th 2013 - 03:18 UTC

  Napolitano warns Berlusconi party against trying to bring down the Italian government

  

  Italian President Giorgio Napolitano ruled out any reversal of a tax fraud conviction against Silvio Berlusconi and issued a stern warning to his party against trying to bring down the government over the issue.

• Friday, April 26th 2013 - 07:29 UTC

  Berlusconi emerges as the great saviour of the current Italian political stalemate

  

  Silvio Berlusconi, the three-time prime minister and two-time convicted lawbreaker seems to be the great victor in Italy by out-manoeuvring rivals during an eight-week political stalemate and becoming the key figure in talks for a new coalition government.

• Friday, October 26th 2012 - 21:27 UTC

  End of bunga-bunga: ex PM Berlusconi handed jail sentence for tax fraud

  

  Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been handed a jail sentence and barred from office after being found guilty of tax fraud. The Milan court sentenced him to four years but later cut it to one year because of an amnesty law.