The former Italian prime minister has been sentenced to a year of community service at a home for the elderly after his conviction for tax fraud. Here is a look back at some memorable images from his life in Italian politics Continue reading... ...
Judge announces adoption in UK of child born to Italian woman who was forced to undergo a C-section in 2012 The daughter of an Italian woman who had a forced caesarean section while in the UK has been adopted by "good and loving people", the country's top family judge has announced. The case, which first unfolded in secrecy, was later reported and commented on around the world and led to...
Former Italian prime minister will reportedly be working part-time in a care home outside Milan Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian prime minister, is to serve his year-long sentence for tax fraud through part-time community service in a home for elderly people, a court has decided. The ruling from the Tribunale di sorveglianza in Milan comes more than eight months after the billionaire leader of...
As Italian capital approaches 2,767th birthday, excavation reveals wall built long before official founding year of 753BC It is already known as the eternal city, and if new archeological findings prove correct Rome may turn out to be even more so than believed until now. Next week, the city will celebrate its official, 2,767th birthday. According to a tradition going back to classic times, the brothers...
Turning his old house into a flash hotel in Turin would make a mockery of the Marxist's lifelong struggle against bourgeois values and the capitalist apparatus, say Italian academics Name: Antonio Gramsci. Age: 46 years (alive), plus 77 (dead). Continue reading... ...
Marcello Dell'Utri, said to have acted as a mediator between the Cosa Nostra and Silvio Berlusconi, has been declared a fugitive A former Italian MP who allegedly acted as a mediator between the Cosa Nostra and Silvio Berlusconi before the ex-prime minister entered politics is believed to have fled Italy as the supreme court prepares to hear his final appeal against a conviction for mafia association....
Marcello Dell'Utri, accused of having mediated between mafia and Berlusconi, claims he left country for 'treatment and rest' A former Italian MP who allegedly acted as a mediator between the Cosa Nostra and Silvio Berlusconi before the ex-prime minister entered politics has denied fleeing the country to avoid arrest as a court in Sicily declared him a fugitive. Anti-mafia investigators said they had...
Syria's 1,300-ton stockpile, which includes sulphur mustard gas and a sarin-type nerve agent, is being delivered to the port of Latakia, where it will be shipped to Italy for destruction at sea on a specially modified US ship Continue reading... ...
Syria has promised that most of its 1,300-ton stockpile will be delivered by 13 April, when a meticulous plan will swing into action Interactive guide: how the weapons will be destroyed In the middle of the MV Cape Ray's cavernous car deck stand two large white tents. With their interior lights casting eerie shadows of the constant activity within, they look like twin crime scenes. But the commanders,...
Police from around the world and religious leaders pledge to work together and to fight against human trafficking Pope Francis has described human trafficking as "a crime against humanity" as international police chiefs and religious figures pledged in the Vatican to work together to fight modern-day slavery. At the end of a two-day meeting, organised by the bishops' conference of England...
Letter says Gramsci, co-founder of Communist party and critic of the bourgeoisie, should not be used to promote luxury hotel Antonio Gramsci was one of the most important Marxist thinkers of the 20th century, a co-founder of the Communist party of Italy and coruscating critic of the bourgeoisie. So an upmarket hotel is possibly not the best way to celebrate his legacy. That, at least, is the belief...
House arrest or community service in a care home? The former Italian prime minister is due to find out in a court hearing beginning on Thursday how he is to serve his one-year sentence for tax fraud. Dress Berlusconi in a sentence of your choosing and find out why some would be more fitting than others Will court make him a care worker or a clown? Continue reading... ...
Boats from Africa and Middle East are arriving at the fastest rate since a naval operation to handle influx began last year Italy says 4,000 immigrants have reached its shores by boat in the past two days the highest number since it began a naval operation to handle the influx after two shipwrecks last year. "The landings are non-stop and the emergency is increasingly glaring," the interior...
The former PM, convicted of tax fraud, may be 'entrusted to social services' and plenty want to help him redeem himself More than eight months after he was given his first definitive conviction in the Italian courts, Silvio Berlusconi is due to find out how he will serve his one-year sentence for tax fraud. At 77, the former prime minister is past the stage where he could be sent to prison for such...
Hawk brought in after two doves were killed by a crow and seagull in front of horrified crowds in St Pater's Square A intrepid hawk has been taken on by the Vatican to protect the pope's doves after two were killed in front of horrified crowds by a crow and seagull , according to a Catholic magazine. The bird of prey named Sylvia, who was specially trained for the task in northern Italy, has been taken...
President Nicolás Maduro's government asks Cardinal Pietro Parolin to be 'witness in good faith' to talks on ending conflict Venezuela has formally invited the Vatican's secretary of state to be a "witness in good faith" to talks on ending two months of deadly anti-government protests there. In a letter on Wednesday, President Nicolás Maduro 's government asked Cardinal Pietro Parolin,...
Protagonist of The Young Pope the Oscar-winner's first TV project aims to be as complex as Tony Soprano The Italian Oscar-winning director Paolo Sorrentino plans to write and direct a TV series about a fictional Italian-American Pope. The Young Pope will be set in the Vatican, as well as Africa, Italy and the US and will feature an international cast. Continue reading... ...
Seizure of drugs, destined to be shipped to Italy, comes day after 1.6 tons of cannabis was discovered in a forest Albanian police have seized 2.2 metric tons (4,850lb) of cannabis hidden in sofas and destined for Italy. Police found the drugs on Monday after searching a truck at the port of Durres, 20 miles west of the capital, Tirana. The Macedonian driver was arrested. Continue reading... ...
The Vatican's reluctance to confront those accused of murder in its midst is rooted in its refusal to face up to the church's complicity in the events of 1994 There is a Roman Catholic priest at a medieval church an hour's drive from Paris who has been indicted by a United Nations court for genocide, extermination, murder and rape in Rwanda. Father Wenceslas Munyeshyaka was notorious during the 1994...
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum of Dubai has lots of money to splash and he's scouring Venice for a small army of female assistants to help him spend it It seemed like an April Fools' joke. On Tuesday 1 April, news circulated in Italy that Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum , the ruler of Dubai, UAE vice-president and prime minister, had a job opening in fact, he had 60 of them. The candidate...