Europe ; Judgment at Hand in Landmark Berlusconi Trial
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Berlusconi, a billionaire media mogul, is accused of bribing Rome judges in the late 1980s and again in 1991 to win favorable rulings for his Fininvest business empire.
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A court cleared Premier Silvio Berlusconi of corruption charges in his long-running trial yesterday, sparing Italy the embarrassment of having its leader convicted of bribing judges.
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Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian prime minister, is waiting to find out whether a court will find him guilty of bribing judges in the 1980s.
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The trial of Silvio Berlusconi resumes in Milan as Italy's former prime minister is treated for a minor heart complaint in hospital.
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Judges in the corruption trial of Silvio Berlusconi withdrew on Thursday to decide their verdict and the prime minister said he was confident he would not be convicted.
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MILAN A panel of three judges began deliberations Thursday in the long-running corruption trial of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy.
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The European court rules against Russia over the disappearance of a Chechen man, in a landmark case.
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MILAN, Dec 10 - An Italian court dropped a key corruption charge against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Friday, invoking a statute of limitations that meant time had run out to press a conviction.
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A court cleared Premier Silvio Berlusconi of corruption charges in his long-running trial Friday, sparing Italy the embarrassment of having its leader convicted of bribing judges.
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A Milan court deliberated for a second day Friday in the long-running corruption trial of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, with the Italian leader risking a criminal conviction on charges that he bribed judges in the 1980s.
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A look at some of the major cases against Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi:
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Premier Silvio Berlusconi, an important ally for President Bush in Iraq, was acquitted of corruption charges that have dogged his government from the start. The verdict was a boost to the conservative leader ahead of 2006 elections. Berlusconi, 68, has long insisted he was the victim of left-wing prosecutors.
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(AGI) - Rome, Italy, Oct 13 - The negative opinion expressed by the Civil Liberties Commission of the European Parliament regarding Rocco Buttiglione, is an attack at Premier Silvio Berlusconi and his government.
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A court began deliberations Thursday in Premier Silvio Berlusconi's long-running corruption trial, with the billionaire politician at risk of becoming the first sitting Italian leader to be convicted on criminal charges.
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The verdict expected in Silvio Berlusconi's corruption trial cast a long shadow over the Italian prime minister's first political duel with his returning centre-left rival Romano Prodi.
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says he is confident a court will not convict him on charges of bribing judges. &quot;I don&#39;t think there will be a conviction,&quot; he said at the presentation
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi escaped conviction in a major corruption trial on Friday after a court invoked a statute of limitations that meant time had run out to sentence him for bribery.