New woes for Berlusconi as Italian president rejects justice bill
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Italy's president refused to sign into law a controversial judicial reform by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right government which magistrates said would threaten their independence, the president's office revealed.
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Rome, Dec. 1 (NNN) : Italy was on Tuesday virtually crippled as millions of workers staged a one-day walk-out against the economic policies of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
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A double rejection for Buttiglione in Brussels. The justice and security commission of the European Parliament has rejected by just one vote, the first resolution that accepted the candidature of Rocco Buttiglione
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Italy's president dealt a blow to the center-right government Thursday by vetoing one of its centerpiece reforms, an overhaul of the justice system.
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Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on Saturday rejected Romano Prodi's resignation earlier this week from the post of the country's prime minister, a move designed to end the country's political upheaval.
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Italy's political crisis neared an uneasy resolution on Tuesday after attempts to form an interim government failed, leaving fresh elections using an unpopular voting system the only option.
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Silvio Berlusconi's collapse at a political rally alarmed Italy's centre-right opposition and fueled speculation on Monday that the former prime minister may be set to bow out of frontline politics.
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An attempt by Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to delay his corporate fraud trial suffered a setback on Wednesday with a decision that the trial judge should stay on the case.
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MILAN/ROME  - Silvio Berlusconi's future was in doubt on Tuesday after a newspaper said he did not want to bid for a third term as Italy's prime minister but the opposition leader said he had no plan to quit politics.
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ROME, Feb 22 (IPS) - The Italian government is in crisis after it failed   to win a vote Wednesday on its foreign policy programme.  Although the  ruling centre-left coalition held only a very  slight majority in the  Senate, the defeat of the motion came as  a major surprise to Prime  Minister Romano Prodi.
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Italians are agog over a sex spat involving their former first couple. Could the Berlusconis have a broader agenda?
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Italy&#39;s prime minister has blamed leftists after a European Parliamentary committee rejected his conservative nominee for justice commissioner.
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A proposed new media law here could weaken Silvio Berlusconi's long-held lock on Italian television, and in the process help Rupert Murdoch.
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The past 10 months have been rough for Silvio Berlusconi: He lost power in a contested election, fainted at a political rally, underwent heart surgery and was rebuked very publicly by his wife for flirting with ...Comment
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ROME (Italy): Italy faced a standstill as millions of workers took part in a general strike against the economic policies of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
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THE fate of Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian Prime Minister and media tycoon, hung in the balance last night as Italy waited to hear whether judges in Milan would convict him on corruption charges.
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Crisis is looming over the EU's new executive after a key European Parliament committee rejected Italian Rocco Buttiglione as justice and security chief because of his traditional views on homosexuality and ...