https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Italy’s former prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, has been discharged from hospital after undergoing a successful open-heart operation in June. https://www.thelocal.it/20160705/berlusconi-leaves-hospital-after-open-heart-surgery Tue, 05 Jul 2016 14:29:21 +0200 berlusconi-leaves-hospital-after-open-heart-surgery Italy's controversial former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi underwent cardiac surgery on Tuesday after a heart attack his doctor said could have killed the 79-year-old tycoon. https://www.thelocal.it/20160614/berlusconi-has-open-heart-op-after-near-miss-attack Tue, 14 Jun 2016 12:20:02 +0200 berlusconi-has-open-heart-op-after-near-miss-attack Controversial former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, 79, will undergo heart surgery to replace an aortic valve after suffering an attack his doctor said could have killed him. https://www.thelocal.it/20160609/italys-berlusconi-to-undergo-heart-op-for-attack-that-nearly-killed-him Thu, 09 Jun 2016 20:55:16 +0200 italys-berlusconi-to-undergo-heart-op-for-attack-that-nearly-killed-him Italy’s former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was admitted to hospital in Milan on Tuesday morning for a heart problem, according to a spokeswoman for his party. https://www.thelocal.it/20160607/berlusconi-hospitalized-for-heart-problem Tue, 07 Jun 2016 13:35:40 +0200 berlusconi-hospitalized-for-heart-problem A dead body was found floating in Venice’s Grand Canal on Tuesday, according to Italian media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20150715/mans-body-found-floating-in-venice-canal Wed, 15 Jul 2015 10:42:22 +0200 mans-body-found-floating-in-venice-canal An Italian prosecutor on Tuesday described Silvio Berlusconi as having a "dragon's passion" for teenage girls as the country's top court considered whether to confirm the former prime minister's acquittal in his "bunga bunga" sex case. https://www.thelocal.it/20150310/berlusconi-had-dragons-passion-for-young-girls Tue, 10 Mar 2015 18:43:29 +0100 berlusconi-had-dragons-passion-for-young-girls Italy's former prime minister Sivlio Berlusconi did have sex with an exotic dancer nicknamed "Ruby the Heart Stealer", but did not know she was underage at the time, an appeal court said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141016/berlusconi-paid-ruby-for-sex-court Thu, 16 Oct 2014 17:39:00 +0200 berlusconi-paid-ruby-for-sex-court An Italian ex-senator and ally of former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi who was arrested in Lebanon at the weekend was hospitalised in Beirut on Wednesday, his lawyer said. https://www.thelocal.it/20140417/detained-berlusconi-ally-in-beirut-hospital Thu, 17 Apr 2014 10:16:57 +0200 detained-berlusconi-ally-in-beirut-hospital