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 faces a new trial for alleged witness tampering and pay-offs in the so-called "Ruby" case and his notorious "bunga bunga" sex parties, reports said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170129/berlusconi-faces-bunga-bunga-pay-offs-trial Sun, 29 Jan 2017 10:44:12 +0100 berlusconi-faces-bunga-bunga-pay-offs-trial Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi could be put on trial again after evidence emerged that he allegedly bought the silence of witnesses during his so-called 'bunga bunga' sex trial. https://www.thelocal.it/20151120/berlusconi-could-be-sent-back-to-court-for-corruption Fri, 20 Nov 2015 11:25:16 +0100 berlusconi-could-be-sent-back-to-court-for-corruption Less than 24 hours after his final acquittal of paying for underage sex and abusing power, Silvio Berlusconi was back on the campaign trail Wednesday promising "Bunga bunga for everyone!" https://www.thelocal.it/20150312/berlusconi-promises-bunga-bunga-for-everyone Thu, 12 Mar 2015 09:35:09 +0100 berlusconi-promises-bunga-bunga-for-everyone Italy's top court on Tuesday definitively cleared Silvio Berlusconi of charges that he paid for sex with an underage dancer and then abused his position as prime minister to cover it up. https://www.thelocal.it/20150311/italys-top-court-clears-berlusconi-in-sex-case Wed, 11 Mar 2015 09:09:30 +0100 italys-top-court-clears-berlusconi-in-sex-case 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 top court on Tuesday reviews former premier Silvio Berlusconi's acquittal on charges of paying for sex with an under-age exotic dancer known as "Ruby the heart stealer". https://www.thelocal.it/20150310/berlusconi-sex-saga-resumes-at-top-court-reviews-acquittal Tue, 10 Mar 2015 09:16:23 +0100 berlusconi-sex-saga-resumes-at-top-court-reviews-acquittal 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 appeals court on Friday cleared Silvio Berlusconi of having sex with an underage prostitute and abuse of power in a surprise ruling that will strengthen the former prime minister on the political scene. https://www.thelocal.it/20140718/berlusconi-acquitted-in-sex-case-appeal Fri, 18 Jul 2014 15:12:00 +0200 berlusconi-acquitted-in-sex-case-appeal Silvio Berlusconi's appeal trial against a conviction for paying for sex with an underage prostitute opened on Friday without the former premier, who was doing community service for a separate tax fraud conviction. https://www.thelocal.it/20140620/berlusconi-appeals-guilty-verdict-in-ruby-sex-trial Fri, 20 Jun 2014 13:32:38 +0200 berlusconi-appeals-guilty-verdict-in-ruby-sex-trial Italy's borrowing costs rose on Tuesday in a bond auction which raised €4.5 billion ($5.9 billion). Traders said it indicated investor unease following former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's conviction for sex with an underage prostitute and abuse of office. https://www.thelocal.it/20130625/italys-borrowing-costs-rise-after-berlusconi-verdict Tue, 25 Jun 2013 16:15:00 +0200 italys-borrowing-costs-rise-after-berlusconi-verdict Following the seven-year sentence and life ban from public office passed down to Silvio Berlusconi yesterday, found guilty of having sex with an underage prostitute and abusing his public office, his family react to the verdict. https://www.thelocal.it/20130625/berlusconi-family-react-to-absurd-sex-case-verdict Tue, 25 Jun 2013 13:56:00 +0200 berlusconi-family-react-to-absurd-sex-case-verdict Silvio Berlusconi has responded to his seven year sentence and life ban from public office for having sex with an underage prostitute and abuse of power, describing the guilty verdict as "extreme" and stating he will "resist persecution". https://www.thelocal.it/20130624/berlusconi-ruby-verdict Mon, 24 Jun 2013 19:23:00 +0200 berlusconi-ruby-verdict Italy's former premier Silvio Berlusconi may be ruing the day he met "Ruby the Heart Stealer" - the young starlet at the heart of a sex trial climaxing in Milan on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20130624/could-ruby-cause-berlusconis-undoing Mon, 24 Jun 2013 18:51:00 +0200 could-ruby-cause-berlusconis-undoing Silvio Berlusconi's defence on Monday asked for the former prime minister and billionaire tycoon to be acquitted on charges of having sex with an underage prostitute and abuse of office. https://www.thelocal.it/20130603/berlusconi-defence-asks-for-acquittal-in-ruby-case Mon, 03 Jun 2013 17:02:34 +0200 berlusconi-defence-asks-for-acquittal-in-ruby-case Italian prosecutors on Monday called for former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to be banned from politics forever and serve six years in prison for having sex with an underage prostitute and abusing his official powers. https://www.thelocal.it/20130514/berlusconi-prosecutors-call-for-lifetime-ban-at-sex-trial Tue, 14 May 2013 11:31:00 +0200 berlusconi-prosecutors-call-for-lifetime-ban-at-sex-trial Italy's supreme court on Monday turned down an appeal by former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's defence team to move sex and fraud trials against the media magnate from Milan to another city, Italian media reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20130507/italy-court-rules-against-moving-berlusconi-trials Tue, 07 May 2013 11:10:00 +0200 italy-court-rules-against-moving-berlusconi-trials The young Moroccan dancer at the heart of Silvio Berlusconi's sex trial was summoned by an Italian court on Friday to testify in May in a separate case of alleged procurement of prostitutes. https://www.thelocal.it/20130419/ruby-to-testify-at-berlusconi-prostitutes-trial Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:21:00 +0200 ruby-to-testify-at-berlusconi-prostitutes-trial