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 Silvio Berlusconi on Wednesday requested an early end to his sentence for tax fraud, with the ex-premier asking for his visits to an elderly care home in Milan to be stopped. https://www.thelocal.it/20150108/berlusconi-seeks-early-end-to-fraud-sentence Thu, 08 Jan 2015 13:14:00 +0100 berlusconi-seeks-early-end-to-fraud-sentence UPDATED: Italy's Silvio Berlusconi began his community service for tax fraud on Friday in a spectacular fall from grace for the flamboyant ex-premier, who will likely seek political gain from the symbolic punishment. https://www.thelocal.it/20140509/italys-berlusconi-to-begin-community-service Fri, 09 May 2014 10:47:00 +0200 italys-berlusconi-to-begin-community-service Italy's Silvio Berlusconi will begin community service on May 9th and work with Alzheimer's patients, the director of the centre where he will serve his tax fraud punishment said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140430/berlusconi-to-start-community-service-on-may-9th Wed, 30 Apr 2014 14:12:00 +0200 berlusconi-to-start-community-service-on-may-9th An Italian court on Tuesday ordered former prime minister and billionaire tycoon Silvio Berlusconi to do a year of community service following his conviction for tax fraud, Italian media reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20140415/berlusconi-gets-community-service-for-tax-fraud Tue, 15 Apr 2014 13:50:00 +0200 berlusconi-gets-community-service-for-tax-fraud The speaker of Italy's upper house of parliament on Wednesday announced the Senate would declare itself a civil party in a trial against former premier Silvio Berlusconi for allegedly bribing senators, according to Italian media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20140206/italy-senate-to-join-civil-case-against-berlusconi Thu, 06 Feb 2014 09:22:00 +0100 italy-senate-to-join-civil-case-against-berlusconi Scandal-tainted Italian former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, sentenced to a year in prison for tax fraud, claimed on Thursday there would be a "revolution" in Italy if he was jailed. https://www.thelocal.it/20131212/berlusconi-says-jailing-will-lead-to-revolution-in-italy Thu, 12 Dec 2013 11:32:00 +0100 berlusconi-says-jailing-will-lead-to-revolution-in-italy Italian police on Thursday seized €300 million in assets including 18 properties and 235 hectares of land from a businessman whose declared yearly income was just four euros. https://www.thelocal.it/20131107/broke-businessmans-300m-life-exposed Thu, 07 Nov 2013 19:12:52 +0100 broke-businessmans-300m-life-exposed On Monday the date was set for an appeals court to begin hearings to decide whether Silvio Berlusconi should be temporarily banned from public office, with discussions set to begin on 19th October. https://www.thelocal.it/20130909/date-set-for-berlusconi-politics-ban-debate Mon, 09 Sep 2013 19:01:00 +0200 date-set-for-berlusconi-politics-ban-debate