Italy’s PM Silvio Berlusconi is preparing to face votes of confidence in both the houses of parliament.

A longtime ally of Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced the breakaway of a group of lawmakers from the ruling coalition, raising the possibility that the government won’t survive in its current form beyond the autumn.

Sex abuse scandals in the Roman Catholic Church are proof that that “the Devil is at work inside the Vatican”, according to the Holy See’s chief exorcist. Father Gabriele Amorth, 85, who has been the Vatican’s chief exorcist for...

Like any true heavyweight, Silvio Berlusconi is a bruiser who likes a rumble in the political jungle. Well now he’s got the scars to prove it. On his nose, his lips and his teeth, or what’s left of them. It wasn’t quite a knock-out...

The beleaguered Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, has ordered a special propaganda unit to “bombard” the foreign press with good news in an attempt to stem the tide of critical headlines overseas. The media mogul has been...

The daily La Repubblica and its sister magazine L’Espresso said the recordings posted on their Web sites Monday were of Berlusconi and Patrizia D’Addario. She has said that an Italian businessman hired her and other women to attend parties...