Posted bullets, threats intercepted in Italy

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, politicians and newspaper editors have been sent letters containing bullets and threats over austerity measures.

Who's in and who's out in the world of politics

The Arab Spring, eurozone crisis and looming US elections has thrown the global political landscape into turmoil in 2011.

Clooney, Ronaldo to testify in Berlusconi sex trial

George Clooney and Christiano Ronaldo will testify in the trial of Italy's ex-PM Silvio Berlusconi, charged with paying for sex with an underage girl.

Here's why we care about politicians' sex lives

Whatever will the Italians talk about now, now that their randy Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has finally left the building?

Showman Berlusconi given humiliating exit

Silvio Berlusconi has dominated Italy with a mix of talent and brazen behaviour but in the end, the born showman was humiliatingly jeered from office.

Italy president starts talks on new government

Italy's head of state began talks on Sunday to appoint an emergency government to succeed outgoing Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

We're free! Berlusconi the 'buffoon' resigns

A chorus of Handel's Alleluia rang out Saturday as Silvio Berlusconi resigned as Italian premier, ending a tumultuous 17-year political era.

Agreed reforms pave the way for Berlusconi's resignation

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is set to resign after a parliamentary revolt and a wave of market panic that has shaken the eurozone.

Eight traitors and debt sink Berlusconi

Members of the Italian prime minister's party have been turning against him for weeks.

New Greece prime minister still unknown as bankruptcy looms

As their country's debt crisis situation worsens, Greek politicians have remained deadlocked around who to appoint as their new prime minister.

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