Italy's outgoing far-right interior minister Matteo Salvini on Friday excluded his League party forming any future coalition with former premier Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right Forza Italia.
A candidate from Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia party, supported by the League as part of a right wing bloc, won local elections in Italy's Basilicata region.
European Parliament President Antonio Tajani, the man picked by Silvio Berlusconi as his choice to be Italy's next prime minister, is an affable networker and long-time ally of the billionaire media tycoon.
Silvio Berlusconi tipped European Parliament President Antonio Tajani as his choice for Italian premier on Thursday after leading his rightwing coalition in a public display of unity just days ahead of a general election.
Italian billionaire media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi on Thursday announced that European Parliament President Antonio Tajani would be his candidate for prime minister if his centre-right grouping wins Sunday's election.
Is Silvio Berlusconi set for a political comeback after Sunday's election? Politics professor James Newell takes a look at the role the Forza Italia leader has carved out for himself after being written off by many as irrelevant.
Sidestepping sex scandals, serial gaffes and legal woes, Silvio Berlusconi's astonishing return to frontline politics rolled on Sunday at a party gathering where adoring supporters feted the billionaire mogul as Italy's next kingmaker.
Despite a fraud conviction and sex scandal, Italy's 81-year-old former leader Silvio Berlusconi has one last political victory in his sights in general elections less than two weeks away.
As part of our introductions to Italy's main political parties ahead of the 2018 general election, we take a look at the party led by Silvio Berlusconi and the senior ally in his centre-right coalition: Forza Italia (FI).
Italy's main political forces began in earnest on Sunday to plot strategies for the upcoming general election, as the country's finance minister raised a red flag over political uncertainty in the
eurozone's third largest economy.
The European Court of Human Rights has begun hearing the case against a ban that prevents Italy’s former premier Silvio Berlusconi from running for public office.
They used to call him the Comeback Kid, but even Silvio Berlusconi's most ardent supporters may have underestimated the scandal-hit former leader's abilities to claw his way back to the political summit once more.
The centre-right Forza Italia party has called for restrictions on the colour schemes of grave sites in a northern Italian town in reaction to the brightly coloured grave of a gay rights activist.
Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia party is set to team up with the far-right Northern League and conservative Brothers of Italy party to contest next year’s election.
Ex-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is backing a new pro-animal rights movement in his latest political comeback - and it's not the first time he's used dogs to appeal to voters.
Silvio Berlusconi celebrates his 80th birthday on Thursday with a girlfriend nearly half a century his junior and a family he regrets neglecting as he pursued his business and political careers.
Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia party has joined forces with the Northern League, led by Matteo Salvini, in an attempt to win right-wing seats in May’s regional elections.
Silvio Berlusconi's party formally withdrew its support for Italy's ruling coalition on Tuesday in a widely expected move on the eve of a vote to expel the billionaire tycoon from the Senate.
Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia party is so financially reliant on the former prime minister that it would likely collapse without him, according to reports in the Italian media.
Silvio Berlusconi released a much-anticipated video message on Wednesday evening, calling on Italians to fight against the "sick judiciary" and the political left, ahead of a decision to see whether the former prime minister will be ousted from politics.
Thursday may have been a public holiday for most Italians but not for Silvio Berlusconi’s campaign team, who took advantage of the country’s crowded beaches to transmit a message to the Italian population.
