Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi may secure a truce with former ally Gianfranco Fini before confidence votes in parliament next month that threaten to bring down his government with two years left in its term.

Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi, who was accused by his estranged wife Veronica Lario of “consorting with minors”, has agreed to hand over the keys to a £70m villa in order to avoid a messy divorce battle, it has emerged. News of the...

Silvio Berlusconi took a step closer to having his corruption charges consigned to the dustbin yesterday when a key coalition ally backed a new limit on the time the courts could have to convict him. Gianfranco Fini, Mr Berlusconi’s main political...

Rivers of mud unleashed by heavy rains overnight flooded parts of the Sicilian city of Messina, killing at least 20 people, sweeping away cars and collapsing buildings. Hundreds were driven from their homes. Rescuers with sniffer dogs searched Friday...

Any hope Silvio Berlusconi might have had of putting the summer sex scandals behind him evaporated last night when state television broadcast a live interview with the prostitute who claims to have taped her intimate bedroom conversations with the...

A key coalition partner in Silvio Berlusconi’s Government said yesterday he believed that the Mafia had orchestrated the sex scandal engulfing the Prime Minister as retribution for Italy’s hard line on organised crime. “I think everything has...

The granddaughter of Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini has blocked the release of a film that brands her a ‘whore’. Alessandra Mussolini, who was also called a ‘bitch who wants to kill all the Romanians’, forced distributors to cancel...

One of the most mysterious elements of the emerging Silvio Berlusconi affair is his reference to Putin’s bed. When The Times contacted Vladimir Putin’s office, a spokesman said that the Russian Prime Minister had never given the gift of a bed to Mr...

World leaders wrapped up the G8 summit in L’Aquila last night, saying that it could be the last meeting of its kind. President Obama joined Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian Prime Minister who hosted the meeting, in suggesting that the G8 was too small...

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi canceled his trip to attend this week’s United Nations General Assembly so he can personally follow the crisis involving national air carrier Alitalia, senior government officials said Tuesday.