Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on Sunday nominated ex-European commissioner Mario Monti to form a new government, a day after Silvio Berlusconi quit after dominating politics for nearly two deca

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will officially present his resignation at 1930 GMT to President Giorgio Napolitano, the head of state's press office said in a statement on Saturday.

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Silvio Berlusconi, who resigned as prime minister on Saturday after dominating Italy for 17 years with a mix of political talent and brazen behaviour, has a sense of humour that often landed him in tr

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was set to resign on Saturday after 17 years at the top of Italian political life, as lawmakers prepared to give final approval to a package of key economic reforms.

Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will resign once key reforms are adopted later this month, an official said on Tuesday after a parliament vote sounded the death knell for his centre-right coa

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi defied huge pressure to resign on Monday, desperately playing his last cards to save his crumbling government as fears over Italy's instability hit markets across Euro

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's beleaguered centre-right coalition won a key vote in parliament on Tuesday but failed to garner an absolute majority of 316 seats.

The vote on Italy's 2010

Tens of thousands of opposition activists have demonstrated in central Rome for Premier Silvio Berlusconi's ouster.

Democratic Party leader Pierluigi Bersani told the crowd that his party was prepar

An emergency Italian cabinet meeting called to accelerate budget reforms and calm market turmoil ended late on Wednesday with yet more bickering among coalition partners and little progress on reforms

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi dismissed calls to resign on Friday as pressure on his struggling centre-right government mounted and his latest verbal gaffe stirred outrage and exasperation.