A judge has indicted the Moroccan woman at the centre of former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi's alleged sex-for-hire scandal on charges of giving false evidence.

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is lucid and in excellent condition after surgery to replace a faulty heart valve, his surgeon said.

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is undergoing heart surgery at a Milan hospital.

Silvio Berlusconi’s acquittal in his notorious ‘bunga bunga’ case has been upheld by Italy’s highest court.

Italy’s highest court is hearing what could be the final appeal in former premier Silvio Berlusconi’s infamous “bunga-bunga” case.

Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi has completed his community service stint on an Alzheimer’s ward as part of a tax fraud sentence.

An Italian appeals court has acquitted former premier Silvio Berlusconi in a sex-for-hire case.

An Italian court has begun considering former premier Silvio Berlusconi’s appeal against a conviction of paying for sex with a teenager at so-called bunga-bunga party at his private villa.

Italian prosecutors say they have arrested a former Silvio Berlusconi aide for allegedly helping a businessman convicted of Mafia association.

A long-time ally of Silvio Berlusconi has been declared a fugitive days before Italy’s highest court hears his final appeal against his conviction for mafia association

Silvio Berlusconi's request to travel to Dublin this week has been denied.

An Italian court has accused ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi and his lawyers of tampering with evidence by paying off witnesses in a trial related to his notorious “bunga bunga” parties.

Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi has declared a “day of mourning for democracy” as the Senate prepared to vote on whether to kick him out of parliament following his tax fraud conviction.

Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi has begged senators not to kick him out of parliament, claiming new evidence proves he did not commit tax fraud, in a last-ditch bid to stave off a vote that could keep him out of public office for years.

Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi is to stand trial in February on a political corruption charge, a judge has ruled.

Italian ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi has been given a two-year political ban by a Milan appeals court following his tax fraud conviction.

Silvio Berlusconi’s 28-year-old girlfriend says she is now just waiting for him to agree to marry her after chasing the 76-year-old relentlessly for years.

A defiant Silvio Berlusconi has told a cheering crowd of thousands that he is innocent of tax fraud despite a ruling by Italy’s high court confirming his guilt and four-year jail term.

Top Silvio Berlusconi aides are manoeuvring to win a presidential pardon so the ex-premier can avoid a prison term and ban on holding office, with one loyalist warning of possible “civil war” unless punishment for his tax-fraud conviction is lifted.

Italy’s fragile coalition government, already struggling to contain deep divisions over tax and economic policy, woke up to a whole set of new problems yesterday after Silvio Berlusconi’s conviction for tax fraud was upheld by the supreme court.

Writer William Congreve, who died in 1729, warned us that “heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned”.

Italy’s highest court has upheld ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi’s tax fraud conviction but ordered a review of a five-year ban on public office that was part of the lower court’s sentence.

Three former aides of Italy’s ex-premier, Silvio Berlusconi, have been convicted of procuring prostitutes for the media mogul’s infamous “bunga bunga” parties.

Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has been convicted of paying for sex with an under-age prostitute during “bunga bunga” parties at his villa and then using his influence to try to cover it up.

The Moroccan woman at the centre of a sex scandal involving former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has testified that a young woman attending one of his “bunga bunga” parties dressed up like a nun, danced provocatively and stripped down to her underwear for the then-premier at his in-house disco.

Prosecutors have demanded six years in jail and a lifetime ban from public office for former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi in his sex-for-hire trial.

An Italian court has upheld the tax fraud conviction against ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi and sentenced him to four years in prison.

Silvio Berlusconi has won a delay in his sex-for-hire trial after pleading he was too ill to attend court.

Exit polls show Pier Luigi Bersani’s centre-left coalition leading in an Italian election that is testing the country’s resolve to maintain painful economic reforms.

Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi has lost a legal attempt to halt his pay-for-sex trial so he can concentrate on a general election campaign.

The young woman at the centre of ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi’s sex-for-hire trial is preparing to give evidence for the first time.

Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi has blamed “feminist, communist” judges for a €200,000-a-day divorce settlement following the break up of his second marriage.

Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi is making a rare appearance at his trial in Milan to face charges he paid for sex with an under-age prostitute and then used his office to try to cover it up.

Italian prosecutors have demanded a five-year prison sentence for former premier Silvio Berlusconi in his trial on corruption charges.

Silvio Berlusconi has failed in an emergency bid to obtain a High Court order preventing evidence being taken in a UK court relating to corruption allegations.

Actor George Clooney is among more than 200 witnesses accepted by a Milan court in the trial of former Premier Silvio Berlusconi for allegedly paying for sex with an underage prostitute.

An Italian court has today rejected a bid to postpone the trial of the Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on sex charges.

Beleaguered premier Silvio Berlusconi has come under pressure on two fronts: his crucial coalition ally demanded tax cuts or early elections, and Italy's credit rating appeared in danger due to high public debt and a laggard economy.

Italians have dealt Premier Silvio Berlusconi a serious political blow, overturning laws passed by his government to revive nuclear energy, privatise the water supply and help him avoid prosecution.

Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi today vowed not to quit, promising to hang in there as long as he's needed. And that could be a long time. He boasted playfully he'll live to 120.

Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi made a rare appearance in open court at one of his four current trials today, but left soon after claiming the case was a waste of time.

Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi made a rare court appearance today at his trial on a tax fraud charge.

Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi is due to make a rare court appearance to defend himself against a tax fraud charge.

Silvio Berlusconi’s defence lawyers have named Hollywood star George Clooney, the Italian foreign minister and a bevy of showgirls as witnesses at the premier’s upcoming prostitution trial.