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Italy

Berlusconi’s death: How will Italy’s real-life Succession play out?

Berlusconi had two kids from his first wife, and three from his second. They will all inherit the empire the media tycoon built from scratch.

14 June 2023

Italy

Berlusconi’s death draws tributes from around the world

Silvio Berlusconi, the boastful billionaire media mogul who was Italy's longest-serving premier despite scandals over his sex-fueled parties and allegations of corruption, died on Monday aged-86.

13 June 2023

Italy

Euroviews. Berlusconi's death is Europe's first populist's final triumph

Unlike today's autocrats who make grim threats against the institutions of the rule of law, Berlusconi brushed them aside in a light-hearted and smiling manner, with jokes, silk neckerchiefs, and catchy ditties — an authentic made-in-Italy product, ready to be exported, Giorgio Fruscione writes.

12 June 2023

Italy

Italy's Berlusconi hopes to recover 'once again' after hospitalisation

The last years have seen Berlusconi, now senator, suffer numerous health problems, including heart ailments and COVID-19 in 2020, which saw him hospitalised in critical condition with pneumonia.

8 April 2023