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Topic: Silvio Berlusconi

February 25, 2013
10:57 pm

A torn electoral poster shows center-right coalition leader Silvio Berlusconi in Rome, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. Italy's crucial elections appear to be heading toward gridlock, initial results show, with the center-left forces of Pier Luigi Bersani headed toward victory in the lower house of Parliament and the camp of former premier Silvio Berlusconi gaining the upper hand in the equally powerful Senate. (photo credit: AP/Gregorio Borgia)

Italy faces political gridlock after crucial elections

Protest campaign wins surprising success and center-right and center-left split remaining vote; revote possible

By Colleen Barry and Frances D'Emilio

February 25, 2013
5:59 pm

Pier Luigi Bersani, right, leader of the Democratic Party, casts his ballot with his wife Daniela, Sunday. (AP Photo/Marco Vasini)

In Italy, exit polls show center-left leading vote

Bersani’s coalition leads with 35.5 percent of the vote; former premier Berlusconi lags behind with 29 percent

February 24, 2013
9:41 am

Supporters wave flags in front of a giant monitor broadcasting a message by Silvio Berlusconi during a center-right coalition rally in Naples, Italy, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Salvatore Laporta)

Italians go to the polls in parliamentary elections

EU countries and investors the world over focus on vote that promises to have a profound impact on the continent’s faltering economy

By Colleen Barry and Victor L. Simpson

January 28, 2013
10:54 pm

Sharon Nizza (photo credit: courtesy)

Israeli runs for Italian parliament

Sharon Nizza, a candidate for Silvio Berlusconi’s party, disagrees with her boss’s defense of Mussolini

By Philip Podolsky

January 28, 2013
2:02 am

Greek children place flowers at the Holocaust Memorial commemorating the persecution of the Jewish people during World War II, in Thessaloniki, Sunday (photo credit: Nikolas Giakoumidis/AP)

US committed to principle of ‘never again,’ says Obama

Commemorations around the world for the millions murdered by the Nazis and their helpers

January 27, 2013
5:59 pm

Silvio Berlusconi visits the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial museum in Jerusalem, February, 2010 (photo credit: Abir Sultan/Flash90)

Former Italian prime minister defends Mussolini-Hitler pact

Marking Holocaust Remembrance Day, Silvio Berlusconi says Fascist leader acted in his nation’s best interest; ceremonies held at Polish camps and ghettos

By AP and Times of Israel staff

January 18, 2013
1:31 am

Fiamma Nirenstein attends a meeting between Israeli MKs and European delegates to discuss the relations between the European Union and the Israeli parliament in 2009 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Italian politician planning to make aliyah

Fiamma Nirenstein says she will not run for re-election next month and will resume work as a journalist covering Israel

July 19, 2012
4:51 pm

Former Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi gestures with a green cane as he takes his seat behind bulletproof glass for a military parade in Green Square, Tripoli, Libya in 2009 (photo credit: AP/Ben Curtis)

Gaddafi killed anyone who discovered his mother was Jewish, aide claims

Nouri Mismari, the slain Libyan leader’s chief of protocol, details the colonel’s outrageous behavior

By Elhanan Miller