News Source: Reuters
| about 1 month ago
Italy's opposition Democratic Party elected three-time former minister Pier Luigi Bersani as its new leader on Sunday, in a vote overshadowed by the resignation of a center-left regional governor amid a blackmail scandal. In a Sunday poll, in which...
News Source: Inquirer.net
| about 1 month ago
Italy�Supporters of Italy's Democratic Party on Sunday elected former minister Pierluigi Bersani as new leader of the center-left opposition, organizers said. "The electorate has chosen Pierluigi Bersani" as new leader, interim party secretary...
News Source: Kuwait Times
| about 1 month ago
In court, Berlusconi faces two cases expected to resume later this year. He is accused of tax fraud and false accounting in the purchase of TV rights by Mediaset and of bribing British lawyer David Mills to give false testimo ny to protect his...
News Source: Sydney Morning Herald
| about 1 month ago
The centre-left Democratic Party has been in disarray since losing the 2008 election to Premier Silvio Berlusconi's conservatives. Three candidates are running in Sunday's primary, seen as crucial to relaunch the party, which has been hurt by lack of...
News Source: The Guardian
| about 1 month ago
True to its name, the Democratic party (PD), Italy 's biggest opposition group, chooses its leader by popular ballot. Anyone of 16 or more who is legally resident in Italy can pay €2 to take part...Piero Marrazzo, the PD governor of Lazio, the...
News Source: Daily Nation
| about 1 month ago
The approval rating for Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s government has fallen steadily in recent months, partly due to a controversial tax amnesty, but remains at a solid 44 per cent, a poll showed. The survey, published in today’s...