Category: Berlusconi

Italy’s Berlusconi Has Leukemia, Lung Infection, Doctors Say

April 6, 2023
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ROME—Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi is being treated for a lung infection that is a result of chronic leukemia, his doctors said Thursday, revealing the latest of string of health setbacks for the 86-year-old media mogul. Berlusconi’s personal physician, Alberto Zangrillo, signed off on a medical bulletin that said Berlusconi has had leukemia “for some…

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Italian Ex-leader Berlusconi Hospitalized in ICU, but Alert

April 5, 2023
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ROME—Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was hospitalized Wednesday in intensive care because of a problem related to a previous infection, but was alert and speaking, Italy’s foreign minister said. The 86-year-old three-time premier was in the ICU at Milan’s San Raffaele hospital, the clinic where he routinely receives care, said Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, who…

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Former Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi Acquitted in Bribery Case

November 17, 2022
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ROME—An Italian court on Thursday acquitted former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi of bribing a witness in a 2013 underage prostitution case, giving a boost to the veteran politician weeks after his return to parliament. Berlusconi, 86, was charged with allegedly paying Italian singer Mariano Apicella 157,000 euros ($162,000) to lie in a previous trial where…

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Berlusconi Drops Bid to Be Elected as Italy’s President

January 24, 2022
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ROME—Former premier Silvio Berlusconi on Saturday bowed out of Italy’s presidential election set for next week, though he insisted he had nailed down enough voters to become head of state. Berlusconi, 85, said in a statement that after much reflection he had opted to “take another step on the path of national responsibility.” The media…

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