Silvio Berlusconi

Antonio Tajani of Italy was elected president of the European Parliament on Jan. 17, consolidating a conservative grip on key European Union institutions as the mainstream right and left struggle to unite against eurosceptics. 

It is official: The ally of Jean-Claude Juncker and Silvio Berlusconi, Antonio Tajani (EPP, IT) won Parliament’s presidential election with 351 votes in a final face-off with Gianni Pittella (S&D, IT), who secured 282 votes.

The outcome of the fourth ballot was:

Antonio Tajani (EPP, IT) 351
Gianni Pittella (S&D, IT) 282

The European Parliament faces a stormy election for a new president on Jan. 17 after a long-standing coalition of pro-EU parties collapsed just as the crisis-hit bloc confronts a wave of eurosceptic populism.

The deal for a second pipeline to carry Russian natural gas to Turkey under the Black Sea was signed on Oct. 10 in Istanbul.

Main opposition New Democracy leader Vangelis Meimarakis opposed to the draft prepared on the refugee issue which criticizes Greece while attending the meeting of the European People’s Party group (EPP) which focus on migration and the formulation of a common asylum policy.

Mr. Meimarakis asked to remove the points where Greece is being criticized.

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi claims he is ‘a born seducer’ in a new biography.

In My Way: Berlusconi in His Own Words, by journalist Alan Friedman, the 79-year-old billionaire, renowned for his sex parties, has claimed that ‘more than a great seducer, I have been very often seduced’.

Silvio Berlusconi was "only joking" when he said that President Vladimir Putin had offed him the position of Russia's economy minister.

This is what the former Italian prime minister's spokeswoman told the media on Friday.

Italians voted May 31 in regional elections seen as a key measure of the fading fortunes of ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi and an important test for centre-left Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.  

Luxurious life is a term that can be used to describe the former Italian PM, Silvio Berlusconi. Bunga Bunga parties, plastic surgery, young girls and a lot of optimism. Despite the scandals he has been embroiled in, and the condemnation of a court on a tax-evasion case, “Cavaliere” doesn’t seem willing to give it all up.

Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi’s enemies used to be Leftists and judges hot on his heels. However, his “threat level” seems to have risen substantially as he has located new enemies on the horizon: ISIS jihadists.