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Italy court resumes PM Berlusconi's tax fraud trial

February 28, 2011 02:48:38 PM

An Italian court on Monday resumed the trial of Prime Minster Silvio Berlusconi on tax fraud charges , just weeks after the Constitutional Court modified a law...

February 20, 2011 12:30:24 PM

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi pledged Saturday to reform the country's judicial system, days after it was announced that he will stand trial for charges of underage prostitution . Calling himself...

February 15, 2011 02:05:29 PM

An Italian judge on Tuesday ordered billionaire media mogul and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to stand trial on charges of paying for sex with a minor and abuse of power. Berlusconi allegedly paid...

January 13, 2011 12:15:07 PM

The Italian Constitutional Court on Thursday struck down portions of a law backed by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi that would have granted Berlusconi and other public officials...

January 12, 2011 01:18:26 PM

The Italian Constitutional Court held hearings on Tuesday to determine the constitutionality of a law that grants temporary immunity to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for charges he currently faces in Milan....

October 15, 2010 12:25:33 PM

Italian prosecutors on Friday launched a tax inquiry against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for tax declarations he made in 2003 and 2004 relating to the commercial broadcast company Mediaset , which...

July 14, 2010 11:48:24 AM

UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression Frank La Rue on Tuesday condemned an Italian bill that would restrict the use of wiretaps and criminalize the reporting of wiretap...

July 9, 2010 01:42:55 PM

A majority of Italian media went on strike Friday to protest a bill currently under consideration that would restrict the use of wiretaps and criminalize the reporting of wiretap transcripts by the news...

July 5, 2010 01:56:03 PM

Newly appointed Italian cabinet minister Aldo Brancher resigned Monday amidst controversy over an embezzlement indictment. Brancher, appointed on June 18 after being nominated by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, unsuccessfully attempted to...

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Italy Senate advances wiretapping bill

June 11, 2010 01:20:58 PM

The Italian Senate on Thursday approved a bill restricting the use of wiretaps and criminalizing the reporting of wiretap transcripts by the news media. Under the proposed legislation, a...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

House Judiciary Committee opened impeachment hearings against Richard Nixon

On May 9, 1974, the US House Judiciary Committee chaired by Rep. Peter Rodino (D-NJ) opened hearings into the possible impeachment of President Richard Nixon in connection with the Watergate scandal. The Committee voted to impeach Nixon on three counts on July 30. Chairman Rodino died in 2005 at his home in New Jersey. He was 95.

Australia Parliament opened

On May 9, 1901, the Parliament of Australia convened for the first time in Melbourne. The Australian Parliament also held its first meeting in the new capital of Canberra 26 years later on the same day 1927. Finally, on this day in 1988 Australian opened its new Parliament House in Canberra. Read the Constitution of Australia.