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Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, a billionaire businessman who dominated Italy's political landscape for decades, died on Monday aged 86, drawing tributes from leaders across the world. Italy has declared Wednesday a national day of mourning for Berlusconi, when a state funeral will be held for him in Milan’s…

Italy’s longest-serving premier and media mogul Silvio Berlusconi has died aged 86.

The politician and media tycoon has been the subject of a fair share of controversy over the decades

Italian PM needs a stable Forza Italia but without its longtime leader there are questions over its survival

Media tycoon and Italy’s longest-serving postwar prime minister whose period in power ended in sex scandals, a debt crisis and convictions for tax fraud

Silvio Berlusconi cast a spell over Italy — and nearly led it to financial ruin

Italy’s controversial former leader Silvio Berlusconi has died at the age of 86.

Silvio Berlusconi, who has died at the age of 86, was born into a middle-class family in Milan, a city heavily affected by the second world war. He attended a private school belonging to a religious order, and eventually graduated with distinction in law in 1961, specialising in advertising contracts,…

The first-round 'super match' in 1987 pitted Diego Maradona against Emilio Butragueno, but it would go on to change the face of European football for the good of the rich and plentiful

The first-round 'super match' in 1987 pitted Diego Maradona against Emilio Butragueno, but it would go on to change the face of European football for the good of the rich and plentiful

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