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Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi waves to media following a meeting with center-right leaders in Rome, on Dec. 23, 2021. Former premier Silvio Berlusconi has bowed out of Italy’s presidential election set for next week. Berlusconi, 85, said in a statement on Saturday that he had decided to “take another step on the path of national responsibility.” The media mogul insisted he had nailed down enough voters to become head of state, but he asked his supporters not to cast ballots for him. (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP, File)

Irrepressible Berlusconi makes one last bid for brass ring in Italy

By Eric J. Lyman - Special to The Washington Times

Italian former Premier Silvio Berlusconi wears a face mask as he leaves the San Raffaele hospital in Milan, Italy, Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. Berlusconi had been admitted to the hospital as a precaution to monitor his coronavirus infection after testing positive for COVID-19. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Berlusconi’s back: Ex-Premier leaves hospital after COVID

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Alberto Zangrillo, Silvio Berlusconi's longtime physician, talks to reporters at the San Raffaele hospital in Milan, Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. Former Premier Silvio Berlusconi, who tested positive for COVID-19 this week, has an early-stage lung infection but was breathing on his own Friday after being hospitalized in Milan, his personal physician said. Alberto Zangrillo, who is also on the staff of San Raffaele hospital, where Berlusconi was taken in the early hours of the day, told reporters that test results are reassuring and “makes us optimistic” for his recovery over the next “hours and days.” (Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via AP)

Doctor: Berlusconi in “delicate” phase of virus treatment

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

In this Nov. 21, 2019, file photo, Silvio Berlusconi, Italian former premier and president of Forza Italia (Go Italy) party speaks during the European Peoples Party (EPP) congress in Zagreb, Croatia. Sen. Lucia Ronzulli, who is a top aide to Silvio Berlusconi told RAI state TV Friday, Sept. 4, 2020, that the former premier was admitted to a Milan hospital early Friday as a precaution to monitor his coronavirus infection after testing positive for COVID-19 earlier in the week. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, file)

Italy: Berlusconi hospitalized with COVID-19 as precaution

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2019 file photo, Silvio Berlusconi, Italian former Premier and President of Forza Italia (Go Italy) party speaks during the European Peoples Party (EPP) congress in Zagreb, Croatia. Italy’s former prime minister and right-wing leader Silvio Berlusconi has tested positive to coronavirus after a precautionary check, his press office said on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020. The three-time-premier and media tycoon had been recently seen with his old-time friend and businessman Flavio Briatore, who was recently hospitalized after testing positive to Covid-19 last month. Berlusconi had tested negative at the time. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Former Italian premier Berlusconi tests positive for COVID

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People disinfect as a precaution against the coronavirus at a local market in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

The Latest: Beijing airport receives international flights

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Berlusconi won’t testify about alleged political-Mafia links

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Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi speaks to reporters as he leaves the San Raffaele hospital where he underwent laparoscopic surgery for an intestinal obstruction last week, in Milan, Italy, Monday, May 6, 2019. Berlusconi himself is running for European Parliament elections, the first time he has been allowed to run for public office following a ban imposed after a 2012 tax fraud conviction (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Italy’s Berlusconi picks up EU campaign outside hospital

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Berlusconi suffers intestinal blockage, undergoes surgery

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

People stand outside Milan's San Raffaele hospital where former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi arrived, Tuesday, April 30, 2019. Berlusconi is in the hospital suffering from renal colic on the day he planned to present his candidates for European Parliament elections.(AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Berlusconi a no-show at EU election event due to renal colic

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Italy: Berlusconi seeks EU parliament seat, ‘united Europe’

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FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 3, 2011 file photo, Imane Fadil smiles as she leaves the court in Milan, Italy. Italy prosecutors have opened an investigation into the death of a Moroccan model who testified in one of the inquiries linked to ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi's &quot;bunga bunga&quot; parties. Citing Milan prosecutor Francesco Greco, Italian news agency ANSA reported that Imane Fadil died March 1 at a Milan hospital, where she had been treated since Jan. 29 exhibiting &quot;symptoms of poisoning.&quot; (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)

Italy probes possible poisoning of anti-Berlusconi witness

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi waves during a visit to Monserrato, near Cagliari, Italy, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. The three-time Italian premier, who has made a career out of rebounding from legal woes, personal scandal, heart trouble and political setbacks, said he is running for the European Parliament in May elections. The 82-year-old Berlusconi announced his candidacy with his center-right Forza Italia party Thursday in Sardinia. He said he wanted to &quot;bring my voice to a Europe that should change, a Europe that has lost profound thinking about the world.&quot; (Fabio Murru/ANSA via AP)

Italy’s Berlusconi rebounds again to run for EU parliament

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Court vacates Berlusconi’s human rights case at his request

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Judge in Italy orders trial for Berlusconi in escort case

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FILE - In this Wednesday, May 16, 2018 file photo, former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi arrives for a meeting of the EPP at a hotel in Sofia, Bulgaria. ilvio Berlusconi is reportedly getting back into football. The Gazzetta dello Sport says that Berlusconi's family holding company Fininvest has reached a deal to purchase Serie C club Monza in a deal worth between 2.5 and 3 million euros ($3-3.5 million). The 81-year-old Berlusconi, a three-time Italian premier, last year sold AC Milan to a Chinese-led consortium for $800 million. U.S.-based hedge fund Elliott Management then took over control of Milan two months ago after the Chinese owner missed a deadline to repay part of a loan. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)

After selling AC Milan, Berlusconi buys Serie C club Monza

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In this picture taken April 12, 2018, Forza Italia (Go Italy) party leader Silvio Berlusconi meets journalists at the Quirinale presidential palace after talks with Italian President Sergio Mattarella, in Rome, Thursday, April 12, 2018. A court in Milan has ruled that Berlusconi can run for office again, five years after a tax fraud conviction. The Milan daily Corriere della Sera on Saturday, May 12, 2018, reported that the tribunal had decided favorably a day earlier on a request from lawyers for the 81-year-old former premier. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Silvio Berlusconi, former Italian PM, can run for office again, court rules

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Italian director Paolo Sorrentino and actor Toni Servillo, left, share a laugh during the photocall of Sorrentino's latest film &quot;Loro 2&quot;, in Rome, Wednesday, May 2, 2018. The movie will open in Italian cinemas on May 10. (Alessandro Di Meo/ANSA via AP)

New Italian movie explores Berlusconi’s relations with women

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Italian former Prime Minister and leader of &quot;Forza Italia&quot; party, Silvio Berlusconi, sits next to a portrait of his former wife Veronica Lario during the recording of Rai TV program 'Porta a porta', in Rome Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017. (Claudio Peri/ANSA via AP)

Billionaire Berlusconi is spared big-bucks alimony to his ex

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In an exquisite irony, the polarizing Silvio Berlusconi may be the most unifying figure on the Italian political scene. (Associated Press/File)

Silvio Berlusconi in Italy’s politics again, as power behind scenes

By Eric J. Lyman and Jabeen Bhatti - Special to The Washington Times