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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi talks to deputies of his party (out of picture) in the Lower House of the Italian parliament 14 September 2011. EPA/BGNES
Over 30 women, including actresses, models and prostitutes, have been recruited to attend Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's notorious "bunga-bunga" sex parties, Italian investigators have revealed.
More than 100,000 conversations and telephone calls have been intercepted by the investigators following a two-year probe into the allegations.
Many of the women involved "prostituted themselves" with the leader in return for cash and other gifts, the Daily Telegraph says.
A total of eight people have been charged with supplying prostitutes for the Prime Minister. The charges were made as investigators concluded an inquiry into a number of friends and associates of Berlusconi in the southern city of Bari, BBC informs.
Meanwhile, a new scandal broke out involving Berlusconi, as he was allegedly recorded using abusive remarks about German Chancellor Angela Merkel's looks.
An Italian journalist has been dismissed from his post after posing a question about Israel’s responsibility for Gaza’s reconstruction during a European Commission press briefing
Italian fashion legend Giorgio Armani, one of the most influential designers of the modern era, has died at the age of 91, the Armani Group confirmed
Italian police have detained a Ukrainian national suspected of taking part in the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines
At least 20 migrants have died after a boat carrying nearly 100 people capsized off the Italian island of Lampedusa
In the Italian city of Civitavecchia, a 46-year-old Bulgarian woman was brutally murdered by her partner,
Russia has initiated a criminal case against Italian journalists who reported on the Ukrainian operation in the Kursk region
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The European Commission has introduced stricter rules on issuing visas to Russian citizens
Romania has urged the United States to reconsider its plan to withdraw hundreds of troops stationed in the country, warning that such a move could undermine NATO’s unity and play into Russia’s hands
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NATO has regained the upper hand in ammunition production, surpassing Russia after a period during which Moscow outpaced the alliance
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