22.08.2013 - 10:12 [ Ansa ]

Letta, Alfano meeting stalemates, PdL threatens end to govt

The Senate is set to vote September 9 on stripping three-time premier and media magnate Berlusconi of his place in the upper house according to a new anti-corruption law that kicked in after his August 1 conviction for tax fraud, his first definitive sentence in almost 20 years of battles with magistrates he accuses of left-wing bias.