Berlusconi children succeed in Dublin court application tied to Italian bank
Judge gives permission to Silvio Berlusconi’s eldest children to bring late notification to Central Bank over acquisition of bank shareholding
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Billionaire children of Silvio Berlusconi set for Dublin High Court proceedings with Central Bank
Proceedings centre on €13.8bn Italian lender Banca Mediolanum, in which Berlusconi family investment group is a big shareholder
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Former Italian prime minister and media tycoon, who died this year, bought up some 25,000 paintings. Now no one knows what to do with them
Silvio Berlusconi heirs weigh up fate of his mostly worthless art collection
Former Italian PM amassed the 25,000 works in the final years of his life, buying the majority from late-night shopping channels
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Silvio Berlusconi is dead, but his cynical legacy of bluster and histrionics lives on
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He dominated the public life of his country in a way no Italian had done since Benito Mussolini
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