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Italy held a national day of mourning for Silvio Berlusconi, the billionaire media mogul who was Italy’s longest-serving prime minister since Mussolini, after his death this week. Thousands turned out for his state funeral – but the country is far from united on the man who remade Italian politics in…

Billionaire had an estimated wealth of $7.4bn and left no indication of who would take over after his death

Eldest daughter Marina and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni get a lift from the demise of the media mogul turned politician.

Silvio Berlusconi was honored Wednesday with a state funeral in Milan’s Duomo cathedral and a day of national mourning, as his legacy — positive or negative — was being hotly debated among Italians.

Editorial: The former Italian prime minister allowed dark forces into his governments. The consequences are yet to play themselves out

Silvio Berlusconi’s outsized hold on Italian political life over three decades had greatly diminished in recent years

To admirers, the three-time premier was a capable and charismatic statesman who sought to elevate Italy. To critics, he was a populist who threatened to undermine democracy by wielding political power as a tool to enrich himself.

The EU hopes to stem the number of refugees departing for Europe from the country’s coast during an economic crisis.

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