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Election campaign posters for the leader billionaire politician Andrej Babis in Prague, Czech Republic, reading: "Stand up against corruption and stop babbling."

The populist tide has spread to one of Central Europe’s last liberal democracies

Global Politics

Andrej Babis and his party are winning the Czech Republic’s parliamentary elections this weekend. Add him to the current president, and that would mean not one, but two Donald Trump admirers governing a liberal democracy in the EU.

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Judgment Day for Italian PM Berlusconi

Global Politics

Italy’s Berlusconi spends his first day performing community service

Global Politics

Italy’s Berlusconi spends his first day performing community service

Global Politics

Italy’s PM says he’s stuck in Groundhog Day as his government also grinds to a halt

Global Politics

Former Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi hopes to come back

Global Politics

In Italy, the caretaker government of Prime Minister Mario Monti has been dissolved. But with new elections to be held In February and another former prime minister already set to run again, some say this isn’t necessarily the end of Monti.

Italy moves closer to bringing in new government

Global Politics

Silvio Berlusconi is a step closer to leaving office after the Senate approved a package of austerity measures. It’s now headed to the lower house. That progress has sent stock markets higher.

VIDEO: Italian leader Silvio Berlusconi announces he’s willing to resign

Global Politics

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is the latest world leader to announce he’ll leave power — toppled by the increasing debt crisis in Europe. Like Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, Berlusconi lost the support of his people and his government.

Italian Prime Minister’s behavior condemned by Catholic Church

The Catholic Church publicly condemns behavior Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s Berlusconi, who is embroiled in yet another sex scandal.

Global economy enters ‘dangerous new phase,’ says IMF

Business, Economics and Jobs

International Monetary Fund says global economic outlook grim, warns continuing economic woes in Europe and the US could drag those economies back into recession.