Days before he is set to take over the EU helm, Italy's Premier Silvio Berlusconi has been granted immunity from prosecution as long as he remains in office.
The decision, by the Italian lower house of parliament, to pass the immunity bill proposed by Mr Berlusconi himself less than two months ago, might be the final blow to kill off a current corruption trial against him - too much time would have elapsed for a resumption of the Milan trial to be legally possible, the BBC said.
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