MILAN (Reuters) - A Milan court rejected a request by former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, whose passport was confiscated after his conviction for tax fraud, to leave Italy to attend a conference in Ireland, judicial sources said on Tuesday.
Berlusconi, leader of the centre-right Forza Italia party, wanted to attend the European Popular Party conference in Dublin on March 6-7. But he cannot travel abroad unless he is granted a temporary permit by judges.
