Trials and allegations involving Silvio Berlusconi persons (including Silvio Berlusconi) for having committed false accounting and embezzlement. If the embezzlement charges would be proven by the court, this part of guilt would however be granted impunity due to a 1988 amnesty for the crime. First Court: A "Prima facie" case was issued, but the magistrate decided to drop the charges. The state attorney refused to file the case and appealed against the ruling.<br> Appeal Court: statute of limitations expired before the appeal was completed so Silvio Berlusconi was acquitted. First Court: On 26 September 2005, Berlusconi was acquitted because the new law on false accounting makes
Timeline of the first premiership of Winston Churchill Timeline of the first premiership of Winston Churchill The following is a timeline of the first premiership of Winston Churchill, who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Churchill served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the bulk of World War II. His speeches and radio broadcasts helped inspire British resistance, especially during the difficult days of 1940–41 when the British Commonwealth and Empire stood almost alone in its active opposition to Nazi Germany. He led Britain as Prime Minister until victory over Nazi Germany had