ROME — Silvio Berlusconi finally got some good news from Italian judges on Tuesday when a court halved the amount of money he will have to pay his estranged wife Veronica Lario. The media tycoon must pay 1.4 million euros ($1.9 million) per month, the court in the northern city of Monza ruled, slashing the 3 million euros previously stipulated, sources close to the matter told Reuters. Earlier this year Berlusconi, 77, criticised the panel of what he called “feminist and communist” female judges responsible for the original settlement and launched an appeal. The former prime minister has had little to celebrate since he was sentenced in August to four years in jail for tax fraud, commuted to a year under house arrest or in community service. — Reuters
