The European Court for Human Rights (ECHR) has agreed to hear an appeal by former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi against a tax fraud conviction, his lawyer says.
The 2012 conviction cost Berlusconi his seat in the Italian Senate and saw him banned from public office.
He is currently serving community service for the conviction.
One of Italy’s richest men, the three-time prime minister dominated Italian politics and media for decades.
He still heads the right-wing Forza Italia party and has been involved in efforts by the current prime minister, Matteo Renzi, to reform the constitution, BBC informs.
