Silvio Berlusconi remains hospitalized in Italy
AP
Doctor Francesco Bandello speaks during a news conference at the San Raffaele hospital, in Milan, Italy, Saturday, March 9, 2013. Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was being treated in a Milan hospital for eye inflammation that prevented him from attending his sex-for-hire trial. Berlusconi's personal physician, Dr. Alberto Zangrillo, said Berlusconi had bilateral uveitis, an inflammation of the eyes that he described as painful. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Doctor Francesco Bandello speaks during a news conference at the San Raffaele hospital, in Milan, Italy, Saturday, March 9, 2013. Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was being treated in a Milan hospital for eye inflammation that prevented him from attending his sex-for-hire trial. Berlusconi's personal physician, Dr. Alberto Zangrillo, said Berlusconi had bilateral uveitis, an inflammation of the eyes that he described as painful. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
A PDL party supporter stands at the San Raffaele hospital, in Milan, Italy, Saturday, March 9, 2013. Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was being treated in a Milan hospital for eye inflammation that prevented him from attending his sex-for-hire trial. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
The car of former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi is parked at the San Raffaele hospital, in Milan, Italy, Saturday, March 9, 2013. Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was being treated in a Milan hospital for eye inflammation that prevented him from attending his sex-for-hire trial. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
The car of former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi is parked at the San Raffaele hospital, in Milan, Italy, Friday, March 8, 2013. Silvio Berlusconi was being treated Friday in a Milan hospital for eye inflammation that prevented him from attending his sex-for-hire trial. Berlusconi was suffering from bilateral unveitis, an inflammation of the eyes, and could be kept in the hospital overnight, said Dr. Alberto Zangrillo, Berlusconi's personal physician. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
PDL party supporters stand at the San Raffaele hospital, in Milan, Italy, Saturday, March 9, 2013. Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was being treated in a Milan hospital for eye inflammation that prevented him from attending his sex-for-hire trial. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
MILAN (AP) ? Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi remains hospitalized with an eye inflammation that kept him from both his sex-for-hire trial and tax fraud appeals.
San Raffaele hospital's chief ophthalmologist, Francesco Bandello, said Saturday that Berlusconi's condition had only moderately improved overnight. The 76-year-old Berlusconi has bilateral uveitis and was expected to remain hospitalized at least until Sunday.
Berlusconi's legal team has submitted petitions to courts in both cases requesting hearings be delayed because of the medical condition. Judges granted the petition in the sensational sex-for-hire case Friday.
The court in the tax fraud appeal dispatched a court-appointed physician Saturday to verify the condition.
Verdicts in both trials are due in the coming weeks, a politically sensitive time as Italy seeks to negotiate a stable government following inconclusive elections.
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