Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been convicted for wiretapping a political rival, ANSA reported March 7.

A third French soldier was killed in Mali on March 2, during fighting in the country's mountainous north, AFP reported March 4.

Tens of thousands of people protested against poverty and corruption in cities across Bulgaria on March 3, Reuters reported.

The leader of Italy's Five Star Movement, Beppe Grillo, has said he supports the idea of an online vote on Italy's membership in the eurozone because such a decision should be up to the Italian people, Reuters reported, citing German magazine Bild am Sonntag's interview with Grillo.

Natural gas exports from Libya's Mellitah complex to Italy have been halted since March 2 after rival militias clashed in the region, Libya's National Oil Corp. and Italy's ENI said March 3, Reuters reported.

An envoy for Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili and a high official in Russia's Foreign Ministry will meet in Prague on March 1 to discuss restoring air transportation links between their countries, Vestnik Kavkaza reported Feb. 27, citing News Georgia.

French forces are involved in very violent fighting in the mountains of northern Mali, French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Feb. 26, AP reported.