ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
"[T]his week, as the great and the good turned out at La Scala opera house in Milan for the opening of a new version of Carmen, many wondered why the Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, was not in attendance." Turns out he was at the movies, taking his own bow....
matucana | yesterday
Silvio Berlusconi has build his media imperium using the publicity market. If you control the publicity market, you indirectly control all newspapers, TV stations, internet providers... Did you know that the European variant of his publicity firm ‘Publitalia‘ is Publierope ( http://www.publieurope.com/ ) and that it takes care for the publicity on Channel 4? All other European channels
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
Rome - This summer, albeit fleetingly, Silvio Berlusconi finally got to play the elder statesman, a role which in the eyes of international public opinion has long eluded him. It a...
Deep Politics Monitor (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
A very good editorial by the FT on Monday on Berlusconi, which says that the guy is fighting so many legal issues now, that his erstwhile claim that he cannot both govern and defend himself in court, are actually becoming true. For as long as he is prime minister, Italy will not get on with the job to reform the economy. The article also presents a useful summary of the latest legal problems,...
TheSpoof.com - Spoof News (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Italy's Priapic President, Silvio Berlusconi showed a sense of humanity today when he authorized the reactivation of conjugal visits for convicted murderess Amanda Knox. Knox, who had been imprisoned for over two years while Italian Justice played...
cryptogon.com (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Via: BBC: Tens of thousands of people have rallied in Rome, demanding the resignation of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. The No B (Berlusconi) Day march was organised by grassroots groups via the internet and social networking sites. Mr Berlusconi faces separate tax fraud and bribery trials after he lost his immunity from prosecution in October. He denies the [...]
tribalfootball.com (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
AC Milan president Silvio Berlusconi is happy to take full credit for Ronaldinho 's resurgence this season. read more
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
THOUSANDS OF Italians took to the streets of Rome last Saturday to call for the resignation of prime minister Silvio Berlusconi.
CommonDreams.org Headlines (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
by Elisabetta Povoledo ROME - Tens of thousands of protesters gathered Saturday in Rome to express their exasperation with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who is on trial on corruption charges and who was politically bruised this year by scandals involving younger women. Many of those who gathered after a call on Facebook to demonstrate expressed indignation about what they perceived as Mr....
Hindu (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
Cite sex scandals, legal tangles the Premier is facing
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
Tens of thousands of Italians fed up with Silvio Berlusconi marched peacefully through Rome on Saturday to demand the resignation of the scandal-plagued premier.
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
TENS of thousands of people have demonstrated in the centre of Rome against Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi after an Internet call for a "No Berlusconi Day".
Best Italy (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Concerning Italy , the best answer so far has come from the distinguished security analyst Alessandro Politi in his blog. He argues that Italy is a democrablanda. Read the original here: Italy after Berlusconi 2 | Lo Spazio della Politica
Click World News (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
(Guest-essay by Jasmina Tešanovi?, photos by protest participants.) Italian people are at their best in a piazza. Yesterday, the international "No B day" was held all over the world, in public squares. The largest event happened in Rome in Piazza San Giovanni. For those few who don't understand, "No B" means No Berlusconi, the right-wing Italian president who has been...
flashpoint (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Finnish humor at it’s best. The Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was famously quoted as saying he had to “endure” Finnish food during a visit several years ago. So it certainly amused me when I found out that the a Finnish pizza chain has named one of their pizza’s in his honor. Thumbing their noses squarely at Berlusconi, this [...]
