IndyBlogs (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
By Ali Sheikholeslami Kofi Annan, Romano Prodi, Kjell Magne Bondevik (President of the Oslo Centre for Peace and Human Rights and former Norwegian Prime Minster), and Federico Mayor (former UNECO Director-General) are currently among the guests of Mohammad Khatami, the...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Kofi Annan, Romano Prodi, Kjell Magne Bondevik (President of the Oslo Centre for Peace and Human Rights and former Norwegian Prime Minster), and Federico Mayor (former UNECO Director-General) are currently among the guests of Mohammad Khatami, the former reformist Iranian president who introduced the idea of "Dialogue among Civilisations". Other guests include former presidents of Ireland, Switzerland,...
Anorak News (Free subscription) | yesterday
IN Italy, Sabina Guzzanti (comic) is being sued by Mara Carfagna (former model and TV showgirl) “after joking that Carfagna, 32, got her job as minister by indulging in an explicit sexual act with Berlusconi”. Rumour has been rife in the Italian press about Carfagna’s relationship with Berlusconi after the prime minister quipped in 2007: “If [...]
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Italy will propose broadening the Group of Seven nations and giving new and different tasks to the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, Italian Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti said on Saturday.
Reject the U.N. (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Government pushes for global halt to executions Italy's Foreign Minister Franco Frattini on Friday reiterated the Government's commitment to end executions worldwide. "Minister Frattini expresses his strong support for moves worldwide to abolish the death penalty," said a statement from Italy's Foreign Ministry, released to mark the European day against the death penalty. I guess Mr Frattini wants...
The Exile (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Did Mara Carfagna, pictured left and below, the former model and all round decent bit of talent, get her Italian ministerial portfolio because she provided a blow job to Silvio Berlusconi ? Transcripts of seamy telephone conversations may exist and people are suggesting that la Carfagna may have become the equal opportunities minister via an on her knees sort of way. All of this has led to speculation...
World Economy & Development (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
By Flavia Krause-Jackson Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Italy is refusing to endorse the current draft statement drawn up by economic officials from the Group of Seven nations because it is too soft, Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti said. ``The current draft is too weak,'' Tremonti told reporters in Washington before the talks began. ``We won't sign it.'' One official from a G-7 member earlier said the group...
Khatami Mania (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
IRNA - Former Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi is to visit Tehran to take part in Conference on Dialogue Among Cultures and Civilizations. According to IRNA, Prodi is to arrive in Tehran on Sunday to participate at the event which will be attended by the other members of the Madrid Club. The conference has been sponsored by Baran Foundation. Meanwhile, ANSA news agency said that Prodi will stay...
Guy Fawkes' blog (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Italian prime minister Berlusconi's equal opportunities minister Mara Carfagna (pictured) – a former topless model – is suing over claims that the 32-year-old got her job as minister by performing oral sex on Mr Berlusconi. Carfagna's relationship with Silvio Berlusconi is ununusual - he said in 2007: "If I was not already married I would have married her immediately." Carfagna says the rumour-mongering...
The First Post (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Mara Carfagna (pictured), the one-time topless model turned Italian politician, has decided to sue a comedienne who made a joke that she was given her ministerial position in return for…
People Daily (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Italy became the third European country in two days to offer funds to struggling banks, reiterating a pledge to prevent any lender from failing and sending Italian financial shares higher. Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti told lawmakers in Parliament yesterday the state would step in only if needed and that Italian banks remain solid. Tremonti would not say how much the government will make available...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Italian banks have not engaged in creative financing or other risky financial operations and thus are more sound that those in other western countries, Italian Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti said on Thursday. In an appearance before parliament to illustrate the actions the government has taken to offset the repercussions in Italy of the global credit crisis, the minister added that the conservative...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
ROME, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti on Thursday ruled out the possibility that any Italian bank would fail, as shares in banks and insurers were boosted by a crisis package offering them access to public cash.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Italy's Interior Minister, Roberto Maroni, has described it as a civil war – and 18 bullets pumped into an innocent man playing cards on a Sunday morning proved him right.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
Prime Minister's hopes of having corruption case dropped dealt a blow as judges refer the matter to Italy's highest court.
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turbinicarpus | 09/19/2008
It's surely a profitable sector but there are much better ways to invest. Silvio Berlusconi is one of the world richest man so he surely doesn't need it. He wants to control the European media like he has done with the Italian media. And that is surely a good investment. Silvio Berlusconi and his organization have understood very good that if you control the media, you can act undisturbed and they...
matucana | 08/17/2008
’ Who has fear dies every day. Who has not, dies only once…’ Judge Paolo Borsellino(RIP) On 8 april 2008, a few days before the elections, Silvio Berlusconi confirms that the life sentenced gangster Vittorio Mangano , who worked several years as ‘horsekeeper’ at the villa of Berlusconi, was a hero. Could it be that this was a message for somebody? In his last interview(19 may 1992), judge Paolo Borsellino
matucana | 05/17/2008
These are all statements of Silvio Berlusconi himself in the weeks before the 2008 elections. Silvio Berlusconi assures a few weeks before the elections that there is no place in his coalition for persons with a criminal past or with mafia connections (an exception is made for political crimes) A few days before the elections, Berlusconi remembers one of his previous plans: submit judges at regular...
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'Italia', 'Mixies' and 'The Gypsies'
Italia, often doesn't like 'Mixed -raced' and has many 'Fascists' but, I myself, am 'Mixed -Raced' and I have bene told, that I 'lOOK Italian'. 'Italians',...
en - (not a member) - 08/28/2008