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Signs of the Times (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Aftershocks have rocked the Italian town of L'Aquila, where the G8 summit is due to open this week. The tremors, which have reached 4.1 on the Richter scale, have forced the Italians to consider moving the conference and newspapers are reporting that the security concerns for leaders, including Gordon Brown and Barack Obama, could cause the summit to move to Rome In the meantime briefing papers that...
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Pope Benedict XVI Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Pope Benedict XVI waves during his Wednesday general audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican July 1, 2009. (REUTERS/Tony Gentile) The Star Saturday July 4, 2009 VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Group of Eight leaders meeting in Italy next week to discuss the state of the global economy should not forget about the world's poor, Pope Benedict said in a letter released by the Vatican on Saturday. The...
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What Really happened (Free subscription) | yesterday
ITALIAN premier Silvio Berlusconi, who is going through a divorce, has solved the problem of not having a first lady to host other leaders' spouses at next week's G8 summit – a former topless model will look after them. Former calendar girl Mara Carfagna – who is now Italy's equal opportunities minister – will guide the wives of the world's top leaders while at the conference. WRH...
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ITALY Magazine (Free subscription) | yesterday
Premier Silvio Berlusconi said on Friday he would present a set of proposals for a global legal standard to prevent a recurrence of the economic crisis at next week's Group of Eight summit but ruled out their immediate adoption. Premier Silvio Berlusconi said on Friday he would present a set of proposals for a global legal standard to prevent a recurrence of the economic crisis at next week's Group...
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The Economist (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
The host of the G8 summit, Silvio Berlusconi, faces many lurid scandals at home. But the biggest should be his refusal to accept the extent of Italy’s economic woes WHEN the leaders of the world’s largest economies meet on July 8th near the Italian city of L’Aquila for this year’s G8 summit, they will find themselves in an apposite setting. Three months ago L’Aquila was...
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Charles Lambert (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
The blonde in the green tee-shirt is Noemi Letizia. She's the eighteen-year-old who calls Silvio Berlusconi Papi and can't decide whether to cavort on a table in her underwear or represent Italy at the European parliament (and, let's face it girls, could you'). The man standing next to her, one hand adoringly encircling her neck, is her boyfriend. His name is Domenico Cozzolino. The older couple behind...
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
Premier Silvio Berlusconi is steeped in a new scandal over a dinner he had at the home of a constitutional court judge who will rule on a key decision whether to grant him immunity from prosecution while in office.
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San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
Premier Silvio Berlusconi is steeped in a new scandal over a dinner he had at the home of a constitutional court judge who will rule on a key decision whether to grant him immunity from prosecution while in office.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
ROME -- Premier Silvio Berlusconi is steeped in a new scandal over a dinner he had at the home of a constitutional court judge who will rule on a key decision whether to grant him immunity from prosecution while in office.
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Financial Times (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
Appearing on a billionaire's luxury ship in the Bay of Naples yesterday, nine days before he hosts a Group of Eight summit, Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's prime minister,...
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The Konformist Blog (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/5599641/Is-the-party-over-for-Silvio-Berlusconi.html Is the party over for Silvio Berlusconi? As sex scandals escalate around him, the Italian prime minister is looking increasingly vulnerable, says Nick Squires. By Nick Squires22 Jun 2009 For years, millions of hot-blooded Italian men have secretly wished they could gatecrash one of the parties hosted...
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Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
BRUSSELS, June 29 (UPI) -- European Union countries may stage a brief mass withdrawal of ambassadors if Iran doesn't release detained British Embassy personnel, diplomats said. The Guardian newspaper reported EU diplomats said the ambassadors would only be recalled temporarily. The detained embassy employees, all Iranians, have been accused of inciting protests of the recent Iranian presidential election,...
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The Konformist Blog (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
Why Silvio Berlusconi is the world's coolest leader... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/5610944/Wives-of-G8-leaders-urged-to-boycott-summit-over-sexist-Berlusconi.html Wives of G8 leaders urged to boycott summit over 'sexist' Berlusconi The wives of world leaders who are due to attend the G8 summit in Italy next month have been urged to boycott the event in protest over Silvio...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
• Berlusconi backs truce on 'controversial' issues • PM claims government is 'most stable in the west' Italy's head of state today begged his country's politicians and journalists to safeguard its international reputation by suspending discussion of controversial issues in the run-up to next week's summit of the G8 rich nations, which Silvio Berlusconi will chair against a background of...
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi says Group of Eight leaders meeting next week in central Italy will discuss possible sanctions against Iran.
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parisius | 03/03/2009
Big compensation deal between Lybia and Italy - Berlusconi to Gadhafi: "Come to G-8 with your tent!" Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi travelled to Libya for the ratification of a US$5 billion compensation package involving construction projects and student grants. In return, Italy wants Libya to crack down on illegal immigration. The compensation agreement for Italy's pernicious occupation of Libya
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