Tag Archives: Silvio Berlusconi

Italy’s former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi sentenced to a year in jail in wiretap trial

March 7, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Italy’s former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gestures on a television show in Rome in this February 20, 2013 file photo. An Italian court on March 7, 2013 sentenced Berlusconi to a one-year jail term for making public the taped contents … read more »

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No regrets: Boateng vows to repeat protest if racism continues

January 5, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Image: Emilio Andreoli/AP/Press Association Images AC MILAN’S KEVIN Prince Boateng has vowed to walk off the pitch again if he suffers more racist abuse no matter what the significance of the match. Boateng was subjected to racist taunts by Pro … read more »

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76yrs old Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi engaged to 28-year-old

December 17, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi has revealed that he is engaged to a woman almost 50 years junior to him. He further said, “Finally I feel less alone.” The media baron said on Sunday that his engagement to 28-year-old Francesca … read more »

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Milan to sell Ibrahimovic, Thiago Silva to PSG: report

July 13, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

AC Milan have agreed to sell striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic and midfielder Thiago Silva to Paris Saint Germain, Italian media quoted club owner Silvio Berlusconi as saying on Thursday. “Yes, I have sold Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva to PSG. We’ll … read more »

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I am supporting women ruined by sex trial,’ Berlusconi says

April 20, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

ROME — Silvio Berlusconi admitted Friday that he had been paying a number of girls, but insisted that he was only providing financial support to those whose lives had been ruined by a highly publicized investigation into alleged orgies at … read more »

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Calculations and Miscalculations of Monti’s -Technical Cabimet

April 17, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Vladimir NESTEROV | The last three years the European Union has faced the most grave economic crisis in its history. It’s not so much about preserving the «social oriented» market model that it has been so proud of the last … read more »

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Cristiano Ronaldo and George Clooney to be called as witnesses in sex trial involving Berlusconi

November 17, 2011 by benim

Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo and Hollywood star George Clooney are to be called as defence witnesses in a sex trial involving former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi. The A-listers are among more than 200 people who will give evidence in the … read more »

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Silvio Berlusconi rules out election bid

November 9, 2011 by benim

Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi says he will not stand if Italy holds early elections, a day after promising to resign as soon as parliament passes urgent budget reforms. “I will resign as soon as the law is passed, and, since … read more »

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Gaddafi ‘begged Italy’s help in letter’

October 26, 2011 by benim

Paris – Deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi wrote to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in August begging him to halt a Nato-led intervention that was helping a rebel uprising drive him from power, French weekly Paris Match reported. If authentic, … read more »

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Silvio Berlusconi suggests new offensive name for his Italian political party to boost its popularity

October 7, 2011 by benim

Beleaguered Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has suggested re-naming his political party ‘Go Pussy’ because it is tanking at the polls, it was claimed today. The controversial politician’s ‘Forza Italia’ party, which means ‘Go Italy’, is suffering record low popularity … read more »

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BBC sues Silvio Berlusconi over ‘porno’ version of Strictly Come Dancing

September 20, 2011 by benim

Silvio Berlusconi can’t put a foot right at the moment – now he seems to have danced his way into trouble with the BBC. The television network owned by his family is facing a legal battle with BBC Worldwide over … read more »

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Berlusconi’s ‘escort fixer’ spent 80,000 euros in nine months flying girls in from London for sex parties

September 19, 2011 by benim

A British connection emerged yesterday in the police inquiry over Silvio Berlusconi’s infamous sex parties. The Italian prime minister’s fixer was said to have flown in women from the UK to attend the debauched events. They apparently included beautiful Venezuelan … read more »

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Eight women in one night, boasts Berlusconi

September 18, 2011 by benim

Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi is at the centre of new allegations surrounding his sex life. The 74-year-old has been recorded boasting of sleeping with eight women in one night and claiming he turned down another three. The phone conversations were … read more »

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Italy’s Berlusconi pressured over austerity mess

September 5, 2011 by benim

Italy’s chaotic efforts to pass a new austerity plan already included disputed figures, policy U-turns and cabinet rows even before Silvio Berlusconi’s latest brush with scandal added prostitutes and wiretaps to the mix. European partners have looked on increasingly aghast … read more »

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Berlusconi holds fresh bunga bunga party as Italian economy teeters on the brink

August 3, 2011 by benim

Controversial prime minister Silvio Berlusconi hosted one of his infamous ‘bunga bunga’ parties earlier this week, Italian media claimed today. Berlusconi, 74, is embroiled in allegations that dozens of showgirls were paid to attend the bunga bunga parties – which … read more »

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Silvio Berlusconi’s Government faces collapse as he suffers crushing local election defeat

May 30, 2011 by benim

Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi faces defeat at the ballot box as voters turn on him after a succession of scandals Controversial Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was today facing a crushing defeat in local elections, which could mark the … read more »

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Berlusconi casts doubt on death of Gadhafi son

May 25, 2011 by benim

ROME – Premier Silvio Berlusconi cast doubt on Libyan reports that Moammar Gadhafi’s son and three grandchildren were killed in an April 30 NATO airstrike, saying Wednesday that coalition forces believe the claim to be “propaganda.” Berlusconi told a late-night … read more »

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Sex, Lies, Arrogance: What Makes Powerful Men Behave So Badly?

May 19, 2011 by benim

  When her husband Dominique Strauss-Kahn was preparing to run for President of France five years ago, Anne Sinclair told a Paris newspaper that she was “rather proud” of his reputation as a ladies’ man, a chaud lapin (hot rabbit) … read more »

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G8 get mixed marks on meeting 2005 Africa aid plans

May 16, 2011 by benim

The Group of Eight leading industrial nations delivered only 61 percent of the increased aid they promised to sub-Saharan Africa by 2010 in their 2005 summit, a study showed on Monday. The anti-poverty group ONE criticized France, Germany and Italy … read more »

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Italians vote in key test for Berlusconi

May 16, 2011 by benim

Rome – Italians voted on Sunday in partial local elections with all eyes on the northern business hub of Milan, a centre-right stronghold of embattled Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. The vote on Sunday and Monday is a last major test … read more »

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Dozens Of Illegal North African Migrants Arrested In Paris

April 28, 2011 by benim

Police in Paris have arrested dozens of suspected illegal migrants from north Africa for breaking the EU member-nation’s residency laws, French officials said late Wednesday. According to officials, some 60 suspected illegal migrants, mostly from Tunisia, were detained by police … read more »

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France ‘can’t afford more North African migrants’, warns Sarkozy party boss

April 28, 2011 by benim

France cannot afford to take in waves of North African migrants, the head of President Nicolas Sarkozy’s party claimed yesterday. Jean-Francois Cope said France ‘did not have the means’ to absorb the thousands of Tunisians wishing to enter the country. … read more »

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North African refugees mass at the Paris gateway to Britain as Sarkozy and Berlusconi row about open borders

April 27, 2011 by benim

Immigrants who have fled Tunisia say Britain is their ‘only hope’ Franco-Italian immigration problems comes amid international business tensions and discord over Libya Agreement reached to revise Treaty to account for ‘exceptional’ circumstances Desperate immigrants fleeing the chaos in North … read more »

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Sarkozy plans visit to Libyan rebel stronghold

April 22, 2011 by benim

PARIS – French president Nicolas Sarkozy has agreed in principle with Libya’s opposition Transitional National Council to travel to the rebel stronghold of Benghazi, a top presidential aide said Friday. Although Sarkozy has informed the opposition group, the timing of … read more »

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Muammar Gaddafi’s former Nurse speaks out

April 11, 2011 by benim

NEW YORK – I checked the dictator’s heart and lived in luxury. But when revolution came, I realized the cost. In this week’s Newsweek, Oksana Balinskaya talks about what it was like being the nurse for Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. … read more »

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Italy to Tunisia: Stop flow of migrants to Europe

April 4, 2011 by benim

TUNIS, Tunisia – Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi met with Tunisian leaders for tough talks aimed at halting the influx of illegal North African migrants who have been overrunning a tiny Italian island en route to mainland Europe. Berlusconi has … read more »

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Berlusconi describes North African immigrant surge in Italy as a ‘human tsunami’

April 1, 2011 by benim

ROME — Hundreds of North African immigrants fled from a camp in southern Italy on Friday, as Premier Silvio Berlusconi described a migration wave hitting the Italian shores a “human tsunami.” The migrants had been transferred from the overcrowded island … read more »

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Gaddafi’s plastic surgery exposed

March 25, 2011 by benim

Sao Paulo – It was well past midnight when the Brazilian surgeon says he was escorted deep inside a bunker in the Libyan capital. His assignment: to shave years off Muammar Gaddafi’s appearance by removing fat from his belly and … read more »

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Italy PM: No Libya mediation yet

March 24, 2011 by benim

Rome – The time is not yet ripe for a mediation to end the Libya conflict as embattled strongman Muammar Gaddafi still believes he can prevail, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said in an interview published on Thursday. “It seems … read more »

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The Bunga Bunga Girls in Pictures: As he’s accused of paying for sex

March 18, 2011 by benim

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi continues to be mired in scandal. Two days ago, a parade of 33 women was linked to the 74-year-old billionaire by prosecutors in Italy — all allegedly guests at his notorious ‘bunga bunga’ sex parties. … read more »

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