Italian president holds talks on new government
November 13th, 2011 - 7:53 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Nov 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Italian President Giorgio Napolitano started consultations Sunday with parliamentary leaders to agree on an emergency government after Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi resigned Saturday.Berlusconi, 75, Italy's ... Read more...
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Italian PM Berlusconi resigns
November 13th, 2011 - 8:28 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Nov 13 (IANS) Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi handed in his resignation to President Giorgio Napolitano Saturday, Italy's presidential palace said.Berlusconi, Italy's longest-serving premier since the end of ... Read more...
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Italy approves economy stabilisation law
November 13th, 2011 - 1:04 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Nov 12 (IANS) Italian lawmakers Saturday gave their approval to austerity measures demanded by the European Union (EU), paving the way for the resignation of Italian Prime Minister Silvio ... Read more...
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US stocks turn into positive territory
November 12th, 2011 - 9:58 am ICT by IANS
New York, Nov 12 (IANS) US stocks turn positive Friday amid signs of stabilization in European debt and better-than- expected data, with all three major indexes turning positive, Xinhua reported.Italy's ... Read more...
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Italian senate adopts austerity bill
November 12th, 2011 - 12:32 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Nov 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The upper house of the Italian parliament Friday approved a draft austerity bill to slash public spending in a bid to head off the country's ... Read more...
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When Italian senate applauded likely caretaker PM
November 11th, 2011 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Nov 11 (IANS/AKI) Mario Monti, who is expected to be named Italian prime minister, was greeted with a round of applause Friday as he appeared in the Senate a ... Read more...
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Euro falters over Italy, Greece political uncertainty
November 9th, 2011 - 7:44 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Nov 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The euro fell against the US dollar Wednesday and European markets slumped with it, amid lingering uncertainties over who will lead a new Greek government ... Read more...
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Berlusconi says he won’t stand for re-election
November 9th, 2011 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Nov 9 (IANS/AKI) Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said he doesn't aim to recapture his office in the next national election.The candidate for Berlusconi's centre-right People of Freedom party ... Read more...
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Berlusconi wins vote but loses majority, asked to quit
November 9th, 2011 - 12:13 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Nov 8 (IANS) Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi lost his majority in the lower house of parliament in a crucial vote on a financial bill on Tuesday.Berlusconi received less ... Read more...
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Sensex closes flat, European debt concerns weigh (Roundup)
November 8th, 2011 - 6:44 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 8 (IANS) A benchmark index for Indian equities markets Tuesday closed flat, having been in a tight range all day. Investors largely chose to remain on the ... Read more...
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Drug bust at Berlusconi company
November 8th, 2011 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
Milan, Nov 8 (IANS/AKI) A Milan office belonging to media tycoon prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's Mediaset broadcasting empire was raided Tuesday by police who arrested 11 people suspected of drug ... Read more...
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Ferrari chief says Berlusconi must resign
November 1st, 2011 - 11:32 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Nov 1 (IANS/AKI) The head of Italian luxury sportscar maker Ferrari called on embattled Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to resign and make way for a caretaker government, or ... Read more...
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Berlusconi named in US human trafficking report
October 31st, 2011 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been named in a US government report on human trafficking, over his alleged sexual relationship with an underage Moroccan ... Read more...
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Consumer confidence dips to three year low in Italy
October 26th, 2011 - 1:14 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Oct 26 (IANS/AKI) Italian consumer confidence in October fell to its lowest level in more than three years amid concern that efforts to cut spending in Europe's second most ... Read more...
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Dinner parties turned into the unspeakable: Berlusconi
October 22nd, 2011 - 1:31 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Oct 22 (IANS/AKI) Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, known worldwide for his libido boasts, described parties he hosted in Rome as high-class soirees that evolved into scandalous affairs."They were ... Read more...
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Berlusconi breaks into Latin on Gaddafi’s death
October 21st, 2011 - 12:19 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Oct 21 (IANS/AKI) After hearing about the death of his former friend Muammar Gaddafi, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi used a Latin phrase to say that everything is transitory."Sic ... Read more...
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David Cameron welcomes Gaddafi’s death
October 21st, 2011 - 1:24 am ICT by IANS
London, Oct 20 (IANS) British Prime Minister David Cameron Thursday welcomed the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's death, saying it was a day to remember all his victims, Xinhua reported.... Read more...
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Italian prime minister cleared in tax evasion case
October 18th, 2011 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
Milan, Oct 18 (IANS/AKI) Italy's billionaire Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will not stand trial for fraud and tax evasion in a case involving a unit of his Mediaset television empire, ... Read more...
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Netherland apologises for scribe’s Berlusconi remark
October 15th, 2011 - 4:14 am ICT by IANS
The Hague, Oct 15 (IANS) Dutch Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal Friday apologised to Italian Ambassador to the Netherlands Franco Giordano over a journalist's objectionable remark about Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi ... Read more...
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Berlusconi wins confidence vote
October 14th, 2011 - 11:22 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Oct 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi won a confidence vote Friday, the 51st since he took office in 2008.Berlusconi's supporters won the vote in the lower ... Read more...
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Italian prime minister calls for confidence vote
October 14th, 2011 - 5:45 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Oct 14 (IANS) Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Thursday called for a vote of confidence in his government, stressing that his government was stable and would move on with ... Read more...
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Cost-cutting measures fall short: Italy’s central bank chief
October 13th, 2011 - 11:57 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Oct 13 (IANS/AKI) Italy's recent efforts to put its public finances on a healthier footing are falling short, according to the head of the Bank of Italy, Mario Draghi."The ... Read more...
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Italy wants an end to capital punishment
October 11th, 2011 - 1:17 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Oct 10 (IANS/AKI) Italy has called for a halt to capital punishment to bolster human rights and dignity."We are strongly convinced that the abolition of the death penalty represents ... Read more...
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My father won’t quit: Berlusconi’s daughter
October 7th, 2011 - 3:05 am ICT by IANS
Milan, Oct 7 (IANS/AKI) Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will never quit, declared his daughter Marina Berlusconi."My father absolutely doesn't have to quit and will never quit," she said in ... Read more...
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I’m Berlusconi’s secret lover, says beauty queen
September 30th, 2011 - 4:48 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 30 (IANS) A 20-year-old former beauty queen has claimed she has been the "secret lover" of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi since she was 18.Former Miss Montenegro Katarina ... Read more...
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Berlusconi skips tax fraud hearing
September 27th, 2011 - 12:34 am ICT by IANS
Milan, Sep 26 (IANS/AKI) Silvio Berlusconi's tax fraud trial involving his media empire was adjourned Monday till Oct 5 after the Italian prime minister and several defence witnesses skipped the ... Read more...
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Italian prime minister slams country’s downgrading
September 20th, 2011 - 4:27 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Sep 20 (IANS) Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Tuesday criticised Standard & Poor's downgrading of the country's credit rating and defended the measures contained in an emergency budget ... Read more...
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Berlusconi blasts ‘prosecution campaign’ against him
September 18th, 2011 - 12:02 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Sep 17 (IANS) Italian Prime Minster Silvio Berlusconi denied all judicial misdoings in an open letter published Saturday, blasting what he dubbed as "a prosecution campaign" launched against him ... Read more...
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Italy to give Libyan rebels 500 mn euros
September 2nd, 2011 - 10:22 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Sep 2 (IANS) Italy has decided to increase its initial funding to the Libyan rebel National Transitional Council to 500 million euros (around $714 million) from an earlier announced ... Read more...
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Italian held on suspicion of extorting money from Berlusconi
September 1st, 2011 - 6:03 pm ICT by IANS
Naples, Sep 1 (IANS/AKI) An Italian businessman who has been accused of supplying Silvio Berlusconi with prostitutes for sex parties was arrested Thursday on suspicion of extorting money from Italy's ... Read more...
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Italy unfreezes 350 mn euros of Libyan assets
August 26th, 2011 - 12:44 am ICT by IANS
Milan, Aug 25 (IANS/AKI) Italy has unfrozen 350 million euros (around $503 million) of Libyan assets that can be used by the transitional government to pay salaries and provide other ... Read more...
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Berlusconi to write memoir on his private life
August 24th, 2011 - 12:01 pm ICT by IANS
Milan, Aug 24 (IANS/AKI) Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who has been linked with a string of young women, has said he may write a memoir on his liaisons.Reacting to ... Read more...
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Berlusconi to meet Libya’s rebel leader
August 24th, 2011 - 11:21 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Aug 24 (IANS) Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will meet Libyan rebel leader Mahmoud Jibril Thursday in Milan, the prime minister's office said in a statement.How to protect the ... Read more...
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Berlusconi daughter in love with Brazilian footballer
August 11th, 2011 - 2:53 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Aug 11 (IANS/AKI) Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's daughter Barbara says she is in love with her current boyfriend, 21-year-old Brazilian striker Alexandre Pato."This relationship is not a ... Read more...
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Obama discusses debt-crisis, Syria with Spain, Italy
August 9th, 2011 - 6:59 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 9 (IANS) US President Barack Obama called up leaders of Spain and Italy over the euro zone debt crisis and the situation in Syria, the White ... Read more...
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