Silvio Berlusconi (born 29 September 1936) is an Italian politician and businessman. He held the position of Prime Minister from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006, and again assumed office in 2008.
Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in the centre of Rome against Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Saturday after an Internet call for a "No Berlusconi Day." Most of them wore scarves, T-shirts or sweaters in various shades of violet after the group of bloggers who organised the protest chose it as the only colour not used by political parties. The organisers claimed to have attracted 350,000 supporters from a wide spectrum of society, backed by mainly left-wing opposition... Read Full Story
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. Organizers called the grass-roots protest "No B Day," with the "B" standing for Berlusconi, the billionaire businessman and conservative leader now in his third term as premier. Several political opposition leaders said they stayed away to keep the protest a citizens' one, not a partisan event. Organizers hoped for a turnout of 300... Read Full Story
Italian police arrested two Mafia leaders on Saturday, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said, a day after he was accused of links to the organisation. Gianni Nicchi, the 28-year-old thought to be the Mafia's second in command, was found hiding in an apartment a few hundred metres (yards) from the main court in Palermo, Sicily, Berlusconi told journalists. Police also arrested alleged Mafia number three Gaetano Fidanzati, 74, on a street in the northern city of Milan, Berlusconi said. "This... Read Full Story
A Mafia boss praised Silvio Berlusconi and boasted that the mob owed everything to political backers like Italy's current leader, a turncoat hitman told a court Friday. Mob chief Giuseppe Graviano said Berlusconi and one of the future prime minister's allies, Senator Marcello Dell'Utri, had aided the gang, according to testimony from an ex-Mafia mobster. The crime boss said he "got everything thanks to the reliability of these people," before giving the names of Berlusconi and Dell'Utri, the... Read Full Story
A Mafia boss praised Silvio Berlusconi and boasted that the mob owed everything to political backers like Italy's current leader, a turncoat mobster witness told a court Friday. Mob chief Giuseppe Graviano in 1994 praised Berlusconi and one of future prime minister's allies, Senator Marcello Dell'Utri, for aiding the gang, according to testimony from an ex-Mafia gangster. The crime boss said he "got everything thanks to the reliability of these people," before giving the names of the premier... Read Full Story
TURIN, Italy (Reuters) - A jailed hitman told an Italian court on Friday that a mobster convicted for a 1993 Mafia bombing campaign had told him that Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was connected to the Cosa Nostra. The "pentito" or mobster-turned-witness Gaspare Spatuzza told a court in Turin that a Mafia clan leader later jailed for the bombings had named Berlusconi, a media mogul who had not yet entered politics at the time, in connection with the bombings. Berlusconi is not formally... Read Full Story
The leaders of Russia and Italy announced Thursday support for the US strategy against extremists in Afghanistan during a summit which also saw key gas and aviation accords signed between the two nations. Russian President Dmitri Medvedev said at a press conference with Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi that Moscow was ready to support the plan for Afghanistan where an international force is tackling Islamists. Hours later Italy's government announced it was set to send 1,000 extra... Read Full Story
ROME (Reuters) - Environmentalists unveiled an ice statue of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in the ancient Roman Forum on Thursday, timed to melt away on December 7 as the U.N. climate change summit begins in Copenhagen. "As well as just taking part in international showcases, we need coherent policies in Italy -- policies we don't see at the moment," said Greenpeace campaigner Francesco Tesco. "On climate, Berlusconi is in danger of being a leader who melts." The Italian leader's... Read Full Story
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AFP - Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in the centre of Rome against Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Saturday after an Internet call for a "No Berlusconi Day."
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TURIN, Italy (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi goes back on trial for corruption on Friday, while in an unrelated Mafia case, a mobster-turned-witness may try to link him to the Cosa Nostra. The 73-year-old conservative prime minister and media mogul says biased courts are making false accusations to try to bring down the 19-month-old government -- his third since 1994 -- and attack his Mediaset broadcasting empire. Berlusconi has been stripped of immunity from prosecution... Read Full Story
