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Italy’s Berlusconi may be hoping for comeback
John Hooper, The Guardian STANDFIRST: Disgraced former PM’s remarks fuel speculation that he is aiming to regain power on ticket of withdrawal from euro He may have been jeered from office last year. He may be on trial accused of paying for sex with a 17-year-old girl. And last week…
European leaders scramble to stem debt crisis
European Union leaders hold a flurry of meetings on Tuesday on fighting the debt crisis now threatening Italy and France while deficit gridlock also puts the United States in the spotlight. The new prime ministers of Italy and Greece, who took over governments felled by the crisis, were to hold separate talks with top…
Crowd jeers as Berlusconi quits power in eurozone crisis
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi quit power on Saturday to loud cheering from a crowd of thousands in Rome after a wave of market panic that has shaken the eurozone brought his rule to an end. Berlusconi formally submitted his resignation to President Giorgio Napolitano, who announced he will now hold consultations on the…
Italian PM Berlusconi denies resignation reports
ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Monday denied reports he was about to resign. “Rumors of my resignation are baseless,” he said on his Facebook page. Two journalists close to the prime minister reported earlier on Monday that he would resign within hours. (Reporting By Paolo Biondi,…
Berlusconi’s ‘Bunga Bunga’ parties inspire line of accessories
While his fellow businessmen moan about Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s constant sex scandals and the fallout for Italy’s image abroad, Carlo Pagani has decided to cash in. Inspired by the Italian leader’s “bunga bunga” parties — reportedly a form of lap dancing enjoyed by Berlusconi, Pagani’s small plastics factory has…
Students storm Goldman Sachs building in Milan
MILAN (Reuters) – A group of students stormed Goldman Sachs’s central Milan offices on Friday ahead of worldwide protests against financial inequality planned for the weekend. The Italian demonstrations are the latest bout of anger at banks and financiers as outcry spreads throughout the world following the occupation of Wall Street inNew…
Italy’s Berulsconi faces confidence vote
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi faces a crucial confidence vote amid infighting in his ruling coalition as well as growing criticism over his handling of the economy and mounting legal scandals. Barring any major upsets, Berlusconi’s majority is expected to pass the vote but the margin is likely to be…
Phone leak reveals foul-mouthed Berlusconi
A foul-mouthed Silvio Berlusconi is caught saying he wants to leave Italy, according to a leaked phone conversation published by Italian media as part of a probe into a blackmail plot against the prime minister. “I’m so transparent, so clean in everything I do. There’s nothing I could be reproached…
Italy’s main trade union calls general strike
ROME — Italy’s biggest trade union, the CGIL, on Sunday called for a general strike against the government’s new austerity plans. Union chief Susanna Camusso, speaking in the daily La Repubblica newspaper, said the CGIL (Italian General Confederation of Labour) would hold a meeting on August 23 to fix a…
Italy approves draft law banning burqas
ROME — An Italian parliamentary commission approved a draft law on Tuesday which would ban women from wearing the veils that cover their faces in public, if passed by parliament in September. The draft law would forbid women from wearing a burqa or naqib, but also prohibit anyone from covering…
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