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Silvio Berlusconi

A woman films on May 29, 2012 the work of Italian artists Antonio Garullo and Mario Ottocento, called 'The Dream of Italian,' showing a wax figurine former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi inside a shrine, at the Ferrajoli Palace in the center of Rome.

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    aside by Europe's economic crisis or by austerity measures hated by voters. Some 11 have now fallen, including Italy's Silvio Berlusconi and Spain's Jose Louis Rodriguez Zapatero.Sure, many European economies are in worse shape than the U.S. But there are   Read more »

  • Ex-premier shows up for prostitution trial

    -- Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi is making a rare appearance at his trial in Milan on charges he paid for sex with an underage prostitute and then used his office to try to cover it up.The media mogul made no remarks to reporters as he entered the   Read more »

  • Two Marios reshape Italy's image at home, abroad

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  • Verdict expected in Berlusconi corruption trial

    -- Silvio Berlusconi 's corruption trial raced toward a verdict Saturday, but any decision was likely to be rendered moot because of the statute of limitations on the charge.The former Italian prime minister is accused of paying a British lawyer David Mills   Read more »

Around the web

  • Parlez-vous Romneyspeak?

    extraordinairement prospère et, preuve qu'il peut vendre n'importe quoi, il a même contribué aux victoires de Silvio Berlusconi en Italie. Sa recette est simple : « Ce n'est pas ce que vous dites qui compte, c'est ce que les gens entendent ». Pour comprendre 12:07 AM from The Huffington Post Read more »

  • Super Mario Bros need a relaunch

    Mario Brothers need a relaunch. At the end of last year, the near simultaneous appointments of Mario Monti to replace Silvio Berlusconi as Italy’s prime minister and Mario Draghi as president of the European Central Bank helped turn around the euro crisis,   from Reuters Blogs Read more »

  • Rigoletto review

    libertine French king a fictitious duke, and so Lindy Hume’s intelligent and coherent production, which makes reference to Silvio Berlusconi’s Italy, is in well-mapped territory. The cast is disposed with energy and naturalness. There are many striking and   from New Zealand Listener  Read more »

  • 'Dead' Burlesconi artwork unveiled

    a glass case in the centre of Rome appears to lie the corpse of former Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi. Even in death he wears a smile, a bespoke suit and rather surprisingly a pair of Mickey Mouse slippers. The body is in fact a waxwork, the latest   from Euronews Read more »

  • Manipulationsskandal: Italiens Ministerpräsident Monti schlägt eine Auszeit der Serie A vor

    Monti, der als italienischer Ministerpräsident auf Silvio Berlusconi, Präsident vom AC Mailand, folgte, reagierte angewidert auf den neuerlichen Wettskandal in Italien. Die Situation des italienischen Fußballs bezeichnete Ministerpräsident Monti als „einfach   from Goal.com Read more »

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About Silvio Berlusconi

Silvio Berlusconi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈsilvjo berluˈskoːni] ( listen); born 29 September 1936), also known as Il Cavaliere (literally, The Knight) – from knighthood to the Order of Merit for Labour which he received in 1977 – is an Italian politician and businessman who served three terms as Prime Minister of Italy, from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006, and 2008 to 2011. Berlusconi is also the controlling shareholder of Mediaset and owner of A.C. Milan.

from Wikipedia