Berlusconi and Italy : Sharing the fate of Greece ? Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi denied what he called groundless rumors over his possible resignation after learning about statements projecting his certain resignation by one of his closest collaborators. Rome / NationalTurk – Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi denied...
Genoa and Italy’s western coastline was hit by floods. Two rivers broke their banks and torrents of uprooted trees and swept cars and furniture through the streets. The Genoa city website advised people not to leave their homes and to climb to the upper floors. A fire department spokesman said six people were confirmed dead and one...
The Milan Attorney”s Office officially demanded to prosecute Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for involvement in a phone-tapping case, illegally. The appeal was lodged by fiscal Maurizio Romanelli after accepting petition of examining magistrate Stefania Donadeo after she refused to close the file on Berlusconi’s cause...
40th Italian Casualty in Afghanistan Folgore brigade combat engineer Roberto Marchini, 28, killed while attempting to defuse improvised explosive device. An Italian soldier was killed in Afghanistan when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off in the district of Bakwa in the west of the country, part of the Italian zone. The deceased...
A woman holds an anti-nuclear flag following partial results of four referendums in downtown Rome, Italy. Italians have voted against nuclear energy for decades in a referendum that was influenced by Japan’s Fukushima disaster, and was also a strong political vote against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. In earthquake-prone Italy almost...