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...
Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi’s political party, Forza Italia, was created after secret talks between the Mafia and the state, a Godfather’s son has claimed. Police informer Massimo Ciancimino, whose father was mayor of Palermo on the Mafia’s island stronghold of Sicily, made the sensational claim as he gave evidence in a...
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is due to leave hospital later today after spending his fourth night under observation. The 73-year-old is believed to have suffered a fractured his nose and two broken teeth after being struck by a souvenir model cathedral while greeting supporters in Milan on Sunday night. Doctors claim the Italian...
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi spent a quiet night at the hospital after being hit in the face with a statuette hurled by a man at a rally. Silvio Berlusconi asked to see newspapers upon waking up Monday at the San Raffaele hospital in Milan, said hospital spokesman Paolo Klun. He then received visits by close aides. “He appeared...