Italy's speaker to sue Berlusconi newspaper over "red light" claimsSeptember 16th, 2009 LONDON - Gianfranco Fini, Italy's speaker of parliament, is suing a newspaper owned by Silvio Berlusconi's brother for threatening "red light" revelations about him. Il Giornale had suggested that Fini, the 57-year-old speaker of parliament's lower house and a former foreign minister, should be kicked out of the People of Liberty (PdL) party for flirting with the left-wing opposition, reports The Times.
Berlusconi dismisses idea of resigning over sex scandal, calls himself Italy's best premierSeptember 10th, 2009 Berlusconi says he won't resign over sex scandalROME — Premier Silvio Berlusconi brushed off questions about any possible resignation over his sex scandal Thursday, saying he has been Italy's best premier ever. Berlusconi also said he was considering suing the woman at the center of the scandal.
Civil war breaks out in Italian GovernmentSeptember 9th, 2009 ROME - Civil war has broken out in the ranks of the Italian Government after Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's mouthpiece newspaper attacked his main political ally, calling him "ridiculous" and a tool of the Left. The battleground was once again the front page of Il Giornale, the Berlusconi family newspaper.
Berlusconi-Vatican rift widensSeptember 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Relations between the Vatican and Silvio Berlusconi soured further after top church figures rallied to defend Dino Boffo, the Catholic editor, whose personal life was attacked by the Italian PM's family newspaper. Il Giornale yesterday continued with its campaign to expose Boffo as a homosexual with a police record.
Berlusconi allies work to patch up ties with Catholic church after latest sex scandal salvosAugust 30th, 2009 Berlusconi allies work to patch up church tiesROME — Allies of the Italian government have pledged to patch up ties with the Catholic church, after a newspaper in Premier Silvio Berlusconi's media family attacked a Catholic editor who had demanded he answer allegations in a sex scandal over young women. Lawmaker Fabrizio Cicchitto, a leader in Berlusconi's Freedom People party, told Sky TG24 TV Sunday it would be the conservative coalition's "aim and task to work hard so that there are no lacerations or fractures in relations between the government and the Catholic church."
Support from Catholic voters is considered crucial for any Italian government to come to power, and good ties with the Vatican are courted by many politicians.
Berlusconi-Church relations sour after attack on Catholic editorAugust 29th, 2009 LONDON - Relations between Silvio Berlusconi and the Catholic Church soured yesterday after the Italian PM was forced to pull out of a Mass intended to begin his religious rehabilitation and a newspaper owned by his family ran a scathing report on a top Catholic. The 72-year-old tycoon, whose private life has come under media scrutiny and Church criticism - thanks to the alleged sex scandals, abruptly axed a visit to the central Italian city of L'Aquila, where he was to have attended an annual religious ceremony for the forgiveness of sins, reports The Times.
Italian Catholic church mortified by Berlusconi's scandalous private lifeAugust 13th, 2009 LONDON - The shocking revelations surrounding the private life of Silvio Berlusconi have made Italy's Catholic church feel "uneasy" and "'mortified", the newspaper of the Italian Bishops' Conference has said. Avvenire newspaper said the church had sent clears signals over Berlusconi's alleged womanising, reports The Telegraph.
Report: daughter of scandal-plagued Berlusconi says politicians are called to high moralityAugust 4th, 2009 Berlusconi daughter: politicians must be moralROME — Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian premier engulfed in a sex scandal over alleged encounters with young women, has been taken to task by his daughter, who is quoted as saying in an interview that public officials should enhance moral values. Barbara Berlusconi also said that public officials cannot afford to differentiate between their public and private spheres, the Italian edition of Vanity Fair reports in an interview to be published Wednesday.
Scandal-hit Berlusconi starts holiday with special stress-buster treatmentAugust 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Amid a string of scandals, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Belusconi kicked off his holiday with a specialist treatment designed to relieve stress and help him rest. According to the newspaper Corriere dell'Alto Adige, three doctors from a private clinic in Brixen, in the northern region of South Tyrol, were flown by helicopter on Saturday to Berlusconi's Milan residence.
Berlusconi offered sex tape scandal escort seat in European ParliamentJuly 27th, 2009 LONDON - The escort girl at the centre of Silvio Berlusconi sex tape scandal has revealed that the Italian Prime Minister had offered her a seat in the European Parliament. Patrizia D'Addario made the revelation in an interview with the French newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche.
Italian newspaper that carried vice girl's recordings sues BerlusconiJuly 23rd, 2009 LONDON - Silvio Berlusconi has been issued with a writ following his attacks on the newspaper group, which published a series of audiotapes made by a prostitute of her alleged meetings with the Italian Prime Minister at his residence. The business tycoon's personal life came under the limelight when the publishers of La Repubblica announced that it was suing him for attacking it as "subversive", reports The Times.
Silvio Berlusconi may be quizzed about sex scandalJune 29th, 2009 LONDON - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi might be questioned regarding the sleazy allegations swirling around him. The 72-year-old media tycoon-turned-politician, though not under investigation, might be quizzed as part of the inquiry into Giampaolo Tarantini, a local businessman at the centre of a scandal involving women sent to parties hosted by the Prime Minister.
'The spectre of blackmail hangs over Berlusconi'June 20th, 2009 LONDON - Silvio Berlusconi is so badly stuck in the labyrinth of controversies that he has become "blackmailable", says a leading Italian daily newspaper. "The spectre of blackmail hangs over Berlusconi," said La Stampa.
Catholic paper urges Berlusconi to respond to allegations about paid women at his partiesJune 19th, 2009 Catholic paper urges Berlusconi to clarify scandalROME — An influential Catholic newspaper urged Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi on Friday to respond to allegations that women were paid to attend his parties. Avvenire, the newspaper of Italy's bishops conference, ran an editorial saying the latest claims in a scandal linking Berlusconi to young women and models are raising questions not only among opponents but his supporters too.
British editor of ambitious state-funded Abu Dhabi newspaper replaced after just over yearJune 8th, 2009 Top editor Newland at Abu Dhabi newspaper replacedDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The British newspaper veteran at the helm of Abu Dhabi's ambitious English-language newspaper has been replaced little over a year after the publication's launch. The Abu Dhabi Media Company said Monday that Martin Newland, The National newspaper's outgoing editor in chief, will be replaced by his deputy and former New York Times reporter Hassan Fattah.
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