Italy, Pakistan sign military agreementSeptember 30th, 2009 ROME - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari presided Wednesday over the signing of a defence memorandum between their two countries. "The agreement aims to increase the exchange of intelligence and bilateral trade in the military field," Berlusconi said, at a joint news conference with Zardari in Rome.
Berlusconi deja vu: calls Obama 'tanned' again, this time says First Lady is 'tanned' tooSeptember 30th, 2009 Berlusconi calls Obama 'tanned' againROME — Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi is poking fun at President Barack Obama again. Berlusconi has told a rally in Milan that he was bringing greetings from the United States from "What's his name? Some tanned guy.
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.
Lots of women and parties: 1st details emerge in probe of man linked to Berlusconi scandalSeptember 9th, 2009 1st details emerge in probe of Berlusconi scandalROME — Italian newspapers are publishing what they say are excerpts from the interrogation of an Italian businessman who allegedly supplied young women for parties at Premier Silvio Berlusconi's homes. Corriere della Sera and La Stampa quoted from what they said were statements Gianpaolo Tarantini made to prosecutors in Bari this summer.
Berlusconi insists relations with the Catholic Church are excellent despite scandalSeptember 7th, 2009 Berlusconi: Relations with church excellentROME — Silvio Berlusconi says relations between his government and the Catholic Church, which have been strained by a sex scandal involving the Italian premier, remain excellent. Berlusconi said Monday that contacts with the church are kept up "almost daily" by his top aide.
I'm popular because Italians want to be like me, Berlusconi says of sex scandalSeptember 7th, 2009 ROME — Defiant in the face of a sex scandal, Premier Silvio Berlusconi said Monday that he is still popular because Italians secretly want to be like him. He denied any strains with the Catholic Church and denounced what he called a "subversive campaign" to unseat a democratically elected leader.
Pope meets with Berlusconi aide amid fallout from government-church clashSeptember 6th, 2009 Pope meets Berlusconi aide amid scandal falloutROME — Premier Silvio Berlusconi's top aide met with Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday amid continuing fallout over scandals that have strained ties between Italy's government and the Catholic Church. Berlusconi adviser Gianni Letta pronounced relations were "solid" after meeting briefly with the pontiff during a visit by the pope to Viterbo, north of Rome.
Editor of Italy bishops' newspaper resigns; Had demanded Berlusconi respond to sex allegationsSeptember 3rd, 2009 Editor of Italy bishops' daily quits over scandalROME — The editor of a prominent Catholic newspaper that demanded Premier Silvio Berlusconi answer questions about a sex scandal resigned Thursday after being caught up in scandal himself. Dino Boffo, editor of the Avvenire daily of the Italian Bishops' Conference, strongly denied the allegations raised by Il Giornale, a Berlusconi family newspaper that alleged he had been involved in a court case with homosexual overtones.
Pope backs Italian bishops amid row with Premier Berlusconi's family newspaperSeptember 1st, 2009 Pope backs Italy church in Berlusconi rowROME — Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday gave his full support to the Italian Catholic Church after it was dragged into a media row linked to Premier Silvio Berlusconi's sex scandal. The Italian Bishops Conference said Benedict had spoken by telephone with its president, Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, to discuss the "current situation."
Benedict expressed to Bagnasco "his esteem, gratitude and appreciation," the Bishops Conference said in a statement.
Berlusconi cancels L'Aquila visit for religious service, wants to avoid exploiting situationAugust 28th, 2009 Vatican: Berlusconi cancels L'Aquila visitVATICAN CITY — Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi who is embroiled in a sex scandal has canceled a visit to L'Aquila for a religious service for the remission of sins. Berlusconi was supposed to have participated in the observation Friday alongside Vatican No.
Italy's scandal-plagued Berlusconi says he has nothing to hide, nothing to apologize forAugust 7th, 2009 Berlusconi: I have nothing to hideROME — Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi made one of his strongest denials yet in a scandal over alleged relationships with young women, insisting on Friday he has nothing to hide and nothing to apologize for. Berlusconi responded to apparent criticism from his daughter, Barbara, who said in an interview with a magazine this week that politicians cannot afford to differentiate between their public and private spheres and should work to improve moral values.
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.
New tapes released in Italian PM Berlusconi's sex scandalJuly 23rd, 2009 New tapes released in Italian PM sex scandalROME — An Italian magazine released more tapes Thursday of purported conversations between Silvio Berlusconi and a high-class prostitute, keeping up the pressure in the sex scandal engulfing the Italian premier. L'Espresso, a leftist news weekly, has been releasing the recordings of the alleged conversations between Berlusconi and the escort over several days in an apparent effort to embarrass the conservative premier.
After Pope, Geldof attacks Italian PM over failing to deliver Africa aidJuly 6th, 2009 ROME - Ahead of this week's G8 summit, Irish singer and activist Bob Geldof has joined the Pope in assailing Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for not being able to deliver the anti-poverty aid to Africa. During a hard hitting interview with Berlusconi, Geldof guest-editor of La Stampa, the Turin daily, forced the Italian PM to apologise for failing by a huge margin to meet his commitments on fighting poverty.
Reports: Berlusconi moves to block photos of young topless women at his Sardinian villaMay 30th, 2009 Reports: Berlusconi moves to block topless photosROME — Italian media say Premier Silvio Berlusconi has moved to block publication of hundreds of photos, including images of young women either topless or wearing bikinis at one of his Sardinian villas. TV and newspaper reports say Berlusconi wrote recently to the Italian watchdog for privacy issues.
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