Berlusconi

Berlusconi amid scandal: ‘I love women’ (AP)

October 29th, 2010

Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gestures while speaking during a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels on Friday, Oct. 29, 2010. EU leaders on Friday agreed on tougher rules for spendthrift nations whose overspending threatens Europe's single currency and risks triggering a debt crisis. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)AP - Premier Silvio Berlusconi issued an unapologetic defense of his lifestyle Friday amid the latest scandal involving his personal life, admitting that he intervened to secure the release from…

Berlusconi wins censure motion (AP)

August 4th, 2010

Italy's Minister of Justice Angelino Alfano attends a debate in the upper house of Parliament in Rome August 4, 2010. Italy could hold snap elections in the autumn if Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right government falls, a minister from the Northern League said hours before a crucial vote in parliament.   REUTERS/Giampiero Sposito  (ITALY - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS IMAGES OF THE DAY)AP - Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has survived his first test in parliament since the breakup with a powerful ally.


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Obama praises Berlusconi as ‘great friend’ (AP)

July 8th, 2010

AP - U.S. President Barack Obama says in an interview with an Italian newspaper that he has developed a “very strong relationship” with Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi.

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