Silvio Berlusconi

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Prosecutors Link 2nd Teen to Berlusconi

Investigators hand over 227-page dossier in case

(Newser) - Things keep getting messier for Silvio Berlusconi: Now prosecutors claim there’s a second underage girl mixed up in his series of sex scandals. Brazilian showgirl Iris Berardi was just 17 when she visited the Italian prime minister at his summer villa and his palazzo, prosecutors hold. Meanwhile, another woman...

Inside Berlusconi's 'Bunga Bunga' Room

Prosecutors bare details: stripper pole, nurses' uniforms, and more

(Newser) - The reports of Silvio Berlusconi's activities just got a little more colorful. The Telegraph shares details contained within a 389-page investigation assembled by prosecutors, which exposes the sordid goings-on at the leader's alleged sex parties. They reportedly involved a "bunga bunga" room with sofas and a pole for strip...

Berlusconi on Sex Charges: 'I'd Have to Be Superman'

Joke fails to amuse his party

(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi attempted to make light of the prostitution scandal swirling around him at a recent meeting of his People of Freedom Party, telling his allies that the charges couldn’t possibly be true. Not because he's a paradigm of morality, but because “I’d be better than Superman...

Teen: Berlusconi Gave Me $9K
Teen: Berlusconi
Gave Me $9K
Jan 16, 2011 4:01 PM CST

Teen: Berlusconi Gave Me $9K

...but Ruby Heartstealer maintains there was 'absolutely' no sex

(Newser) - The teenager at the heart of the latest criminal probe of Silvio Berlusconi insists she didn't have sex with him—but says he gave her $9,350 when she attended a Valentine's Day party at his villa. Karima el-Mahroug, better known as Ruby Heartstealer, said yesterday that Berlusconi didn't know...

Berlusconi a Suspect in Teen Prostitute Case

Could face 15 years in prison

(Newser) - Police are officially investigating Silvio Berlusconi over allegations that he paid a 17-year-old girl for sex, and have asked him to come in for questioning, prosecutors in Milan announced today. He’s also accused of attempting to use his position as prime minister to pressure police to sweep the matter...

Nasty Tweets About Berlusconi Hit EU Summit Screens

Italian tweeters hack into system easily

(Newser) - EU summit organizers got far more than they bargained for after erecting a “tweet-wall”—two giant screens that displayed Twitter messages to the 27 European leaders who were meeting yesterday. Italian Twitter users soon discovered that anything tagged “#EUCO” would appear on the screen—and proceeded to...

Riots Erupt in Rome After Berlusconi Victory

Ninety people injured in violent confrontations

(Newser) - Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Rome today after Silvio Berlusconi narrowly survived a no-confidence vote, causing havoc that resulted in injuries to 50 police officers and 40 protesters. Demonstrators set fire to cars, upended garbage bins, and threw rocks, signaling the public's growing disdain for their scandal-plagued...

Berlusconi Survives No-Confidence Vote

But barely; shakeup likely coming

(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi survived no-confidence votes today, coasting comfortably through the Italian Senate, but barely escaping the House vote with his political career intact, reports the Wall Street Journal. The narrowness of the 314-311 House vote underscores how compromised the Italian PM's grasp on power has become.

Leaks Bare What Envoys Really Think of Leaders

Painful insults abound in leaked cables

(Newser) - The fallout from the WikiLeaks release of US embassy cables is only just beginning, but one thing is clear: there are going to be some seriously embarrassed diplomats. Some insults to world leaders, as collected by the Telegraph:
  • Nicolas Sarkozy: The French president is an "emperor with no clothes,
...

Berlusconi Replaces Ancient Penis—on Statue

Art experts slam 'plastic surgery' on Roman statue

(Newser) - A penis has, once again, landed Silvio Berlusconi in trouble. The Italian leader is under fire for spending some $100,000 in public funds to replace a missing penis on a 2nd-century Roman statue of Mars and a hand on a statue of Venus, the BBC reports. Art experts complain...

Sorry, Italy, You're Stuck With Berlusconi
Sorry, Italy, You're Stuck
With Berlusconi
analysis
Nov 16, 2010 1:25 PM CST

Sorry, Italy, You're Stuck With Berlusconi

His government may fall, but bet that he'll be back. Again

(Newser) - Stop us if you've heard this before: Silvio Berlusconi is in political crisis. Following the resignation of four top officials yesterday, the prime minister (take your pick of scandals here ) is in real danger of having his government toppled. Italy's president will now meet with the speakers of parliaments...

Berlusconi Flew Pot to Call Girls on Private Jet

Says one of those call girls, an aspiring model

(Newser) - The tawdry allegations against Silvio Berlusconi just keep on coming: Now, a call girl (who claims the Italian premier paid her more than $14,000 for sex) says he used his private jet to supply marijuana to the sex parties at his villa. “There was grass available in all...

Greece Finds Bomb on Way to Berlusconi, Halts All Mail

Cargo plane bearing package makes emergency landing in Bologna

(Newser) - Greece has suspended air mail and freight for 48 hours to ensure that no more exploding packages find their way to European leaders. More than 10 suspicious packages have been intercepted in recent days, including a parcel bomb sent to the office of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and a suspect...

'It's Better to Like Beautiful Girls Than Be Gay': Berlusconi

Italian PM offers up an interesting defense

(Newser) - Despite calls for his resignation , Silvio Berlusconi will not step down—or apologize—following reports of his involvement with a 17-year-old belly dancer. His defense: “It’s better to like beautiful girls than to be gay,” Ireland's RTÉ reports. At a motorcycle industry show, he insisted he hadn’...

Teen Belly Dancer Could Be Berlusconi's Downfall

Italian leaders are finally getting sick of his never-ending scandals

(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi has shrugged off more than his share of sex scandals, but even old allies appear to be finally losing patience with the Italian leader's antics. Parliamentary speaker Gianfranco Fini says Berlusconi should step down if reports that he abused his power and pressured police into releasing a 17-year-old...

Berlusconi Is Sick: Catholic Media

Italian PM accused of intervening in teen girl's theft case

(Newser) - A major Catholic magazine in Italy has blasted Silvio Berlusconi for having what it calls “a disease, something uncontrollable” when it comes to women, the Daily Telegraph reports. The latest accusation in the PM’s never-dull love life: That he stepped in and helped get an underage girl out...

Teen: Berlusconi Paid Me After Sex

Yet another scandal for the Italian prime minister

(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi has already weathered rumors of one affair with an underage mistress —now another teen claims he paid her for sex. The Moroccan model, now 18, says she attended several of the Italian prime minister's parties at his villa (and we know how those usually turn out )...

EU May Yank Vatican Tax Break
 EU May Yank Vatican Tax Break  
Oct 14, 2010 5:00 AM CDT

EU May Yank Vatican Tax Break

Church could be handed $11B tax bill

(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI may soon find himself stuck with an $11 billion tax bill. European officials are probing tax breaks Silvio Berlusconi gave the church on its 100,000 properties in Italy. If they decide the tax exemptions are unfair state subsidies for church run businesses, the Vatican will be...

Vatican Slams Berlusconi Over Jewish Joke

It was 'just a laugh,' insists premier

(Newser) - The Vatican yesterday lashed Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for making a joke about Jews last week that stunned and infuriated his countrymen. The "deplorable" joke "offended the sentiment of believers and the sacred memory of 6 million Holocaust victims," blasted an editorial in the Vatican's official...

Berlusconi Cracks Wise About Hitler

Critics say it's time Italian leader saw a shrink

(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi's critics are demanding an apology after the Italian leader hit a new low with wisecracks about Hitler and his own sexual prowess at a youth rally over the weekend. "A little after Hitler died his supporters discovered he was in fact still alive," Berlusconi told cheering...

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