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While much has been made of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's grip on Italian television - he owns three of the biggest commercial stations and in his role as Premier has influence over state broadcaster RAI - the country's printed press has its own conflicts of interest. The Fiat holding group has controlling stakes in Milan daily Corriere della Sera and Turin-based La Stampa. Daily La Repubblica is owned by Carlo De Benedetti, a business rival of Berlusconi's with interests in energy, automobiles and health care. Il Sole 24 Ore, the country's financial paper, is owned by Italy...
...politics is poker, the best players know when to double down and when to cut their losses. For Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, a sex scandal that had dogged him for months seemed to be finally quieting by late July. Though his reputation was stained, his popularity was solid and it seemed time to put the controversy behind him and get back to trying to run the country...
...Berlusconi family newspaper, Il Giornale, hired back its former attack-dog editor-in-chief Vittorio Feltri, the first move in what has turned into a major end-of-summer counter-offensive by Berlusconi that has raised the stakes on his political destiny, and risks spiraling out of control. (See Silvio Berlusconi's worst gaffes...
...Still, the fireworks blasted off in Tripoli on Sept. 1 with many world leaders - including Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy - absent. While many African and Arab leaders as well as Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez were there, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was the only Western European leader to attend. Britain's Prince Andrew, who is scheduled to hold trade talks with Gaddafi this week, also canceled. (See the top 10 Berlusconi-isms...
...some ways, the symbolism present in such a gesture can be manipulated. This summer has shown a wealth of seemingly diplomatic symbols that have invited much criticism. Silvio Berlusconi—the Italian prime minister—seems to have gambled with the choice of L’Aquila for the July G8 summit in order to draw attention away from recent accusations that his social life resembles that of a sordid playboy’s. Since people use symbols to convey something beyond the obvious, Berlusconi’s political symbolism at the G8 summit might be cynically viewed...