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NEWS ABOUT: Silvio Berlusconi

Silvio Berlusconi stories: 93 news summaries

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Daughter 'Astounded' by Berlusconi's Indiscretions

And says pols can't expect much private life

Aug 4, 09 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi’s daughter says she was “astounded” by allegations that the Italian premier consorted with model Noemi Letizia before she turned 18, Bloomberg reports. “I never hung out with elderly men,” Barbara Berlusconi, 25 and the mom of two, tells the Italian edition of Vanity Fair.... More »

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sex scandal • Italy • Silvio Berlusconi • interview • Noemi Letizia • Barbara Berlusconi

 World's Dirtiest Old Men 


Aug 2, 09 3:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some men age like a fine wine. Others age like these guys. The Independent lists the most embarrassing old goats in the public eye:
  • Silvio Berlusconi, 72: “What with claims he's spent the summer consorting with call girls and teenagers at wild parties, has Berlusconi simply forgotten his
... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • Jack Nicholson • Mel Gibson • Silvio Berlusconi • Bryan Ferry

Ex-Hooker: Berlusconi Offered Me a Parliament Seat

Says he gave escorts acting, political roles

Jul 27, 09 8:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Patrizia D’Addario, the prostitute who brought the world what she says are audiotapes of her having sex with Silvio Belusconi, says the Italian PM offered her a seat in the European Parliament, the Times of London reports. He offered her the position in lieu of paying for sex,... More »

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sex scandal • Italy • sex tape • Silvio Berlusconi • prostitute • Patrizia D'Addario

(Newser) - A newly released audio tape apparently captures Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in a graphic sexual conversation with a female escort, reports the Daily Telegraph. Two voices on the tape discuss orgasm and a just-ended satisfying sexual encounter, with the man recommending that the woman "touch" herself "often.... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • sex scandal • Italy • Vatican • escort • Silvio Berlusconi • Patrizia D'Addario

Berlusconi Admits He's
'No Saint'

Italian PM shrugs off call-girl scandal as 'low-level stuff'

Jul 22, 09 3:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi appeared unconcerned about the recent disclosure of tapes of an alleged intimate conversation between him and a prostitute, the Telegraph reports. “There are a lot of pretty girls about. I am no saint but you know that,” the Italian PM said today in his first public... More »

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sex scandal • Italy • prime minister • Silvio Berlusconi • prostitute • call girl • Freedom Party

Italian Paper Releases 'Tapes'
of Berlusconi Escort Tryst

Man instructs woman to wait 'in Putin's bed'

Jul 20, 09 4:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi’s prostitution scandal flared anew today as Italian newspaper L’Espresso released audio recordings made by the woman who claims she was paid to attend a party with the Italian PM, the BBC reports. On the recordings, a voice said to be Berlusconi’s says: “I’m... More »

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prostitution • newspaper • Italy • affair • prime minister • Silvio Berlusconi • scandal • Patrizia D%u2019Addario

analysis

Five Leaders Who Liked Bush Better


Jul 11, 09 5:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Not all foreign leaders prefer Barack Obama to George W. Bush. Joshua Keating of Foreign Policy lists five heads of state who probably miss Dubya:
  • Silvio Berlusconi. "The conservative Christian from Texas and the lecherous billionaire" were good buddies; Bush hosted the Italian president often at his
... More »

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Barack Obama • Israel • Venezuela • Poland • Italy • Colombia • Benjamin Netanyahu • missile defense system • Lech Kaczynski • Hugo Chávez • Silvio Berlusconi • Alvaro Uribe • George W. Bush • Obama administration

Berlusconi's Skeevy Love Life Vs. the G8

Italians worry sex scandals will tarnish country's image

Jul 8, 09 7:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is playing host to world leaders at the G8 meeting but many Italians fear his penchant for hosting teenage girls and escorts at his villa will overshadow and hurt the summit, the Los Angeles Times reports. Sex scandals have dogged the PM for months, trying... More »

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sex scandal • Italy • G8 summit • Group of Eight • sex • Silvio Berlusconi

(Newser) - President Obama arrived this morning in Rome ahead of his first G8 summit. Obama is meeting privately with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano and PM Silvio Berlusconi before traveling to L'Aquila, the earthquake-ravaged town that is hosting the international confab. The coming three days' talks will focus on climate change, foreign... More »

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Barack Obama • Pope Benedict XVI • diplomacy • Italy • Giorgio Napolitano • G8 summit • Silvio Berlusconi • L'Aquila

(Newser) - World leaders have begun arriving in Italy for the G8 summit, which at the last minute Silvio Berlusconi relocated to L'Aquila—the devastated town where 300 died in a massive earthquake. While many praised the Italians for quickly rehousing the victims, rebuilding has been stalled and 15,000 people are... More »

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Italy • G8 summit • Group of Eight • Silvio Berlusconi • earthquake • L'Aquila

(Newser) - Just as Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi hopes to rehab his tarnished reputation by hosting this week's G8 summit, a slew of breast-grabbing, "lesbian-kissing" photos threatens to bring him a new flood of embarrassment. Publications have bid for some 5,000 photos snapped at his Sardinia home the last... More »

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Italy • Rome • sex • Silvio Berlusconi • extramarital affair • G8

 Berlusconi: I 
 Don't Even 
 Like Hookers 

Italian PM denies scandal, says call girls aren't to his taste

Jun 24, 09 4:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has denied that he paid prostitutes who attended parties at his official residences, reports the BBC. Berlusconi told a gossip magazine that the call girl who alleged she was paid over $1000 to sleep with him was "extremely well paid" by a political opponent... More »

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prostitution • Italy • Silvio Berlusconi • political scandal • call girl • prostitution scandal • Patrizia D'Addario

 Berlusconi 
 Hooker Probe 
 to Quiz 
 30 Women 

Italian PM allegedly told woman to 'wait for me in the big bed'

Jun 23, 09 5:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Italian prosecutors are preparing to question up to 30 women, including eastern European models, as part of a probe into the alleged procurement of prostitutes for Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. The sex scandal widened yesterday when a photo emerged of two young women in short dresses posing in what appears... More »

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prostitution • Italy • Silvio Berlusconi • political scandal • prostitution scandal

Berlusconi
Gave Me $14K 'Present': Escort

Scandal ramps up as hostess also says PM
had sex with hooker

Jun 22, 09 8:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi is facing further pressure to resign after a 23-year-old revealed she had received a $14,000 "present" from the Italian PM after attending a party, reports the Times of London. The woman also says that Patrizia D'Addario, the escort at the center of the growing prostitution scandal,... More »

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Italy • escort • Silvio Berlusconi • political scandal • prostitution scandal • showgirls

 Showgirl: I've 
 Got Berlusconi
 Bedroom Tapes 

She gives photos, audio recordings
to prosecutors

Jun 19, 09 7:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - A showgirl who says she was paid to party with Silvio Berlusconi says she’s got photos of herself and the Italian PM in his bedroom, the Times of London reports. Patrizia D'Addario says she also gave audio tapes to prosecutors with Berlusconi's voice, and videotaped herself in the room... More »

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Italy • video • prime minister • Silvio Berlusconi • recording • showgirls • Patrizia D'Addario

 Berlusconi Faces  
 Prostitution Probe 

Showgirl: I was paid to go to PM's party

Jun 18, 09 10:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Already in hot water for connections to an 18-year-old model, a “mock marriage,” and a party with topless women, Silvio Berlusconi is now facing a probe into allegations over whether he paid showgirls to attend parties at the Italian PM's residences, the Times of London reports. An inquiry... More »

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prostitution • investigation • Italy • probe • Silvio Berlusconi • showgirls

 Italy to Take 3 Gitmo Detainees 

Obama, Berlusconi discuss range of issues

Jun 16, 09 8:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi, seeking to restore some shine to his tattered international image, yesterday agreed to take three detainees from Guantanamo Bay. The Italian PM praised President Obama for his "deep knowledge" after a 2-hour-plus meeting at the White House, the AP reports. The leaders discussed topics ranging from... More »

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White House • Italy • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • Silvio Berlusconi • detainees • Obama administration • President Obama

(Newser) - The paparazzo who snapped pics of nude guests at Silvio Berlusconi’s villa says another scandal is coming: the Italian prime minister in a "mock marriage" with a younger woman. Antonello Zappadu says he photographed Berlusconi in what "seemed to be a puerile game" at... More »

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sex scandal • photograph • photographers • Silvio Berlusconi • Villa • political scandal

Amid Thaw, Gadhafi Visits Italy for 1st Time

Libyan leader will meet Berlusconi, 700 most powerful women

Jun 10, 09 1:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Today marks the start of Moammar Gadhafi’s first visit to Italy since he took over Libya in 1969—and the trip “promises to be as colorful as it is historic,” notes Richard Owen in the Times of London. That’s thanks in part to his 300-member entourage... More »

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women • Italy • Libya • colonialism • Moammar Gadhafi • Silvio Berlusconi

(Newser) - Ouch. Maybe the one guy who regrets the publication of private photos at Silvio Berlusconi's villa more than Berlusconi himself is former Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek. Faces were blurred in the photos, but Topolanek admits that he's the naked man pictured standing by the pool in one of the... More »

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Italy • Czech Republic • prime minister • Silvio Berlusconi • scandal • Mirek Topolanek • El Pais

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