Silvio Berlusconi
Background
Silvio Berlusconi (help·info) (born 29 September 1936) is an Italian politician, entrepreneur, media proprietor, and Prime Minister of Italy (President of the Council of Ministers of Italy), a position he has held three times; 1994-1995, 2001-2006 and since 2008. He is the leader of the Forza Italia political movement, a centre-right party he founded in 1993. Before the 2008 Italian general election he announced his intention to establish a new political party, People of Freedom, to be constituted by the merging of Forza Italia with the National Alliance party, and several other conservative parties later in 2008. His victory in the 2008 general election paved the way for the fourth term as prime minister.
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...the European Low Fares Airline Assn. submitted a formal complaint to the European Commission citing unlawful state aid to Alitalia and its successor/acquirer Compagnia Aerea Italiana arising from last August's so called "decreto Salvalitalia" (Save Alitalia...
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ATWOnline
ROME -- More than 100 flights at Rome's main Leonardo da Vinci airport have been canceled by a ground workers protest against job cuts that are part of Alitalia's imminent relaunch.
The new, streamlined Alitalia starts operations next week. The new
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Miami Herald
...— More than 100 flights at Rome's main Leonardo da Vinci airport have been canceled by a ground workers protest against job cuts that are part of Alitalia's imminent relaunch. The new, streamlined Alitalia starts operations next week. The new airline merges...
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Centre Daily Times
...outrage among some, particularly rightwing, Italians. Defence minister Ignazio La Russa proposed that prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's coalition should "reply" with a mass on Sunday on the same spot. The status of other religions is a particularly sensitive...
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Guardian Unlimited
... Rome - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Thursday his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin assured him that a proposed European Union mission to Ukraine will take place imminently, paving the way for the resumption of Russian gas supplies...
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Earthtimes.org
...process of unloading its 49.9% stake in the unprofitable carrier." The Wall Street Journal also covers the story, saying that "Alitalia, dogged by political interference and strike-prone labor unions for years, filed for bankruptcy protection in August. A...
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USA Today
Last Week - About Silvio Berlusconi
...for car makers. France and Germany have already pledged financial aid for their car industries. Italy's leading car maker Fiat admitted last month that it needed a partner to survive -- a confession seen as putting pressure on the government for help as much...
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Reuters South Africa
...One of the Central Legacies of the Obama Administration.” Brent Scowcroft, former national security advisor to George H. W. Bush, says, “We ought to have institutions that reflect the world we live in.” It’s the new realism. Indeed, the postwar institutions...
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The New York Times
...lie ahead for the newG8 head, with global financial crisis and regional safety high on the agenda. Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi described the G8 summit as a "unique meeting." The summit will be a "large-scale" event enlarged to include other non-G8...
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Xinhua
...of crisis - to reshape the world's governing structures. Those structures - the United Nations, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, among others - date from World War II's end, when the victors enjoyed a monopoly on economic and political power,...
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International Herald Tribune
...possible commercial and ticketing deal with SkyTeam or Lufthansa's Star Alliance. Some airline executives say, however, that Alitalia will have to prove it can still command the loyalty of passengers to bring them into a foreign partner's network after years...
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International Herald Tribune
...which promoted the change, and money managers such as UniCredit SpA and Arca Previdenza, which stood to profit. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s administration is now considering ways to compensate as many as 1.2 million people who made the switch, giving...
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The Age
...sparked protest marches by journalists and 80 hours of heated rows in parliament. Critics have also likened him to Italy's Silvio Berlusconi, keen to wrest control of the nation's airwaves. The French president studied the BBC model before declaring that advertising...
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Guardian Unlimited
...life cosy for party managers, but it is no way to win power. Populist rightwing leaders, such as Nicolas Sarkozy in France and Silvio Berlusconi in Italy, have been better at stealing their opponents’ clothes and broadening their appeal. The second stark...
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Financial Times
...balance in favor of Lufthansa. French sources indicate that Air France has increased its offer to EUR 300 million for 25% of Alitalia's activities, up from EUR 250 million in a previous bid. In addition, Air France and Alitalia are both members of SkyTeam...
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Aviation Week
...dangerous moral (and extraordinarily boring sartorial) territory. Hirshberg’s story ends up reifying Italian President Silvio Berlusconi and former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin as tidy dressers; it’s as though the fact that each is often in...
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Jezebel
Last Month - About Silvio Berlusconi
...told reporters, saying it would be the central demand of a strike on Friday. The government of conservative Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi late last month moved to help families and businesses but has had little room for manoeuvre because of Italy’s huge...
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livemint.com
...chance to see Brokeback Mountain, the tale of true friendship between two straight cowboys. At least that was the version of Ang Lee's gay cowboy Oscar-winner that was broadcast by channel Rai Due: two love scenes between the male protagonists had been excised,...
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Guardian Unlimited
Just as the U.S. gets a new president who promises to reverse years
of climate change neglect, American environmental experts worry that
Europe's resolve on global warming is weakening. German Chancellor
Angela Merkel's recent about-face is
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Free Internet Press
...head". Cruel cuts Scenes that upset the censor The British Board of Film Classification decided in 1927 that 23 minutes of Greta Garbo at her most seductive had to be cut from this silent classic. The censor changed the entire story by cutting out key episodes...
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Guardian Unlimited
...crisis. "If I see that Italian interests will be hurt in an excessive way, I will use our veto rights," Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi warned on Wednesday in a possible foretaste of wrangling to come. A source close to talks said Germany and Poland...
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Reuters
...cuts, despite opposition by Germany and others including Britain. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk hinted earlier this week they had taken a "big step forward" to settling their differences. A source close to the talks...
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EcoEarth News
...veto power against a European Union climate deal if it deems that its interests will be hurt "excessively," Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Wednesday. "If I see that Italian interests will be hurt in an excessive way, I will use our veto rights,"...
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Reuters
...Milan president Silvio Berlusconi insists the board is happy with the club's progress this year. "This year, Milan does not play in the Champions League," Berlusconi said. "But in January we won the title of world champions for clubs. "Then we have taken breath....
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Tribalfootball.com
...power industry, which is heavily dependent on coal. Italy became the latest to express reservations with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi threatening to veto any agreement that might hurt Italian interests excessively. "The main thing is that all industries...
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Reuters
...Union's rotating presidency, is trying to push through an agreement in Poznan. Indeed, only Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is arguing strongly against climate protection measures. But the European optimism felt in 2007 has disappeared. It could have...
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Spiegel Online