Rome :: Italy
| 1 day ago
Premier and media magnate Silvio Berlusconi was accused of a conflict of interest on Monday after his government included a measure doubling VAT on pay TV in its anti-crisis stimulus bill. More than 90% of the Italian pay-TV market is held by Rupert Murdoch's...
Tags: Silvio Berlusconi, Sky Italia, Mediaset SpA
Cologne :: Germany
| 6 days ago
Two longtime media investors have been buying shares in German cable-TV operator Premiere AG, in a sign they believe a recent management shake-up there by media conglomerate News Corp. can help turn the struggling company around. Fininvest SpA, the family...
Tags: berlusconi, Silvio Berlusconi, pay tv
Pescara :: Italy
| 8 days ago
In a Sunday press conference in Pescara, Berlusconi sparked yet another controversy by taking a step further and claiming that he envies Obama's 'suntanned' features. "My compliments to Barrack Obama are a little envious, We Italians have great esteem...
Tags: Barack Obama, Naomi Campbell, Silvio Berlusconi, Barrack Obama
Trieste :: Italy
| 13 days ago
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi hid behind a lamp post to surprise German Chancellor Angela Merkel when she arrived for an Italo-German summit in Trieste Tuesday. The fun-loving Italian premier spotted Merkel coming and sneaked behind a guard of honour...
Tags: Silvio Berlusconi, Angela Merkel, Mr Berlusconi, Trieste, premier silvio, Mrs Merkel, Dmitry Medvedev, US-Russia, Washington, Barack Obama, russia, obama, George Bush, Italy
Rome :: Italy
| 13 days ago
Labor strife has repeatedly frustrated the efforts of Alitalia to restructure but, for once, wildcat strikes aimed at thwarting its takeover seem unable to halt a deal. While hundreds of flight cancellations dominated headlines as protests entered their...
Tags: Alitalia, wildcat strikes, Silvio Berlusconi, Lufthansa
İzmir :: Turkey
| 18 days ago
Timmermans' remarks came on the sidelines of a two-day conference on media and cultural diversity held this week in Rotterdam. In an interview with Today's Zaman, the Dutch minister said Europeans who fear the prospect of EU membership for Turkey, a country...
Tags: Abdullah Gul, Hilmi Guler, Turkey, Turkish EU, EU Presidencies, Silvio Berlusconi, eu membership
Moscow :: Russia
| 20 days ago
Dmitry Medvedev proposed extending the term in a speech last week, stating it was necessary to give the head of state more time to push through reforms. He submitted the draft law to the State Duma on Tuesday and expects the lawmakers to approve the change.
Tags: medvedev, russia, Russian, Dmitry Medvedev, presidential terms, Russian Communist Party, Mr Medvedev, Vladimir Putin, State Duma, extend presidential, parliamentary terms, Silvio Berlusconi, EU-Russia, prime minister, minister vladimir
Paris :: France
| 22 days ago
Inspired by Barack Obama, the French first lady and other leading figures say it's high time for France to stamp out racism and shake up a white political and social elite that smacks of colonial times...She said she hoped the "Obama effect" would reshape...
Tags: France, Barack Obama, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, Mr Sarkozy, Nicolas Sarkozy, Mr Obama, French, Journal du Dimanche, Silvio Berlusconi
Rome :: Italy
| 24 days ago
Berlusconi was visibly annoyed when reporters questioned him after a European Union summit in Brussels about the possibility of political fallout from comments he made Thursday while in Moscow about America's first black president. The Italian leader,...
Tags: berlusconi, prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, Barack Obama
Rome :: Italy
| 25 days ago
The 72-year-old media tycoon Berlusconi, on a visit to Moscow, Thursday described Obama as young, handsome and even tanned". Berlusconi said the relative youth of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, 43, and Obama, 47, should make it easier for Moscow...
Tags: berlusconi, Mr Berlusconi, Silvio Berlusconi, Barack Obama, Italy, Moscow, prime minister, minister silvio, president dmitri
