Italian Leader Who Once Compared Himself To Jesus
He wielded huge influence through his television and newspaper interests. Rome: Silvio Berlusconi — who has died at 86 — dominated Italian public life for decades as a billionaire media…
Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi has died, Italian media says
Silvio Berlusconi gestures before a 2016 soccer match between his AC Milan and SS Lazio in Milan, Italy. Marco Luzzani | Getty Images Silvio Berlusconi, the billionaire media mogul who…
Italy’s former leader Silvio Berlusconi back in hospital
Rome and Pisa CNN — Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian prime minister, has been admitted to a hospital in Milan, his spokesman has told CNN. Berlusconi’s latest stay at the…
Silvio Berlusconi: Former Italian prime minister diagnosed with leukemia
Rome CNN — Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian prime minister and leader of the Forza Italia party, has been diagnosed with leukemia, it was confirmed on Thursday. The San Raffaele…
Giorgia Meloni is set to be sworn in as Italy’s prime minister. Some fear the hard-right turn she’s promised to take
Rome CNN — Giorgia Meloni, the hard-right leader who is due to be sworn in as Italy’s first female prime minister, won the election on a campaign built around a…
Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni named as Italy’s first female prime minister
CNN — Populist firebrand Giorgia Meloni has been named as Italy’s first female prime minister, becoming the country’s most far-right leader since Benito Mussolini. She received the mandate to form…
Italy’s Berlusconi boasts about friendship with Putin in leaked audio
Rome CNN — Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi sparked controversy this week when audio released by Italian news agency LaPresse revealed the 86-year-old speaking about his “re-established” relationship with…
Italy election 2022: Giorgia Meloni appears set to become Italy’s most far-right prime minister since Mussolini
CNN — Brothers of Italy leader Giorgia Meloni has claimed victory in a general election that seems to set to install her as Italy’s first female prime minister, leading the…
Italy expected to look right as polls open in national election
CNN — Polls opened Sunday in the Italian national elections, with the far-right Brothers of Italy party – led by Giorgia Meloni – poised to make big gains after the…
How Giorgia Meloni and her far-right party became a driving force in Italian politics
Rome CNN — When Giorgia Meloni first burst onto the political scene in 2006 as the youngest ever vice-president of the National Alliance party, she sealed her fate as a…