Although not widely renown for keeping to his promises, Silvio Berlusconi kept to a promise today.  Despite no longer holding a majority in Italy's lower house, he did not resign because he promised himself he would not do so. What Berlusconi has done to extract himself from a sticky situation is, … [Read more...]

Silvio Berlusconi was on the point of resigning, or so a number of Italian newspaper websites were reporting. Apparently Berlusconi was merely hours away from submitting his resignation and was to propose Gianni Letta as a new Prime Minister for Italy, say reports in La Repubblica and Il … [Read more...]

The crisis grinds on.  It sounds as if it's been quite a tough and possibly party free weekend for Italy's flamboyant Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.  Europe's headmaster and headmistress, Sarkozy and Merkel summoned Berlusconi to their office and quizzed him over what he was going to do about … [Read more...]

This time it does look as if Italy's perma-tanned controversial premier Silvio Berlusconi is on his way out, possibly! For the last two years, just about, Berlusconi's fall has been predicted and expected.  So far, Berlusconi's political demise has not happened.  Recently though, things have … [Read more...]