Finally.  Nobody was 100% sure it would actually happen, but it has - Silvio Berlusconi is no longer Italy's Prime Minister.  There were rumours that Berlusconi was having second thoughts and intended to withdraw his resignation promise.  In end then though, resigning was a promise he … [Read more...]

It is possible, but only if the latest package of austerity measures passes Italy's lower house today, that Silvio Berlusconi will resign.  He has promised Italy's President Giorgio Napolitano he will do so as soon as Italy's so-called stability bill becomes law.Many in Italy are unlikely to be … [Read more...]

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 fitness of Italy's septuagenarian playboy Prime Minister Silvio "Bunga Bunga" Berlusconi to lead Italy was questioned by The Economist in 2001 in an article entitled ‘Why Silvio Berlusconi is unfit to Lead Italy’.  Berlusconi sued The Economist over the article and lost.Now, Berlusconi … [Read more...]