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...scandal began when it was reported that the prime minister attended the high school student’s 18th birthday party and gave her a $10,000 necklace. A few days later Veronica Laria, Berlusconi??€™s wife of 19 years, told the Italian press that she was filing for divorce because of her husband’s dalliances with young women, citing in particular his bizarre relationship with Letizia. Earlier this month, the scandal really took off: Photographs came out in the Spanish newspaper, El Pais, which depicted nude guests (including Mirek Toplanek, the former Czech prime minister...

Author: By Sofia E. Groopman | Title: When Sex Shouldn’t Matter | 6/26/2009 | See Source »

...let’s be clear about something, I don’t favor a lot of Berlusconi??€™s policy, but I have to agree with him here: What politicians do in their bedrooms is, frankly, none of the public’s business. My internship requires that I read the Italian papers daily and follow the wires from ANSA (Italy’s version of the AP). While I enjoy this part of my job, I do not want to read anymore about the Italian prime minister’s prostate. As long as he is having...

Author: By Sofia E. Groopman | Title: When Sex Shouldn’t Matter | 6/26/2009 | See Source »

...Senate, Prodi’s party obtained 158 seats versus 156 for Berlusconi??€™s coalition. The two-seat advantage emerged when overseas voters gave four of their six seats to the Union...

Author: By Claire M. Guehenno, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Former Visiting Professor Wins Italian Elections | 4/12/2006 | See Source »

...been downhill. Italian financial scandals, such as the implosion of the dairy colossus Parmalat have made Enron and WorldCom look like sound companies. Whilst American CEOs appear with aplomb in front of a myriad of courts, dubious Italian executives choose instead to run for office thanks to Berlusconi??€™s help. Not only did the Prime Minister push a law forcing voters to cast ballots for parties instead of individuals, thus omitting the names of convicted candidates, but, moreover, an eclectic sample of his minions have been accused of covering up the spilled milk from Parmalat.This type of corruption...

Author: By Pierpaolo Barbieri, | Title: Italians Do It Better | 3/22/2006 | See Source »

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