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Silvio Berlusconi

Massimo Ciancimino: Dynamite in the Garden of Justice

Judith Harris

The three years of Ciancimino's testimony in three separate Mafia trials risk being compromised

Playing it for laughs

Judith Harris

Dissecting what may lie behind three recent Berlusconi's jokes. And the picture is far from amusing

Italian Church in a Political Quandary

Judith Harris

Italian bishops may not necessarily read every detail of the bungabunga phone taps filling the newspapers, but they know full well that Premier Berlusconi faces a judiciary trial...

At Lampedusa, “The End of the World”

Judith Harris

The Sicilian island where hope and desperation coexist has become a prime transit site for illegal immigrants hoping to make it into Europe

The Broken Promise: Fiscal Federalism

Judith Harris

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano refused to sign the bill on fiscal federalism, with comments that it was “unreceivable,” poorly drafted and generic. For Berlusconi the...

On Both Sides of the Atlantic, Pride in Anti-Mob Action

Judith Harris

While in New York nearly 125 are arrested in “the largest mob roundup in F.B.I. history," Italian Senator and former governor of Sicily Salvatore Cuffaro is sentenced to 7 years...

On the Disassembly Line at Fiat: A General Strike in the Works?

Judith Harris

Workers at Fiat's Mirafiori plant in Turin vote in a contested two-day referendum that will determine whether Fiat keeps open the historic factory

Can Italy Be Too Italian?

Judith Harris

In a recent article New York Times reporter Michael Kimmelman asked the bizarre question “Is Italy Too Italian?” suggesting that Italy is so tradition bound, insular and...

Where’s the Joke? Not in the Senate, Alas

Judith Harris

The "Privacy Law" wanted by Silvio Berlusconi passed in the Senate in a vote of confidence on Thursday. In Italy’s “darkest moments” for press freedom, as the National...

Silvio...This Has Gone Too Far! Basta!

Maria Rita Latto

After 19 years of marriage and three children, Veronica Lario decided to divorce her husband, the Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi. It quickly became news in Italy, and not only...

Miracle in 100 Days

Maria Rita Latto

The first 100 days of the Italian center-right government, led by Silvio Berlusconi, as seen by the American magazine “Newsweek”

An "Affair" to be Remembered

Maria Rita Latto

Silvio Berlusconi and women are constantly under the microscope. This time, though, it is not a woman in person, even if rumors keep spreading as usual...

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