Tag: Silvio Berlusconi

• Friday, February 22nd 2013 - 01:53 UTC

  Berlusconi rattles election campaign claiming Monti and Bersani have “Merkel’s blessing”

  

  Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti rowed back from comments suggesting that German Chancellor Angela Merkel had expressed opposition to his political rivals on the centre-left days before an election next week.

• Monday, February 4th 2013 - 04:46 UTC

  Berlusconi promises to end with the “technical” and “left wing” taxmen

  

  Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced his “last great electoral and political battle” with a sweeping promise to cut taxes and the cost of government if his centre-right wins elections this month.

• Tuesday, December 11th 2012 - 21:27 UTC

  Berlusconi begins campaign and challenges: “who cares about the spread?”

  

  Italy's Silvio Berlusconi on Tuesday set the tone for his election campaign saying nobody should care about bond spreads, and accused Mario Monti of being too “German-centric”.

• Saturday, November 17th 2012 - 23:09 UTC

  IMF questions plan to restructure Greek debt: “pls reality, not wishful thinking”

  

  An agreement among Greece's international creditors on reducing its large debt pile should be “rooted in reality and not in wishful thinking,” the head of the International Monetary Fund said ahead of a tense meeting with European leaders.

• Friday, October 26th 2012 - 21:27 UTC

  End of bunga-bunga: ex PM Berlusconi handed jail sentence for tax fraud

  

  Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been handed a jail sentence and barred from office after being found guilty of tax fraud. The Milan court sentenced him to four years but later cut it to one year because of an amnesty law.

• Friday, July 13th 2012 - 23:41 UTC

  Former PM Berlusconi will return as candidate in next year’s general election

  

  Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will return to frontline politics as the centre-right candidate in next year's general election, a senior official in his PDL party was quoted this week.

• Saturday, November 19th 2011 - 05:51 UTC

  Monti ensures support for techno cabinet, tells Italians not to blame others for the crisis

  

  Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti on Friday won a final parliamentary confidence vote granting full power to his new government after pledging to spur growth and reduce debt in the euro-region’s third-largest economy.

• Wednesday, November 16th 2011 - 18:04 UTC

  Italian cabinet, totally technocrat, sworn in; parties promise support for reforms

  

  Mario Monti formed a new technocrat government in Italy Wednesday to tackle a major debt crisis threatening the entire Euro zone and said he hoped it would placate financial markets.

• Monday, November 14th 2011 - 06:49 UTC

  Positive market reactions as Monti begins task of forming new government in Italy

  

  Mario Monti is starting work to form a new government to lead Italy out of its acute debt crisis which prompted the resignation of Silvio Berlusconi. The appointment of Mr Monti, an ex-EU commissioner, was announced by Italy's president on Sunday.

• Saturday, November 12th 2011 - 11:19 UTC

  “Super” Mario Monti to the rescue of foundering Italy (and the Euro)

  

  The man who is ready to succeed outgoing Silvio Berlusconi as Italy’s next Prime Minister is a well respected economist and tough negotiator “Super” Mario Monti.