Silvio Berlusconi

**Khorsheed** · 11-26-2006, 07:56 AM

Hm .. .i just posted this a minute ago . .

**Rasputin** · 11-26-2006, 11:20 AM

سيلويو برلوسکونی، نخست وزير سابق ايتاليا در حين سخنرانی برای طرفدارانش در شمال ايتاليا از حال رفت.
حال آقای برلوسکونی که ۷۰ سال دارد هنگامی که در پشت ميز خطابه بود به هم خورد. دستيارانش به کمک او آمده و مانع از به زمين افتادنش شدند.

اندکی پس ازاين واقعه ايرين پيوتی، رئيس سابق مجلس سفلای پارلمان ايتاليا به خبرنگاران گفت که حال آقای برلوسکونی بهتر شده است.

خانم بيوتی گفت که ناراحتی سيلويو برلوسکونی به دليل تنش زياد بوده است و باوجود اين که می خواسته به سخنرانی خود ادامه دهد پزشکان مانع اين کار شده اند.

سخنگوی آقای برلوسکونی گفت که گرمای زياد موجب ناراحتی وپايين آمدن فشارخون وی شده بود.

آقای برلوسکونی که دو بار سمت نخست وزيری ايتاليا را عهده دار بوده و ثروتمندترين فرد در ايتاليا محسوب می شود، هفته گذشته در ارتباط با اتهام فساد مالی و پول شويی تحت محاکمه قرار گرفت که در صورت مجرم شناخته شدن ممکن است به ۱۲ سال زندان محکوم شود.

وی تمام اتهامات را رد کرده است.

**Rasputin** · 11-27-2006, 09:58 AM

Berlusconi to spend two more days in hospital

FORMER Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, who was due to be released from a Milan hospital after collapsing during a political rally, will spend two more days there undergoing medical tests.

“Silvio Berlusconi will remain under observation for two more days,” Dr Alberto Zangrillo said.

Mr Berlusconi is under the care of a cardiologist at the San Raffaele hospital in Milan.

The 70-year-old media magnate briefly lost consciousness yesterday while addressing supporters in Tuscany.

While there was no indication he has suffered anything more than a bout of low blood pressure, the startling image of Mr Berlusconi collapsing on live television sent shock waves throughout Italy's political establishment.

“For 10 minutes Italy found itself without the Berlusconi that half the country loves and the other half detests,” commented the influential daily La Stampa.

Due to his hospital stay, the tax fraud trial of Mr Berlusconi - Italy's richest individual - and 13 other defendants was postponed and is set to resume again on Friday.

**Rasputin** · 11-29-2006, 03:18 AM

غش کردن برلسکونی و گردانندگان کيهان

روشنگری. کيهان ماجرای غش کردن برلسکونی در يک کنفرانس مطبوعاتی را يک توطئه تبليغاتی به منظور جلب آرای مردم خوانده است. علت غش کردن برلسکونی به کنار و خبر زياد اهميتی ندارد، اما اين تعبير کيهان قبل از هرچيز نشان ميدهد تيم کيهان به فوت و فن های رياکارانه در انتخابات ها و تبليغات سياسی به خوبی وارد است و حتی جزيياتی را که متخصصان فن سخنرانی و شيادی سياسی مورد بحث قرار داده اند مطالعه کرده و در آن استاد شده اند. به همين جهت در طول انتخابات تا هم اکنون علاقه ای را که بنابر شايعات مدير کيهان به زمين خواری دارد کنار گذاشتند و آی دزد، آی دزد، راه انداخته و از درد مظلومان، يعنی کسانی که ولايت خامنه ای به آن ها ظلم کرده است، ناله و شيون سر دادند تا بتوانند نخود و کشمش خودشان را زير پتو بالا بيندازند.

غش
گفت: برلوسكنى نخست وزير سابق ايتاليا كه يكى از سرمايه داران معروف اروپاست در حالى كه مشغول سخنرانى براى هواداران حزبش بود، غش كرد و بر زمين افتاد ولى تا او را به بيمارستان بردند حالش خوب خوب شد!
گفتم: احتمالاً غش سياسى بوده چون قراره عليه نخست وزير كنونى ايتاليا يعنى رقيب انتخاباتى خودش تبليغات كنه، حتماً دنبال مظلوم نمايى و جلب ترحم مردم ايتاليا بوده.
گفت: چه عرض كنم؟! پس چرا اونجورى غش كرد و بر زمين افتاد؟!
گفتم: يك آدم قالتاقى رفيقش رو توى پياده رو خوابونده و يك پتو روى او كشيده بود و به رهگذران مى گفت ؛رفيقم مرده براى كفن و دفنش كمك كنين و مردم پول مى ريختند، ولى يك نفر متوجه شد كه يك چيزى زير پتو تكون مى خوره، پتو رو كنار زد، ديد يارو داره اون زير نخود و كشمش مى خوره. با عصبانيت گفت؛ اى نامرد! اين كه زنده است و يارو گفت؛ آنقدرها هم نمرده كه ديگه نتونه چند تا نخود و كشمش هم بخوره!

**Khorsheed** · 11-29-2006, 05:57 AM

Heart scare will not keep Berlusconi away

By Stephen Brown

Rome - Italy's Silvio Berlusconi was given a clean bill of health on Tuesday after fainting at a rally this weekend, and the ex-prime minister planned to get straight back into the political fray after his discharge due on Wednesday.

With the press speculating who could succeed him as head of the centre-right opposition, aides said the episode would not stop the 70-year-old media tycoon, Italy's richest man, from leading a major rally in Rome on Saturday.

"His mind is already on the demonstration on the 2nd. He'll rest as much as possible ahead of that," said a spokesperson for Berlusconi, founder of Forza Italia, Italy's largest party, and leader of the opposition bloc.
Doctor Alberto Zangrillo at Milan's San Raffaele hospital said further checks showed Berlusconi was "in perfect health" and that his heart was fine.

"Berlusconi will go home tomorrow. He was happy with the news," Zangrillo told reporters.

Berlusconi, whose vitality and youthful looks aided by hair transplants and facelifts belie his age, collapsed as he addressed a rally on Sunday where he was talking about his political legacy.

He recovered consciousness a few minutes later and blamed the heat of the conference room, while doctors identified an irregular heartbeat not unusual in people of his age.

Berlusconi was initially admitted to the hospital for 24 hours but doctors decided to keep him in for checks that Zangrillo said on Tuesday were "reassuring".

Among well-wishers calling him were US President George Bush, to whom Berlusconi was a close ally for his five years in power, the Vatican and Prime Minister Romano Prodi.

Berlusconi's daughter, Marina, who is chairman of the family holding company Fininvest and publisher Mondadori, said there was nothing to worry about. "We got a bit of a scare but now, thankfully, he's fine," she told Repubblica daily.

But his collapse came as a shock for the centre right, which he has dominated since entering politics in 1994.

There had been whispered speculation of who might succeed him since he narrowly lost to centre-left leader Prodi in elections in April. It began to grow louder, with Corriere della Sera newspaper ranking the most likely candidates.

Most popular among centre-right voters in its opinion poll carried out by Ispo was Berlusconi's foreign minister Gianfranco Fini of the National Alliance, who is relatively respected across the political spectrum.

He had a 74 percent approval rating among bloc supporters and 34 percent among the electorate at large. Second came Pier Ferdinando Casini of the centrist UDC and third Giulio Tremonti, who was Berlusconi's finance minister.

Speculation that Berlusconi might step aside had been smouldering after pro-Berlusconi paper Libero last week quoted him as telling a dinner party he did not intend to stand again as prime minister, something he has since denied.

Should he decide to step down, the succession would be very complicated. Forza Italia is a personal vehicle for Berlusconi with no heir apparent, while the centre-right bloc is split on major issues like the 2007 budget, with the UDC not joining Saturday's rally against Prodi's tax hikes and spending cuts.

Berlusconi's illness caused a delay in his trial for fraud at his broadcaster Mediaset, the latest in a series of legal battles. The judge on Monday postponed proceedings until Friday.

Berlusconi denies all wrongdoing in the case, where he is charged with 13 others including British lawyer David Mills, estranged husband of British Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell.

**Rasputin** · 01-31-2007, 10:42 AM

Berlusconi apologises to his wife

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has said sorry to his wife for flirting with other women after she demanded a public apology.
Mr Berlusconi issued a written statement, referring to the constant pressure he was under from work, trips, politics and problems.

Veronica Berlusconi, his second wife, said his flirting damaged her dignity.

She had demanded the apology in a front-page letter to the Italian newspaper, La Repubblica.

In the statement, issued via his Forza Italia party, Mr Berlusconi said: "Forgive me, I beg you. And take this public show of my private pride giving in to your fury as an act of love. One of many."

"I guard your dignity, like a treasure within my heart, even when careless comments slip off my tongue," said Mr Berlusconi, 70.

Flirtatious comments

Veronica Berlusconi is mother of three of Mr Berlusconi's children.

She said her husband had told some women at a TV awards dinner: "If I wasn't already married I would marry you right away".

Mr Berlusconi was quoted as telling another woman: "With you I'd go anywhere".

Commentators say the fact she chose for her complaint a prominent left-wing publication - traditionally critical of Mr Berlusconi - would have added to her husband's embarrassment.

"Today for my female children, already adults, the example of a woman defending her own dignity in her relationships with men takes on a particularly significant importance," she said.

Confronting her husband over his behaviour would also remind her son Luigi "to never forget to keep among his fundamental values respect for women," she added.

**Nutcase** · 01-31-2007, 07:50 PM

berlusconi is pathetic, i have no remorse 4 him.

**donsaeid** · 01-31-2007, 08:02 PM

me too! he is what in politic they call political whore! he does anything to be in power!

**Rasputin** · 05-29-2007, 11:48 AM

Berlusconi claims victory, Prodi says local vote ‘expected’

ROME - Italian opposition leader Silvio Berlusconi claimed local election victory Tuesday after candidates loyal to his centre-right coalition obtained impressive showings in the country’s affluent north.

According to definite results provided by the Interior Ministry, conservative mayors were elected in 13 of the 26 most important cities where a vote was held. Centre-left candidates won in five cities while runoffs will be needed to determine the winner in eight other.

Berlusconi’s most emblematic victory took place in Verona, where his candidate ousted the centre-left mayor by mustering more than 60 per cent of the vote. Conservative mayors also defeated incumbent centre-left administrators in the northern cities of Alessandria, Asti, Monza and Gorizia.

Low turnout rates appeared to suggest that many factory workers, traditionally leftwing supporters, had deserted the polls in Italy’s industrial centres.

The ruling centre-left coalition was however able to contain the damages in the rest of the country and also claimed some important victories, most notably in the central city of L’Aquila. A centre-left mayor was also confirmed in the largest city up for grabs, Genova, and for the first time in recent history in Agrigento, a traditional conservative stronghold in Sicily.

Divisions within Romano Prodi’s centre-left coalition meant two left-wing candidates will face each other in a June 10-11 runoff in Taranto, a large city in the south.

Commenting on the outcome of the vote, which involved some 10 million eligible Italians, Berlusconi’s closest allies called on the year-old government to step down.

‘The government has clearly lost, buried by an avalanche of votes,’ said his spokesman, Paolo Bonaiuti.

Prime Minister Prodi acknowledged that he was ‘dissatisfied’ with the result but said he was more concerned about ‘curing’ Italy’s woes than boosting his government’s popularity.

Most opinion polls have registered a sharp drop in support for his government since its approval last December of an austerity budget designed to cut the country’s ballooning budget deficit to within limits imposed on eurozone members.

‘The outcome of the vote was expected. When you govern seriously you are likely to displease citizens. But I am clearly not happy with the results, especially in the north,’ Prodi said in an address to the country’s main farmers’ guild.

**Rasputin** · 05-29-2007, 11:49 AM

Italy's Prodi says local vote will not affect his gov't stability

Premier Romano Prodi said Tuesday that his center-left coalition's modest showing in local elections would not affect his government's stability.

The local balloting of the past two days was largely seen as a test of Prodi's year-old government, which has declined in popularity according to opinion polls, amid coalition bickering.

"It was a largely expected result," Prodi said Tuesday. He added that the ruling coalition paid for tough economic measures the government put in place to revive the country's economy and contain its budget deficit.

In the run-up to the vote, the premier did not campaign and he played down any national significance. Opposition leader and former conservative premier Silvio Berlusconi had said he would call for Prodi's resignation if the center-left suffered a heavy defeat.

The conservatives made gains, especially in the north, but failed to win the landslide they had hoped for. They took five cities in the north, but the center-left gained control of the Sicilian city of Agrigento and of two other smaller cities, while also pushing another city held by the conservatives, Parma, to a runoff.

In most other races, the center-left largely contained losses; each coalition held its own, or in some races runoffs would be necessary, the returns indicated.

Prodi shrugged off any suggestions that he should step down, pointing out that Berlusconi never resigned when he suffered local electoral defeats during his-five-year tenure.

Prodi and other coalition members acknowledged, however, that the results showed a measure of dissatisfaction in the country, especially in the affluent north.

"It's a wake-up call," said Piero Fassino, leader of the largest coalition party.

"Clearly I'm not satisfied with the results in the north," said Prodi. "But I also know that the fruits of the new policies we have begun implementing will come."

Berlusconi insisted the results showed Prodi did not have the support of a majority of citizens. "It is a clear sign of no-confidence to the government," he was quoted as saying by the Apcom news agency.

**siamak** · 04-06-2009, 03:44 AM

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**Rasputin** · 05-01-2009, 05:42 PM

سرخط‌ خبرها - خبرهای کوتاه از ایران و جهان

http://www.radiofarda.com/archive/news/20090501/143/143.html?id=1620035

تازه‌ترین خبرهای ایران و جهان را با رادیو فردا دنبال کنید. «سرخط خبرها» انعکاس خبرهای کوتاهی است که شما در هر یک از مجله‌های رادیویی و خبری روزانه رادیو فردا می‌شنوید.

**Rasputin** · 05-04-2009, 01:10 AM

The wife of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has confirmed that she will file for divorce.

Veronica Lario reportedly said she could not be with a man who "consorted with minors" after her husband attended a female friend's 18th birthday party.

She had also clashed with her husband over his party's plan to choose certain female election candidates.

The 72-year-old billionaire prime minister said it was a personal matter that saddened him, without elaborating.

Ms Lario is Mr Berlusconi's second wife and a former actress. The couple, who have been married for 19 years, have three children, all in their 20s.

'Shameless rubbish'

La Repubblica, a leading Italian newspaper, said Ms Lario's decision came after reading about the 18th birthday party in Naples.

"That's enough, I cannot remain with a man who consorts with minors", she was quoted as saying.

Another newspaper, La Stampa, quoted Ms Lario as saying she had been "forced to take this step".

What's happening today [in Italy] behind a front of bodily curves and female beauty is grave

Veronica Lario
"This really surprised me, because he never came to any 18th birthday party for his children, despite being invited," the paper quoted her as saying earlier.

Mr Berlusconi was reported to have bought the woman a golden necklace studded with diamonds as a present.

Following his wife's reaction, Mr Berlusconi was quoted as saying he was sorry his wife "had let herself be fooled by left-wing newspapers".

Relations with her husband were already said to be frayed after Ms Lario had criticised her husband's choice of young and attractive female candidates with little political experience to represent his Freedom Party in the forthcoming European elections.

In an e-mail to an Italian news agency, she said the plan amounted to "shameless rubbish" being put on "for the entertainment of the emperor".

"What's happening today [in Italy] behind a front of bodily curves and female beauty is grave," she wrote.

Flirting

Mr Berlusconi said his centre-right party was aiming to select female candidates because "we want to renew our political class with people who are cultured and well prepared".

Candidates standing for the party would be unlike the "malodorous and badly dressed people who represent certain parties in parliament", Mr Berlusconi added.

SILVIO BERLUSCONI
Won third term as prime minister in 2008
Fought off a series of corruption and fraud charges
Private fortune estimated at $6.5bn (£4.4bn)
Owner of AC Milan football club

Profile: Silvio Berlusconi
It was later announced that Barbara Matera - an actress, TV announcer and former Miss Italy contestant - was the only one of the candidates to have made the final list.

In a brief statement about the reports of divorce, Mr Berlusconi said: "This is a personal matter that saddens me, that is private, and it seems appropriate not to talk about it."

Mr Berlusconi courted Ms Lario in 1980 after watching her perform topless in a play. They married ten years later.

Two years ago he issued a public apology to his wife for flirting with young starlets, among them Mara Carfagna, who he later appointed as equal opportunities minister.

She said her husband had told the women: "If I wasn't already married I would marry you right away".

In 2003 Berlusconi acknowledged during a press conference rumours linking his wife to a left-wing philosophy professor and mayor, Massimo Cacciari.

Ms Lario has occasionally taken political positions at odds with her husband's, such as her backing for protesters demonstrating against the war in Iraq, which Mr Berlusconi supported.

Mr Berlusconi has two elder children from a previous marriage who now hold senior positions in his media empire.

The Italian prime minister's private fortune is estimated by Forbes magazine at $6.5bn (£4.4bn).