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Would only a mentally ill man attack the Italian prime minister...
Silvio Berlusconi, 73, has spent his second night at the San Raffaele hospital with face wounds after being attacked on 13 December by Massimo Tartaglia, a mentally ill man, during a rally in Milan. The attack has launched a broad discussion about Italy's poisoned political climate. The German, Spanish, Polish and Italian press react
silvio berlusconi, identity, european press, violence, security, milan, italy
Lorella Zanardo: real women 'endangered species' on Italian TV
Chat with the co-writer of the documentary 'Il Corpo delle Donne', which looks at how Italian TV dissects 'women’s bodies'. Since spring 2009, it has attained enormous exposure across all networks thanks to its intelligent and ruthless critique of Italian television
silvio berlusconi, feminism, television, italy, society, culture
Europe's breakfasts: I'll have what Obama's having
Russia: Putin feeds Obama whilst a leather boot fans the flames. Italy: whilst Obama becomes president, Berlusconi serves his escort a hot drink. Germany: Merkel cooks brekkie for hubby: a round-up of European politicians' breakfast stories in the news, plus a pancake recipe for the bimonthly gastronomy column
silvio berlusconi, recipe, lifestyle, food, gastronomy, barack obama, angela merkel
Italian far-right on Facebook: 'kill them all in Zingonia'
On Facebook, the group ‘Let’s invade Zingonia and kill them all’ has gathered 700 members. Volunteer teacher Miriam talks about how spiralling anti-immigrant rhetoric is making life difficult for Italy’s new arrivals
silvio berlusconi, lega nord, refugee, clandestine, italy, right-wing, right wing extremism
Europe's political scandals: Alicante-gate, MP scandals and Berlusconi
Italy's playboy PM, Britain's MP guzzlers and Germany’s 'Minister Shameless' (according to the Berliner Zeitung) are sharing the heat: the lull in the traditional summer silly season has prompted mass media coverage of affairs and scandals
silvio berlusconi, money, germany, poland, spain, italy, ulla schmidt
The Sound of Silvio: 'Italians like me the way I am'
Nothing keeps Europe's mediatic hills more alive than the sound of Silvio Berlusconi's music. His colourful quips, defences and actions are fast becoming cult in the field of national politics
G8 summit: amid the ruins of L'Aquila earthquake
Three months after the earthquake that struck the capital of the Abruzzo region, the G8 summit will have a powerful effect on an exhausted people, tens of thousands of whom are still waiting to return home
The Sound of Silvio: 'I never understood what the satisfaction is when you are missing the pleasure of conquest'
Escort girl Patrizia D'Addario, 42, told investigators that she spent the night of Barack Obama's victory at the Italian PM's private residence in Rome. In an interview with Chi magazine on 24 June, Berlusconi talks of defamation: 'I have never paid a woman'. Quotes from the Greek, Finnish and Italian press
silvio berlusconi, cartoons, sex, gianluca costantini, press review, italy, euweek
2 days in Warsaw: Solidarnosc, cult Polish documentaries and Berlusconi
For two days at the end of April 2009, the Polish capital becomes the 'centre of Europe' as the EU's largest centre-right party descend on the city. Quality time spent between British, Spanish and Polish colleagues raises an understanding of what the last twenty years mean, and the gap between east and west. Opinion
silvio berlusconi, cinema, protest, director, divorce, poland, identity
The Sound of Silvio: 'I'll continue to work as ever for the good of this country'
Nothing keeps Europe's mediatic hills more alive than the sound of Silvio Berlusconi's music. His colourful quips, defences and actions are fast becoming cult in the field of national politics. On 18 June, the Italian prime minister, 72, cranks up the sound of showgirls and showdowns. Quote of the day
silvio berlusconi, scandal, italy, summit, euweek, media, news
Italy: to vote or not to vote in EU elections on 6-7 June?
But most importantly, why vote? The European elections between 4 and 7 June 2009 are victim to a changing and uncertain political landscape
silvio berlusconi, eudebate 2009, citizens, italy, european elections 2009, eudebate2009, power
'Historic' G20 in London: a one trillion summit like no other
On 2 April G20 leaders agreed on a mind boggling trillion dollar plan to tackle the global financial crisis. As US president Barack Obama heads to Strasbourg for a Nato summit, a roundup of the juice and conclusions
silvio berlusconi, london, gordon brown, downing street, barack obama, economic crisis, g20
Online music, copyright and illegal downloads in Berlin
All three topics are now making the rounds at the various political benches around EU member states, who are all trying to contain internet piracy with new means and thereby putting fundamental rights under the microscope. In Brussels, the council of ministers is also pressing the issue against decisions of the EU parliament. Bloggers, politicians and legal representatives of the ‘civil society’ speak
silvio berlusconi, european parliament, copyright, downloads, pirate bay, graduated response, best of cafebabel.com
Claudio Stassi and Giovanni Di Gregorio 'didn't want to show people being killed in Brancaccio'
The 2006 comic book has been already been translated into French and Spanish. Both the author and scriptwriter are based in Barcelona, having escaped Sicily because 'the mafia culture is gaining strength'
silvio berlusconi, mafia, gomorra, sicily, comics, brunch, culture
Governments target magistrates in reform of European justice system
Legal reform is a very delicate subject which threatens to destabilise the equilibrium between legislative, executive and judicial institutions in the EU countries. In The Spirit of Laws (1748), French philosopher Montesquieu founded the theory of the modern democratic state on the separation of the three powers. 'Every man invested with power is apt to abuse it and to abuse it limitlessly. To prevent the abuse of power, power must rein in power'
silvio berlusconi, rodríguez zapatero, justice, corruption, nicolas sarkozy, politics
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