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The Australian | 1 day ago

Sex for favours scandal

...former British tax lawyer, a bribe to lie for him in court in corruption cases in the 1990s. In the second, his Mediaset television company is accused of tax fraud over the purchase of...

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New Kerala | 2 days ago

'350 women-prostitution ring linked to corruption over Rome G8 contracts'

...Minister, a bribe to lie for him in court in corruption cases in the 1990s. In the second, his Mediaset television company is accused of tax fraud over the purchase of Hollywood...

"This sort of censorship wouldn't happen in a proper democratic country," he said. "I doubt very much whether the communications watchdog will cancel Matrix or any other of Mediaset's political shows," he added. "They're threatening the very purpose for which public service broadcasting exists. It's absurd,"

Berlusconi silences TV critics ahead of elections Independent.co.uk - Europe | 1 month ago

New Kerala | 2 days ago

Berlusconi to duck corruption trial by claiming he is too busy to attend hearing

...false testimony in two trials in the 1990s. The three-times prime minister, 73, is also on trial on charges of tax fraud and false accounting involving one of his companies, Mediaset.

Times Online | 2 days ago

Protests as Silvio Berlusconi regains 'immunity'

...Minister, a bribe to lie for him in court in corruption cases in the 1990s. In the second his television company Mediaset is accused of tax fraud over the purchase of Hollywood film...

Telegraph.co.uk - International news | 2 days ago

Silvio Berlusconi to escape corruption charges thanks to new law

...career, is also on trial on charges of tax fraud and false accounting involving one of his companies, Mediaset. He and his lawyers have been working for months on various legal...

Financial Times | 1 week ago

Prisa inks merger deal with US investors

...stakes in most of its business divisions, including a total of 44 per cent of the pay-TV business Digital Plus to Mediaset, the Italian media group controlled by Silvio Berlusconi, and...

Reuters | 1 week ago

REFILE-FACTBOX-Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi

...in the 1960s and 1970s. He moved into television and his family now owns Italy's leading private TV network, Mediaset. His interests also include Italian soccer club AC Milan. Combining...

Sydney Morning Herald - Business | 1 week ago

Berlusconi takes the Via Dolorosa

...newsrooms with good news about the country.'' The plan was announced by Italy's tourism minister, Michela Vittoria Brambilla, a former TV journalist with Berlusconi's Mediaset group.

Times Online | 1 week ago

Facebook petition calls on RAI to apologise over David Mills report

...critics reply that as Prime Minister he indirectly controls RAI as well as directly controlling his own Mediaset commercial channels. RAI's directors are named by a parliamentary...

The Economist | 1 week ago

Telecom Italia: Call waiting

...unit could also be sold. If the government did buy the national network, Mr Berlusconi's media company, Mediaset, could benefit, according to people close to Telecom Italia's main...

Reuters | 1 week ago

Italy allows product placement in media decree

...on TV shows * Lowers amount of advertising on pay-tv channels * Moves seen benefitting Berlusconi's Mediaset group Italy's government approved a decree that allows product placement...

AP Online | 2 weeks ago

Berlusconi corruption trial to continue

...way for the premier to avoid or put off this trial and a separate criminal trial linked to the billionaire's Mediaset media empire. The judges set the next date for March 26, which keeps...