Silvio Berlusconi

...to meet victims of the April earthquake in Abruzzo. The journalists' union said the reporters had been blocked on the orders of Roberto Gasparotti, Mr Berlusconi's "image maker". Reporters said they had been "manhandled" by police who...

In this article: Scarlet fever, L'Aquila, Armed Forces Day, Cortisone, Arthritis, and Abruzzo

...saint" and loves beautiful women, but insists Italians want him that way. The petition is the second which targets Mr Berlusconi, after revelations about his scandals. The first was launched over the summer calling on first ladies not to...

In this article: Democracy and L'Aquila

Berlusconi keeps quake aid promise Silvio Berlusconi keeps his promise to the earthquake victims of L'Aquila Last tent to be struck tomorrow but natural disaster is still shattering lives in rubble-strewn city Francesca Luzi lost her job...

In this article: L'Aquila, Italy, and US

...and despite weeks of planning, the Vatican announced that it was cancelling them. Mr Berlusconi's office then said he would not be going to L'Aquila at all. His participation had raised eyebrows because he was due to attend with his equal...

In this article: Vatican, Catholic Church, L'Aquila, Tarcisio Bertone, Mara Carfagna, and Pope Benedict XVI

...housing reconstruction, another EUR120 million was still required. As Mr Berlusconi toured L'Aquila, he faced some of his strongest criticism yet from the Catholic Church. Monsignor Riccardo Fontana told the Italian daily, La Repubblica,...

In this article: L'Aquila, Catholic Church, Abruzzo, Allegation, Avvenire, and Montereale

...for the government's handling of the quake aftermath. He shifted this summer's Group of Eight summit from Sardinia to L'Aquila to save money and show support for the quake victims. Homeless were put up in tent camps around L'Aquila, in...

In this article: Italy, L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Tuscany, Barberino del Mugello, and Sardinia

...weeks of scandal over his personal life. Renowned for his love of sometimes inappropriate quips, he was in jovial mood when he visited L'Aquila, which was badly damaged by an earthquake on April 6. Touring a construction site where new...

In this article: Veronica Lario, Abruzzo, L'Aquila, Sardinia, and Rome