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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 350

Silvio Berlusconi

Pallbearers carry the coffin of Italy's former prime minister and media mogul Silvio Berlusconi, outside the Duomo cathedral in Milan on June 14, 2023. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP)
June 14, 2023, 9:22 pm
National day of mourning held in Italy for Berlusconi’s state funeral
Critics of controversial former leader slam unprecedented measures taken in response to his death
By Brigitte Hagemann and Ella Ide
Forza Italia leader Silvio Berlusconi, who died on June 12, 2023, speaks on stage on September 22, 2022 during a joint rally of Italy’s right-wing parties Brothers of Italy (Fratelli d’Italia, FdI), the League (Lega) and Forza Italia at Piazza del Popolo in Rome, ahead of the September 25 general election. (Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
June 12, 2023, 3:26 pm
Antisemitic, sexist, racist, homophobic: Silvio Berlusconi’s controversial statements
Throughout his long political career, the Italian politician made offensive comments about minorities
By AFP
Silvio Berlusconi leaves a polling station after casting his vote in Milan on May 26, 2019. (Miguel Medina/AFP)
June 12, 2023, 12:58 pm
Italy’s ex-PM Silvio Berlusconi, known for his legal and sex scandals, dies at 86
Death of former Italian premier, whose use of his media empire and wealth to propel political career inspired both loyalty and hatred, comes days after he was admitted to hospital
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Posters commemorating the 100th anniversary of the March on Rome bearing a picture of Italian Fascist Dictator Benito Mussolini reading: "Marching!" with a quote by Mussolini "you have to set yourself goals to have the courage to reach them" are posted on the Rome's public billboard space, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. The posters were later ordered removed by Rome's Mayor Roberto Gualtieri. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
October 28, 2022, 5:33 pm
Italian neo-fascists display pro-Mussolini banner 100 years after his rise to power
On bridge outside Rome’s Colosseum, supporters of fascist leader drape image depicting dictator in military uniform, with the words ‘100 years after, the march continues’
By ToI Staff and AFP
Italian prime minister-designate Giorgia Meloni addresses the media after a meeting with Italian President Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinale Palace in Rome on October 21, 2022. (ANGELO CARCONI/ANSA/AFP)
October 21, 2022, 11:57 pm
Meloni named Italian PM, to lead first far-right government since WWII
Brothers of Italy, a party with fascist roots, to form coalition of 24 ministers with allies League and Forza Italia, despite disagreements over Ukraine war, relations with Russia
By Gildas Le Roux and Clement Melki
Brothers of Italy's leader Giorgia Meloni is flanked by The League leader Matteo Salvini, right, Forza Italia president Silvio Berlusconi, Senator Licia Ronzulli and Antonio Tajani as she talks to the press at the Quirinale Presidential Palace after a meeting with Italian President Sergio Mattarella as part of a round of consultations with party leaders to try and form a new government, in Rome, Oct. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
October 21, 2022, 1:40 pm
Meloni requests mandate to form Italy’s first far-right-led government since WWII
Brothers of Italy leader, whose party has neo-fascist roots, meets with Italian president; she makes announcement flanked by her two main, right-wing allies Salvini and Berlusconi
By Frances D'Emilio
From left to right: Leader of Italian far-right Lega (League) party Matteo Salvini, Forza Italia leader Silvio Berlusconi, leader of Italian far-right party Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) Giorgia Meloni, and Italian centre-right lawmaker Maurizio Lupi stand on stage during a joint rally of Italy's coalition of far-right and right-wing parties at Piazza del Popolo in Rome, September 22, 2022. (Alberto Pizzoli/AFP)
September 27, 2022, 4:42 pm
Italy’s far-right leader begins complex task of cobbling together coalition
Giorgia Meloni races against time to divide roles among allies while several challenges loom, among them a deadline to submit a draft budget plan to the EU by October 15
By Ella Ide
Silvio Berlusconi, leader of the center-right party Forza Italia shows a ballot before casting his vote at a polling station in Milan, Italy, September 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
September 27, 2022, 6:36 am
Italy’s ‘immortal’ Berlusconi returns to parliament yet again, seeking fatherly role
85-year-old former prime minister, kicked out of politics for tax fraud, makes his way back with the help of TikTok as far-right government set to take power
By AFP
Leader of Italian far-right party 'Fratelli d'Italia' (Brothers of Italy), Giorgia Meloni waves as she delivers a speech on September 23, 2022 at the Arenile di Bagnoli beachfront location in Naples, southern Italy, during a rally closing her party's campaign for the September 25 general election. (Andreas Solaro/AFP)
September 23, 2022, 10:05 pm
Giorgia Meloni: Provocateur may become Italy’s first far-right leader post-Mussolini
Politician’s likely ascent comes at a time of national fragility, with the country wracked by economic woes, spiraling inflation and an immigration crisis
By Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager and Evgeniya Pyatovskaya
Italian senator and League party leader Matteo Salvini at the Senate in Rome on July 20, 2022. (Andreas Solaro/AFP)
July 30, 2022, 6:49 am
Russia rejects accusations of interference in Italian elections
Anti-immigrant politician Matteo Salvini ditched PM Draghi after talks with Russian embassy, prompting collapse of government; Moscow calls claims it intervened ‘bizarre’
By AFP
Supporters hold Italian flags during a center-right coalition rally of the Lega, Brothers of Italy and Forza Italia parties for the regional elections, on September 18, 2020, in Florence, Tuscany. (Carlo Bressan/AFP)
September 22, 2020, 2:22 pm
Italy’s left defeats far-right bid to take stronghold Tuscany
Uneasy government coalition boosted by election results that pundit says will ‘allow it to survive and stay the course’
By AFP and ToI Staff
File: Benjamin Netanyahu, right, meets with then-Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in Rome on June 13, 2011. (Amos Ben Gershom / GPO/FLASH90)
May 23, 2020, 8:24 pm
As a serving PM in the dock, Netanyahu takes Israel into Berlusconi territory
From Sunday, the only audience that matters for a brilliantly persuasive premier is 3 District Court judges… unless he musters the power, as ex-Italian PM did, to change the law
By David Horovitz
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon deliver a joint statement to the press about a new tax reduction, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on September 3, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
May 21, 2019, 7:31 pm
7 days in May: Moshe Kahlon’s chance to save Israeli democracy from Netanyahu
Finance minister said last year the PM would have to go if he were indicted. As Netanyahu now seeks legislation to keep himself out of the dock, Kahlon is best-placed to stop him
By David Horovitz
In this image taken from video, Five-Star Movement Leader Luigi Di Maio speaks to reporters as he leaves home in Rome, Monday, March 5, 2018, the day after Italy's general elections. (ANSA via AP)
March 5, 2018, 10:25 pm
Populist parties surge in Italy vote, mainstream suffers
Anti-immigrant League, anti-establishment 5-Star Movement win big, but both fail to secure a majority to govern
By Colleen Barry and Nicole Winfield
League far-right party leader Matteo Salvini joins his hands during a press conference held at the League headquarter in Milan on March 5, 2018 ahead of the Italy's general election results. (AFP/Piero Ccruciatti)
March 5, 2018, 4:34 pm
Populists battle over right to govern Italy
Anti-immigrant party claims mandate after promising to shut down Roma camps, deport migrants, tackle ‘danger’ of Islam
By Terry DALEY
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