Berlusconi - a never ending nightmare?
PS. Almost forgot that there is the rest of this nice article by the BBC as well. 
Although he is not in power anymore, the former Italian prime minister is showing up on at least one of his Mediaset-TV-channels on a daily basis. Several months after Berluconi lost the elections, it is bewildering and disgusting to listen to e.g. Emilia Fede the director of Canale 4. When he, with his sardonic smile on his face, talks about the government every now and then he likes to call it "l’attuale maggioranza" (the actual majority). For sure not only he is convinced that his beloved friend Silvio Berlusconi will arrange a comeback. Many Italians still tend to admire the rise especially to wealth of this person, even when achieved via dubious tricks and connections to members of the Mafia. Funny reading, today’s story at BoingBoing titled "Berlusconi used Hollywood studios for money laundering" It goes:" Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is on trial for laundering money by purchasing copyright licenses from MPAA members. Accused of co-conspiring with him is David Mills, the "estranged husband" of Tessa Jowell, the British copyright minister who has taken many extremist stances in support of the handful of US-led Fortune 100 companies that dominate global entertainment.
November 28th, 2006 at 11:25 pm
[…] Ab und an kommt es vor, dass ich mich auf die Webseite von Spiegel Online verirre. Nach meinem letzten Post ueber Silvio Berlusconi hatte ich eigentlich nicht vor so schnell auf ihn zurueck zu kommen. Nur diesmal laesst mir der Spiegel keine andere Wahl. Von wegen man solle ueber Verstorbene nichts schlechtes sagen, dank meiner katholischen Erziehung dachte ich dies gelte auch fuer Kranke. Berlusconi ist ja noch nicht tot und bleibt Italien und mir sicher noch eine Zeit lang erhalten. Was mich stoert, ist der fast schon scheinheilige, auf Auflage schielende (wohl verfruehte) Nachruf der heute in Spiegel Online zu lesen war "Berlusconis Image: Echt stark, diese Schwaeche" Damit das ganze der Nachwelt und den Nachgeborenen erhalten bleibt, hier der Text im Original: […]
March 31st, 2009 at 10:28 am
Do you know how to contact ‘Marche-Romagna Immobili’ as I have tried their e-mail, filled out their form and tried phoning, all without success. It is most frustrating as there is a house we are particularly interested in. I hope this is not a problem.
Regards,
Pete Thompson,
Le Marchè