Posts tagged ‘Italian’

Berlusconi

February 15th, 2011

On 22 September 2009, Silvio Berlusconi after a press conference declared that he has asked his ministers not to respond anymore to questions regarding "gossip". He has stated also that the Italian press should talk only about the "successes" of Italian Government in internal and foreign policies, adding also that the press now will be [...]

Karima El

January 15th, 2011

(Nov. 1) — Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is an expert in political survival. Since his re-election in 2008 he's seen off allegations of corruption and cronyism, and clung to power despite being romantically linked with prostitutes and teen underwear models. But it now seems that the 74-year-old's unflinching … Karima El Karima El Meet [...]

Napoli

December 21st, 2010

Spain won Naples at the Battle of Garigliano and, as a result, Naples became under direct rule as part of the Spanish Empire throughout the entire Habsburg Spain period. The Spanish sent viceroys to Naples to directly deal with local issues: the most important of which was Pedro Álvarez de Toledo, who was responsible for [...]