Times Online (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Veronica Lario, the estranged wife of Silvio Berlusconi, is reported to be demanding €43 million (£39 million) a year, or just over three and a half million euros a month, in maintenance as part of their divorce settlement.
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
ROME (AP) -- Premier Silvio Berlusconi's estranged wife is seeking euro43 million ($65 million) a year in alimony in a divorce case she launched after her husband was embroiled in a sex scandal, a bid that was immediately rejected by the billionaire media mogul, an Italian newspaper reported Thursday. Veronica Lario's lawyer was not immediately available to comment on the report in Corriere della Sera....
The First Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi's wife, Veronica Lario, is putting a very high price on her humiliation. She is said to be seeking a maintenance deal that would…
Marie Claire News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Veronica Lario left her husband - the Italian prime minister - after he became embroiled in a scandal involving at least one prostitute, and has said she is fed up with his infatuation with younger women...
Sify (Free subscription) | yesterday
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's estranged wife Veronica Lario has reportedly demanded just over 3.5 million euros a month (43 million euros a year) in maintenance as a part of their
Full Comment (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Britain's Press Association reports: (figures calculated in C$) The estranged wife of Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi wants $68 million a year as a divorce settlement. Veronica Lario left her husband after he became embroiled in a sex scandal involving at least one prostitute. Couples in Italy must be legally separated before divorce can be granted. The Corriere della Sera newspaper, citing what...
The Empire Chronicles (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Veronica Lario, the wife of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who is seeking a legal separation from her husband, has asked for maintenance of more than £3.2 million a month, the Guardian reports. The billionaire prime minister made a counter offer of €200,000 on the understanding that it could be increased to €300,000 in special circumstances. Sources close to Berlusconi said...
Sify (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
/AKI) Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, his estranged wife Veronica Lario, transsexual prostitutes and Pope Benedict XVI are among figurines featured in a mock nativity scene in the southern city of Naples.
nufc1892 blog on Absolute Radio (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Italians will be able to add a whiff of political scandal to their Christmas nativity scenes this year – carved wooden figurines of Patrizia D'Addario, the call girl who claims to have slept with Silvio Berlusconi. Figurines of Noemi Letizia, the teenage lingerie mode who calls the Italian prime minister 'Papi' or Daddy, will also be on sale next to more traditional nativity figures such as...
Coxsoft Art News (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
The editorial staff of the Italian edition of Rolling Stone magazine unanimously selected spaghetti PM Silvio Berlusconi as Rock Star Of The Year , due to his allegedly debauched lifestyle "worthy of the greatest rock star". The cover of the December issue sports this cartoon depicting the ever-smirking rocker tearing up the Italian flag. Allegations of corruption, of wild parties, of infidelity...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Silvio Berlusconi is so far above the law he's practically in orbit. He's not afraid of judges, prosecutors, police, traffic cops, dog wardens or even criminals. There's only one person in Italy who scares him: his wife of 19 years, Miriam Bartolini, better known by her nom d'arte , Veronica Lario. And this weekend, she's preparing to unleash the weapon that could at last do him serious damage –...
The First Post (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
The Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has another headache to deal with. His estranged wife, Veronica Lario, has filed for a formal separation - the first step…
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Italian PM launches counter-offensive against constitutional court on day Veronica Lario reportedly files for separation Silvio Berlusconi's supporters have unveiled a bill – drafted in large part by the Italian prime minister's own lawyer – with sweeping provisions to halt the trials in which he is a defendant. The bill was one of two that made up Silvio Berlusconi's response to the decision...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian Prime Minister, who is already fighting to avoid imminent trials for tax evasion and bribery, was dealt a further blow today when Veronica Lario, his estranged wife, announced that she was taking him to court in a divorce battle.
Full Comment (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
Full Comment's Araminta Wordsworth brings you a regular dose of international punditry at its finest. Today: It’s been an annus horribilis for Silvio Berlusconi (not to mention the Italians who have to put up with him) ever since his wife Veronica Lario announced in May she’d had enough and was divorcing him for consorting with a 17-year-old model. The drip-drip-drip of bad news continued,...
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