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Berlusconi's MFE backs Paramount over Netflix in Warner Bros ownership battle

Italy’s largest media group, MFE-MediaForEurope, has publicly thrown its support behind Paramount’s hostile bid for Warner Bros Discovery, arguing that Paramount’s offer would preserve competition in the global streaming market.

Euronews

Serious, Popular, Besties With Trump: Italy's Meloni Marks Three Years

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni marks three years in office this week with her far-right party more popular than ever, her government remarkably durable and the economy stable, if not exactly booming.

International Business Times

‘People can get younger, perhaps even immortal’: Putin’s pursuit of longevity

Russian leader was caught musing about immortality with Xi Jinping but his fascination with long life is nothing new

The Guardian - UK

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Berlusconi Media Group Takes Control Of German Broadcaster

Italy's MediaForEurope (MFE) announced Thursday it had taken control of one of Germany's biggest private broadcasting groups, as it seeks to build a pan-European group able to compete with streaming giants.

International Business Times

Italian government gives final approval for bridge linking Sicily to mainland

€13.5bn allocated for 10-year project to build longest single-span bridge in the world across the Strait of Messina

The Guardian - UK

Berlin Wary As Berlusconi Group Closer To German Media Takeover

An Italian media group majority-owned by late leader Silvio Berlusconi's family moved closer to taking over a German broadcasting giant Wednesday, sparking warnings from Berlin that its journalistic independence must be maintained.

International Business Times

10 Political Scandals That Shattered Public Trust for Good

In politics, trust is currency—and once it’s gone, it’s nearly impossible to get back. Across the globe and over decades, explosive scandals have shattered the fragile bond between governments and the people they serve. These weren’t minor missteps or moments of poor judgment; they were headline-dominating fiascos that redefined careers,…

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‘Make West great again’: Trump, Meloni optimistic on EU tariffs deal

US president says prospect of a trade deal with the EU is ‘100 percent’, praising Italian prime minister as ‘fantastic’.

Al Jazeera

Jean-Claude Van Damme asks Putin for ambassadorial job and sends 'big kiss' to Russia

In a video posted online by a pro-Russian journalist, Jean-Claude Van Damme has told Vladimir Putin he wants to come to Russia as an "ambassador of peace."

Euronews

What does Trump have in store for the world in his second term? History provides some clues

Donald Trump is on the eve of becoming only the second United States president to begin a non-consecutive term. Grover Cleveland, more than a century ago, was the other.

The Conversation

Distracting decadence: how Silvio Berlusconi’s legacy shaped Italian TV

Stefano De Luigi's monograph Televisiva examines how Berlusconi’s empire reshaped Italian TV, and subsequently infiltrated the premiership

Wallpaper

Berlusconi acted like ‘jilted lover’ after being shut out of Tony Blair talks

He was said to have been particularly ‘hurt’ as he had backed Britain and the US over the invasion of Iraq

The Independent UK

Berlusconi acted like ‘jilted lover’ after being shut out by EU ‘big three’

Newly released files show the Italian prime minister accused Tony Blair of ‘betrayal’ after being excluded from a summit with France and Germany.

The Independent UK

Peace on earth doesn’t look very likely any time soon

They don’t make world leaders like they used to, as far as Vladimir Putin is concerned. Talking to a Kremlin-friendly gathering of journalists at his traditional end-of-year press conference earlier today, the Russian president spoke with fond nostalgia of the old gang, saying he’d like to spend more time with…

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Elon Musk’s team-up with Donald Trump is different to how media barons operated in the past. Here’s why

Elon Musk’s regular posts of strong support for president-elect Donald Trump on his social media platform X and his expected role within the new US administration present a rolling live case study on the role of social media within public and political debate.

Al Jazeera

Elon Musk eyes radical overhaul of US gov’t as ‘secretary of cost-cutting’

Tesla and SpaceX CEO stands to gain a cabinet position if Donald Trump wins the US presidential election.

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‘Berlusconi sent his helicopter twice to impress me. It took longer to drive to the airport than to go to his villa, but he loved doing things to surprise you’: How AC Milan eventually completed world record transfer for Italian star in 1992

AC Milan were Europe's pre-eminent force at the beginning of the 1990s, but when one Italian star refused to join the Rossoneri, Silvio Berlusconi attempted everything in his power to convince him

The Independent UK

Inside the ‘insane’ nature of Man City’s latest court case and what it means for football’s future

Man City and the Premier League both claimed victory after the latest legal judgment from football’s endless court cases but there is a light at the end of the exhausting tunnel, as Miguel Delaney explains

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What Tory leadership candidates should learn from the mistakes of Boris Johnson – and Silvio Berlusconi

The Conservative party is choosing a new leader, with four candidates still in the running: Kemi Badenoch, James Cleverly, Robert Jenrick and Tom Tugendhat. Each is pitching to a party in dire need of a new direction and the path ahead is far from clear.

The Guardian - UK

Milan appeals against ‘grotesque’ move to rename airport after Berlusconi

City authorities take case to Lombardy regional court in effort to block initiative by Matteo Salvini

The Independent UK

The fixture which shows football’s changing face - and how AC Milan got left behind

The Rossoneri and Liverpool met in the finals of 2005 and 2007; in 2024 they meet in the opening fixture of a brand new Champions League format

The Independent UK

Silvio Berlusconi bunga bunga satires ‘censored by media bosses’

The films have not aired in Italy since Berlusconi’s media company bought the rights to them in 2018

The Independent UK

Brexit failed – and it triggered mass immigration, Tony Blair says

Exclusive interview: Former prime minister lambasts Boris Johnson for promising to ‘take back control’ of migration but instead ‘replacing young Europeans with older immigrants from Africa and Asia’ – as he urges Keir Starmer to repair ties with the EU

The Independent UK

Milan’s main airport is renamed after Silvio Berlusconi – but his family isn’t happy

There was widespread anger when the plan was first announced

The Independent UK

Rome's airport is named for da Vinci, Venice's for Marco Polo. Milan's Malpensa? Silvio Berlusconi

Milan’s Malpensa Airport, Italy’s second-busiest passenger airport, is being renamed after Silvio Berlusconi

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