Tuesday, December 02, 2003

Berlusconi's latest antics  

BBC NEWS | Europe | Berlusconi tightens grip on media: "The Italian Senate has approved a controversial measure which allows Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to consolidate his media domination.
A total of 155 senators voted the media bill into law, with 128 against.
One provision of the bill is to reverse a court ruling that Mr Berlusconi's Mediaset company must sell off one of its three TV stations by 1 January. "