Posts Tagged as ‘politics’

June 24, 2008

Silvio Berlusconi: What is he at?

Silvio Berlusconi’s ‘iron fist’ laws approved
Soldiers could be sent into Italy’s cities, illegal immigrants will be imprisoned for four years and all non-serious court cases will be frozen for a year under new measures approved by Italy’s senate.
The senate voted 166 to 123 to approve a wide-ranging package of measures which will allow Silvio Berlusconi [...]

June 15, 2008

Lisbon: Are the Irish People too Stupid to Vote?

Europe is reeling at Ireland for not being able to ratify the Treaty of Lisbon; the Irish People said in a referendum that they didn’t want to approve the Bill that would amend the Constitution to allow the Irish Parliament to ratify the Treaty. No other countries in Europe had to have a referendum to [...]