March 16th, 2010

Silvio Berlusconi’s schemes to gag dissenting voices seem to have been revealed in a series of intercepted phone calls. But it may be too late to redress the balance, says Giulio D’Eramo
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September 29th, 2009

Newspapers linked to Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi have launched an attack (http://www NULL.guardian NULL.co NULL.uk/world/2009/sep/28/berlusconi-family-newspaper-television-licence) on state broadcaster RAI, telling readers not to pay their television licence fee. The call is part of a long-running assault on media critical of the governing party and Berlusconi’s business empire.
Download Index on Censorship’s report on political interference in Italian media here