Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has a bout of scarlet fever and will miss this week's EU summit in Brussels, his foreign minister says.The minister, Franco Frattini, said he would attend instead of Mr Berlusconi. Italian media reports say Mr Berlusconi, 73, has a mild form of the fever, which can result in a sore throat, high temperature and rash. He is thought to have caught it from one of his grandchildren. Doctors have advised him not to travel yet
Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has a bout of scarlet fever and will miss this week's EU summit in Brussels, his foreign minister says.
The minister, Franco Frattini, said he would attend instead of Mr Berlusconi.
Italian media reports say Mr Berlusconi, 73, has a mild form of the fever, which can result in a sore throat, high temperature and rash.
He is thought to have caught it from one of his grandchildren. Doctors have advised him not to travel yet
He's pissed that the appeals court confirmed Mills' guilty sentence today to 4 and a half years prison (0f which he will not serve an hour thanks to the Prodi-Mastella holy indulgence law.)
The sentence established that Mills was corrupted by Berlusconi to perjure himself under oath. Mills' false testimony saved Berlusconi in one of his many criminal trials.
Now the sentence will go to the highest court where it will likely be confirmed but extinguished over the statute of limitations.
Two radical reforms are needed in Italy. One: A defendant who is found guilty must begin to serve his prison sentence rather than wait out another two grades of justice. Two: Once the first trial begins or a suspect is caught, the statute of limitations ceases to be.
