Silvio's latest gag

Published on 13 July 2010

Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi's latest press law prohibits newspapers from publishing wiretap transcripts, particularly in politico-financial cases. Much of the country's media has launched a protest movement against it calls the "gag law". The EU is following the situation "carefully".

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