The faces are pixelated to comply with privacy laws but the former Czech prime minister Mirek Topolanek, who was Mr Berlusconi's guest last year, confirmed in Prague he was the man depicted. Innocent photos … a man reads El Pais. Credit: AFP. The pictures show topless women in the garden of Mr Berlusconi's Villa Certosa in Sardinia during a party for the Czech delegation. Mr Berlusconi banned publication of the images in Italy where he owns a large share in the country's media industry, and expressed outrage over the publication. There's no scandal, but this is a violation of privacy and a scandalous aggression," he told Italian state radio. Asked why there were naked women at his home, Mr Berlusconi continued: "Do you take a shower dressed?
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Berlusconi fury over naked photos Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi has reacted angrily to the publication in Spain of photographs showing topless women and a naked man at his villa. He also faces a probe for using state aircraft to fly guests to Sardinia. The prime minister is said to have used Italian aircraft to ferry guests to and Villa Certosa, "almost every weekend" between the summer of and January of this year, El Pais reports.
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Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi has reacted angrily to the publication in Spain of photographs showing topless women and a naked man at his villa. The photos - banned in Italy on privacy grounds - were taken from outside Berlusconi 's villa in Sardinia during a party for a Czech delegation. He also faces a probe for using state aircraft to fly guests to Sardinia. The prime minister is said to have used Italian aircraft to ferry guests to and from Villa Certosa, "almost every weekend" between the summer of and January of this year, El Pais reports. Berlusconi is being investigated for misuse of public funds, and confirmed on Thursday that he had been formally placed under investigation by prosecutors. But he said the probe would be "swiftly shelved", insisting he was allowed to transport "people he needs" for security reasons. We need your support so Novinite. Thank you!
Is there a link between Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's hold on political power inside Italy and his hold over the wider scandal-craved collective imagination of our contemporary culture? The five photos show scenes of poolside nudity and seminudity inside the walls of the Prime Minister's private villa on the island of Sardinia, as well as images of a fully clothed Berlusconi walking in the company of several different women. Though all faces but the year-old leader's are pixelated, the images in themselves show nothing scandalous; the scenes are no different from those one might see in countless other private villas around the Mediterranean. See Berlusconi's worst gaffes. But context is everything, which could help explain why this bit of high-stakes paparazzi work was acquired by Spain's top paper and is now making an Internet world tour.
