Photostream : German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) listens to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi upon his arrival at the Chancellery in Berlin January 12, 2011. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomes Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at the Chancellery (Bundeskanzleramt) on January 12, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. Berlusconi is in Berlin to participate in German-Italian governmental consultations, and a major topic of discussion will be measures for stabilizing the Euro. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi shake hands as they pose for the media after they address a news conference following their bilateral talks at the Chancellery in Berlin January 12, 2011. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi address a news conference following their bilateral talks at the Chancellery in Berlin January 12, 2011. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle arrive for a group photo of the Italian and German government delegations at the Chancellery (Bundeskanzleramt) on January 12, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. Berlusconi is in Berlin to participate in German-Italian governmental consultations, and a major topic of discussion will be measures for stabilizing the Euro. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel takes Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi by the arm in order to allow space for wheelchair-bound German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble prior to a group photo of the two countries' delegations at the Chancellery (Bundeskanzleramt) on January 12, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. Berlusconi is in Berlin to participate in German-Italian governmental consultations, and a major topic of discussion will be measures for stabilizing the Euro. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Photostream : Silvio Berlusconi wins confidence vote

Supporters of Italian prime minister Silvio berlusconi celebrate after a confidence vote at the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house, on December 14, 2010 in Rome. italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi scraped through a crucial confidence vote in the lower house of parliament by 314 votes in favour and 311 against. (Photo by ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/Getty Images)

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi kisses Secretary of UDC Party Pier Ferdinando Casini during the confidence vote to his government at the Lower house on December 14, 2010 in Rome, Italy. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi faced a vote of no confidence from both the Senate and the Lower House but won both counts. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi waves during a session in parliament in Rome December 14, 2010. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi narrowly survived a no-confidence motion in the lower house of parliament on Tuesday, but the future of his government remained uncertain because of its wafer-thin majority. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi covers his face with his hands during a session in the parliament in Rome December 14, 2010. Berlusconi narrowly survived a no-confidence motion in the lower house of parliament on Tuesday, but the future of his government remained uncertain because of its wafer-thin majority. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

Photostream : Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev meets Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (L) and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev give a joint press conference in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, on December 3, 2010. Berlusconi met with Medvedev as leaked US cables revealed growing anxiety in Washington about the Italian prime minister's ties to Moscow. (Photo by VLADIMIR RODIONOV/AFP/Getty Images)

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, welcomes Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at the Russian Black sea resort of Sochi on Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. Italy's prime minister is on an official visit to Russia against the background of a leaked U.S. diplomatic cable that alleges an uncomfortably close relationship between him Russian premier Vladimir Putin. (Getty Images)

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (R) talks with Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at Krasnaya Polyana resort in Sochi, December 3, 2010. Medvedev on Friday said leaked diplomatic cables showed the "cynicism" of U.S. diplomacy. REUTERS/Vladimir Rodionov/RIA Novosti/Kremlin

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (R) meets with Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at Krasnaya Polyana resort in Sochi, December 3, 2010. REUTERS/Vladimir Rodionov/RIA Novosti/Kremlin

Italian PM Berlusconi : No wild parties, just elegant soirees

FILE - In this April 18, 2008 file photo, Italy's Premier-elect Silvio Berlusconi, right, and Russia's President Vladmir Putin seen after a joint news conference following talks in Berlusconi's 'Villa Certosa' in Porto Rotondo, on the island region of Sardinia, Italy. The classified diplomatic cables released by online whistle-blower WikiLeaks and reported by The New York Times said a batch of documents raised questions about Berlusconi and his relationship with Putin. One cable said Berlusconi 'appears increasingly to be the mouthpiece of Putin' in Europe. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

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November 29, 2010 ROME (KATAKAMI / AP) – Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi insisted Monday he only throws elegant, dignified soirees at his villas and not wild parties as reportedly described by a Rome-based U.S. diplomat in a cable contained in the Wikileaks trove.

Berlusconi said he didn't care to read what such diplomats had to report, saying "I don't look at what third-rate or fourth-rate officials say."

Berlusconi has been accused of entertaining escorts and underage girls at his villas — allegations that have fueled a political crisis that has brought the government to a no-confidence vote in two weeks.

According to the cable, reported by The Guardian newspaper, Berlusconi's "frequent late nights and penchant for partying hard mean he does not get sufficient rest."

On Monday, Berlusconi shrugged off the commentary with a laugh.

"I unfortunately have never in my life been to a wild party," he said. "Maybe they're interesting. I've never been."

He said once a month he hosts dinner parties at his homes because so many people want to see him. "At these dinners, everything that occurs is proper, elegant and dignified." Otherwise, guests wouldn't be allowed to take pictures, he added.

Several beautiful young women have come forward over the past year detailing the dinner parties they attended at Berlusconi's villas in Rome, Milan and Sardinia and the gifts the premier allegedly gave them.

The most recent, Nadia Macri, a 28-year-old self-described escort, has said Berlusconi paid her ?10,000 ($13,000) — delivered in an envelope — for sexual favors after she was introduced to the premier by a television executive.

Berlusconi's lawyer, Niccolo Ghedini has said there was no basis of truth in Macri's claims and said they had been disproved.  (*)

Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi : "I hope Israel won't attack"

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi looks on during a press conference in Rome's Palazzo Chigi on October 22, 2010. (Photo : FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images)

October 22, 2010 (KATAKAMI / YNET) --- Italian premier quoted as telling German daily that gentle approach may be more helpful in dealing with Islamic Republic's nuclear aspirations. 'We can only hope that the nuclear threat is not viewed as so great that Israel takes military action against Iran,' he says.

Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has expressed doubts about the effectiveness of sanctions against Iran and argued that a gentle approach might be more helpful.

Iran has been hit with several rounds of international sanctions over its nuclear program, which the United States and allies believe could be used to produce nuclear weapons. Iran insists the program is meant purely for peaceful purposes.

On Friday, Berlusconi was quoted as telling Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung daily that, although Italy has participated in the sanctions, "I fear that sanctions will not bring success."

He said sanctions have tended to reinforce regimes in countries such as Cuba, and "a gentle and circumspect approach would be more helpful," the newspaper reported.

Berlusconi identified Russia and China as countries that could pursue such an approach, and said he had asked China's Premier Wen Jiabao "to use his influence in this direction." The two permanent UN Security Council members have been more hesitant than Western nations about taking a hard line against Iran, and Russian engineers have helped Iran build a nuclear power plant.

Italy has supported UN sanctions despite its strong commercial ties with Tehran, but also has always tried to reach out to Iran by trying to get it involved in issues such as Afghanistan's future.

Asked if Iran can be integrated in the international community, Berlusconi replied: "We must at least try that - it is the only way to get Iran out of its blind alley."


Israel is particularly worried about Iran's intentions. As Iran's archenemy, the Jewish state fears it will be targeted by Iran and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has repeatedly made references to Israel's destruction. 

"Regarding Israel, we can only hope that the nuclear threat is not viewed as so great that Israel takes military action against Iran," Berlusconi was quoted as saying.