2023-06-12 17:24:09
Italy will observe a day of national mourning on Wednesday, the day of the funeral of the former head of government Silvio Berlusconiwho died Monday at the age of 86, a government spokesman told AFP.
The government ordinance provides in particular for the flags at half mast on all public buildings in the country from Monday until Wednesday, the day of the national funeral of the “Cavaliere” which will take place at Milan Cathedral at 3 p.m.
Flags at half mast for “the Immortal”
Shortly after the announcement of his death, dozens of people gathered outside the hospital, before his remains were transferred to his luxurious villa San Martino, in Arcore, on the outskirts of Milan, while the tributes flowed in from Italy and to a lesser extent from abroad.
The journey of this eternal ghost, whose political death has been wrongly announced many times since he had still been elected senator in 2022, merges with the Italian history of the last 30 years. Loved or hated, this assumed amateur of women much younger than him, including call girls, had found himself involved in a myriad of lawsuits related to controversial receptions.
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