Italy declares a day of national mourning for the death of Silvio Berlusconi

Italy will declare national mourning next Wednesday for the death of the former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, the same day that the state funerals will take place in his hometown, Milan (north), the local media are advancing today.

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The Undersecretary of the Presidency of the Government, Alfredo Mantovanoproclaimed mourning throughout the country, which requires, among other things, the national and European flags to be lowered to half mast in public buildings and embassies abroad.

in the roman chigi palaceheadquarters of the Executive, the flags on its balcony have already been placed at half mast today as a sign of mourning.

The match of Berlusoni, Forza Italyis one of the three that are part of the prime minister’s coalition, Giorgia Melonitogether with Brothers of Italy and the far-right League of Matteo Salvini.

Berlusconi, 86, passed away today at the San Raffaele hospital in Milanwhere he entered last Friday for some assumptions “controls” because of the leukemia that he had suffered for a long time.

The remains of the tycoon have already left in a car and have been transferred to his villa in Arcore, a town north of Milan.

The public chapel is expected to open tomorrow, Tuesday, although in the end it will not be at the Milanese headquarters of its television, mediasetas planned, due to “Public order issues”.

On Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. local time (1:00 p.m. GMT) the state funeral will take place in the Milan Cathedral, in the presence of political, economic and social authorities, led by the President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella.

Source: Elcomercio

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