BRUISED but not broken, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi appears to be milking his recovery from an assault by a protester this week to try to divide opponents by striking an unusually conciliatory tone.

FINLAND yesterday summoned the Italian ambassador to protest about comments made by Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi about Finnish President Tarja Halonen.

A former Italian prosecutor pressed ahead today with his challenge to the immunity law which suspended Premier Silvio Berlusconi’s bribery trial, presenting nearly one million signatures for a referendum against the legislation.