Ex-premier says he 'owes no apology' to Shoah survivors

(See related) (ANSA) - Rome, April 28 - Ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi insisted Monday that he owes no apologies to either Shoah survivors or to German citizens for his statement that Germany still denies Nazi concentration camps.
    "I don't see why I should apologise to Holocaust survivors," the media magnate said in an interview on Piazzapulita programme being aired Monday evening on the La7 television channel. "I am the closest Italian to Israel, I have excellent relations with Israeli citizens and Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East," he said.
    "I have no need to apologise either to Holocaust survivors or to German citizens," he added.