Tuesday 9 November
Silvio Berlusconi’s last-minute decision to pull out of a family values forum in Milan this week came as no surprise after the latest revelations about the Italian leader’s dalliances with under-age girls.
We take a look at Silivo Berlusconi's motorcade, and some surprising differences between the Finns and the Swedes.
Tuesday 12 February
Yesterday's news from Vatican City may have come as a shock but the rolling-news coverage of the pope's announcement was depressingly predictable.
Thursday 1 July
Nicolas Sarkozy, Silvio Berlusconi and David Cameron take note.
The bad fortunes of Silvio Berlusconi, the latest on Japan’s Olympus scandal and Honolulu’s APEC forum, and a visit to the World Travel Market in London.
Where next for Italy as Silvio Berlusconi’s leadership hangs in the balance, plus a new super airline for Europe and a visit to Asia’s biggest wine event.
Emilio Giannelli’s satirical cartoons on the front page of ‘Corriere della Sera’ unite the nation in laughter. He has become untouchable by Italy’s highly litigious politicians, including Silvio Berlusconi, who dare not…
Journalist and commentator Gianni Riotta on Silvio Berlusconi’s tax sentence, we learn why Brazilians are efficient voters, and Kitsuné co-founder Masaya Kuroki brings new music.
We hear the latest from Sydney on the bushfires raging across New South Wales and ask Italian journalist Gianni Riotta about Silvio Berlusconi’s political future.
In the world of politics, September is the start of a new term in many countries, so we’ve compiled our report cards for 15 leaders. Who has gone to the top of the class and who should be doing extra homework? We give marks…
After Silvio Berlusconi’s praise for Mussolini we look at the dictator’s shadow across Italy, hear from the Midem music industry event in Cannes and from the NATPE TV production conference in Miami. Plus, why a Finnish…
Tuesday 5 April
When Maurizio Dibitonto went on a work trip to Latin America early this year in search of young sporting talent, he passed through a remote mountain village in Bolivia and explained that he was Italian. The locals grinned…
Tuesday 15 November
If there’s one positive to come out of Europe’s debt crisis, it’s that Italians now have a new vocabulary word to toss around in their daily discussions at the café: “lo spread”.
Sunday 27 February
Muammar Gaddafi’s bloody crackdown against protesters challenging his 42-year rule has received sharp rebuke from world leaders.
Friday 13 August
Just a month after playing host to a Russian-American spy swap, Vienna’s international airport was again last week the stage for a surprising secretive manoeuvre.
Friday 22 February
As Italy returns to democratic elections, the right to vote seems strangely undervalued.
Wednesday 23 May
As unseasonably heavy rain poured down in Rome earlier this week, it was easy to see the weather as a meteorological mirror for the general economic climate.
In a media world dominated by reality TV and celebrity chat shows posing as news, Milena Gabanelli’s ‘Report’ stands out. Since 1997, her investigations have tackled corruption in Italy head on, criticising politicians…
Monday 21 June
During the World Cup, football-crazed Italy grinds to a halt as fans glue themselves to the TV to watch the Azzurri play.
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